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Friday's Four-ball recaps
| Match 1 |
Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco halved with Michael Campbell and Angel Cabrera |
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A heavyweight match if ever there was one. Back and forth early, then
the Internationals rolled in birdies at Nos. 8 and 9 to go 2 up after
12 holes. Chris DiMarco cut the lead to one with a birdie at the 15th, then
squared the match at 17. It was only fitting that it went to the 18th
where everyone had a chance at birdie -- although DiMarco and
Mickelson both had long putts. If nothing else, it was a heartbreaker
for Cambo whose approach hit the pin and bounced to the fringe. Then
he watched his chip for birdie and the match hit the hole and stay
out.
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| Match 2 |
Adam Scott and Retief Goosen def. Fred Couples and David Toms, 3 and 1 |
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This one really wasn't as close as it looked. The Internationals were
4 up after six holes and it seemed all together possible they would
close it out just after the turn. The Americans? They recovered --
kind of -- and started to chip away at the lead. With Retief Goosen steering
a couple of balls into the lake, Adam Scott hung on as the Americans won
the seventh and ninth holes, then cut it to one after back-to-back
wins at Nos. 12 and 13. Then the Internationals closed it out at
No. 17.
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| Match 3 |
Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank def. Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir, 2 and 1 |
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Dallas natives Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank played impeccable golf again to become the only American pairing to produce two points. Though they started with a bogey and dropped off to an early 2-down deficit when Mike Weir birdied the third, the U.S. twosome lost only one more hole the rest of the match. They evened things when Verplank birdied the fifth and ninth holes with short putts, and then they combined to birdie four of the next five holes as well to stake a 2-up advantage. Immelman’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the 15th got the Internationals within one, but Verplank closed out the match with a 2-foot birdie at the 17th. Each American converted four birdies on the inward nine.
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| Match 4 |
Fred Funk and Stewart Cink halved with Vijay Singh and Tim Clark |
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The International Team never led in this match, but still managed a half-point as Vijay Singh staked his approach to 3 feet, 2 inches at the 17th hole. He made the birdie putt that would square the match and then just missed a 16-footer for another on the final hole that would have given him and Tim Clark the win. Fred Funk and Stewart Cink were solid throughout the match but the Americans never could pull away.
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| Match 5 |
Peter Lonard and Nick O'Hern def. Davis Love III and Kenny Perry, 3 and 2 |
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The unheralded Australians won the second hole against what U.S. Captain Jack Nicklaus expected to be one of his go-to teams and never looked back. Two Nick O’Hern birdies and another from Peter Lonard, coupled with a pair of bogeys by the Americans, quickly put the International Team 5 up through the first nine holes. Davis Love III responded with three straight birdies, two of which won holes, and added another at No. 15 to prolong the match. But the International Team had simply built too much of a cushion.
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| Match 6 |
Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk def. Stuart Appleby and Mark Hensby, 3 and 2 |
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Tiger Woods finally broke through in a Four-ball match, winning for the first time in seven attempts despite nursing a sore back that required ice treatment on the golf course. Teaming with injured Jim Furyk, who played with injured rib muscles, Woods suffered back spasms on the sixth hole, but it didn’t affect his game in a match in which the U.S. never trailed after an opening bogey by the visitors. Woods made a trio of 2s on the front side’s three par-3 holes and seven birdies on his own ball. Six of those were in an eight-hole stretch as he and Furyk built their lead to as much as 4 up through 12 holes. Stuart Appleby and Mark Hensby birdied the 14th and 15th holes to cut the lead in half, but their rally was snuffed out by Furyk, whose 9-foot birdie on No. 16 ended the match.
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