US retains hot duos for four-balls
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The fearsome pairing of Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson will take on South African duo Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace to open today鈥檚 four-balls at the Presidents Cup in Incheon, South Korea, as the United States looks to build on its 4-1 lead from the first day.
The Americans, bidding for a ninth win in 11 editions of the Cup, got off to a stellar start yesterday while their International counterparts struggled to get to grips with the greens at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea.
Spieth and Johnson swatted aside Marc Leishman and Danny Lee, Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker crushed Anirban Lahiri and Thongchai Jaidee, while Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson held off Jason Day and Steven Bowditch.
Bubba Watson and JB Holmes set the tone for the Americans with a win over Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama, with the only blue on the scoreboard coming from Oosthuizen and Grace, who beat Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed.
All four winning US partnerships have been kept together for today, with Bill Haas and Chris Kirk, who sat out yesterday, coming in to replace Reed and Kuchar.
US captain Jay Haas said it was important not to get carried away after the first day.
鈥淥bviously it was a great start for us, but I think they all realize it鈥檚 a long series right now,鈥 he said.
鈥淜ind of like shooting a low round in the first round of a tournament; there鈥檚 a lot of golf to be played.
鈥淪o I don鈥檛 think that anybody鈥檚 getting too giddy.鈥
Fowler and Walker will face Danny Lee and South Korean Bae Sang-moon, while Mickelson and Johnson take on Australian pair Scott and Day.
Holmes and Watson play another all-Australian duo in Bowditch and Leishman while Haas and Kirk face Jaidee and Charl Schwartzel, who was rested yesterday after picking up a bug.
鈥淚 think he spent the majority of the day in bed yesterday,鈥 said International captain Nick Price. 鈥淭he doc went to see him and he felt a lot better. Hit some balls this morning and chipped and putted, so that鈥檚 good.
鈥淗e gave me the green light at lunchtime today. He said he鈥檚 ready to go.鈥
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