The Presidents Cup – 2013 Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio Sunday, October 6, 2013 Round Four – Foursomes
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The Presidents Cup – 2013 Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio Sunday, October 6, 2013 Round Four – Foursomes TOTAL SCORE AFTER ROUND FOUR: United States 14, Internationals 8 Fourth Round Foursomes - United States 3.5, Internationals 1.5 Match 18 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet (International) halved with Keegan Bradley/Phil Mickelson (U.S.) Match 19 Jason Dufner/Zach Johnson (U.S.) defeated Richard Sterne/Marc Leishman (International), 4 and 3 Match 20 Bill Haas/Steve Stricker (U.S.) defeated Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama (International) , 4 and 3 Match 21 Ernie Els/Brendon de Jonge (International) defeated Tiger Woods/Matt Kuchar (U.S.), 1-up Match 22 Webb Simpson/Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) defeated Louis Oosthuizen/Charl Schwartzel (Intl) 1-up Note: Presidents Cup rookies are in bold Third Round Four-Ball – United States 4, Internationals 1 Match 13 Keegan Bradley/Phil Mickelson (U.S.) defeated Ernie Els/Brendon de Jonge (International), 2 and 1 Match 14 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet (International) defeated Steve Stricker/Jordan Spieth (U.S.), 2 up Match 15 Bill Haas/Webb Simpson (U.S.) defeated Angel Cabrera/Branden Grace (International) , 4 and 3 Match 16 Brandt Snedeker/Hunter Mahan (U.S.) defeated Louis Oosthuizen/Charl Schwartzel (International), 2 up Match 17 Tiger Woods/Matt Kuchar (U.S.) defeated Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama (International), 1 up Note: Presidents Cup rookies (11) are in bold Second Round Foursomes – United States 3, Internationals 3 Match 7 Phil Mickelson/Keegan Bradley (U.S.) defeated Jason Day/Graham DeLaet (International), 4 and 3 Match 8 Ernie Els/Brendon de Jonge (International) defeated Bill Haas/Hunter Mahan (U.S.), 4 and 3 Match 9 Steve Stricker/Jordan Spieth (U.S.) defeated Branden Grace/Richard Sterne (International), 2 and 1 Match 10 Angel Cabrera/Marc Leishman (International) defeated Webb Simpson/Brandt Snedeker (U.S.), 2 and 1 Match 11 Matt Kuchar/Tiger Woods (U.S.) defeated Louis Oosthuizen/Charl Schwartzel (International), 4 and 2 Match 12 Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama (International) defeated Zach Johnson/Jason Dufner (U.S.), 2 and 1 Note: Presidents Cup rookies (11) are in bold First Round Four-Ball – United States 3.5, Internationals 2.5 Match 1 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet (International) defeated Hunter Mahan/Brandt Snedeker (U.S.), 1-up Match 2 Bill Haas/Webb Simpson (U.S.) halved with Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama (International) Match 3 Louis Oosthuizen/Charl Schwartzel (Intl.) defeated Phil Mickelson/Keegan Bradley (U.S.), 2 and 1 Match 4 Steve Stricker/Jordan Spieth (U.S.) defeated Ernie Els/Brendon de Jonge (International), 1-up Match 5 Matt Kuchar/Tiger Woods (U.S.) defeated Angel Cabrera/Marc Leishman (International), 5 and 4 Match 6 Zach Johnson/Jason Dufner (U.S.) defeated Branden Grace/Richard Sterne (International), 5 and 3 Note: Presidents Cup rookies (11) are in bold On Sunday, round four resumed at 7:35 a.m. The fifth round began at 9:30 a.m., the last group in round five will tee off at 11:31 a.m. On Saturday, play was suspended for one hour and seventeen minutes (12:56 -2:13 p.m.) during the third round, delaying the start of the fourth round. The fourth round began at 3:52 p.m., with groups teeing off until 5:01 p.m. The fourth round was suspended due to darkness at 7:02 p.m.; players had the option to finish the hole they were on. The course received .50 inches of rain on Saturday, approximately 1.6 inches total since Thursday. At the time of the darkness suspension during round four, the U.S. Team had won one match and were leading in one match. The International team led in two matches and one match was all-square. Since 1994, the United States team has outscored the International team 41-33 on the day two rounds of matches are played. Fred Couples was a Captain’s pick in 1998 and 2005. Below are the Captain’s pick results through round four. Overall Four-Ball Foursome International 3-4-0 0-3-0 3-1-0 (Brendon de Jonge and Marc Leishman) U.S. 4-2-1 2-1-1 2-1-0 (Webb Simpson and Jordan Spieth) Match 18 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet (International) halved with Phil Mickelson/Keegan Bradley (U.S.) Day and DeLaet have been paired together for all four rounds of The Presidents Cup 2013, and their record becomes 2-1-1 after Round Four. Mickelson and Bradley have also been paired together for all four rounds; their record is also 2-1-1. In their two wins this week, they began the match either 1-down (R2) or all square (R3). They went on to win in R2, 4 up; and won R3, 2 up. They lost the first hole in R4 and got to as many as three down through seven holes before fighting back to all square when play was called. Their only loss, in R1 Four-ball, they were 1 up after the first hole, eventually losing to Louis Oosthuizen/Charl Schwartzel, 2 and 1. Mickelson and Bradley’s record as a team in The Ryder Cup and The Presidents Cup is now 5-1-1. Mickelson-Bradley (5-1-1) Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup combined wins: Year VS Result Format Ryder Cup 2012 Luke Donald/Sergio Garcia US 4 and 3 Foursomes Ryder Cup 2012 Rory McIlory/Graeme McDowell US 2 and 1 Four-ball Ryder Cup 2012 Lee Westwood/Luke Donald US 7 and 6 Foursomes Presidents Cup 2013 Els/de Jong US 2 and 1 Four-ball Presidents Cup 2013 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet US 4 and 3 Foursomes Presidents Cup 2013 Jason Day/Graham DeLaet Halved Foursomes This was the first time Keegan Bradley has halved a match in either The Presidents Cup or The Ryder Cup. Phil Mickelson will face Angel Cabrera in Round Five Singles Matches; this is the first time the duo have squared off in singles since The Presidents Cup 2005, which they halved. Match 19 Jason Dufner/Zach Johnson (U.S.) defeated Richard Sterne/Marc Leishman (International) 4&3 In the only match of Saturday Foursomes that was completed before darkness, Zach Johnson holed out for eagle on No. 15 to end the match – Johnson hit a pitching wedge from 115 yards. Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson remained paired after losing their second-round match and sitting out the third round Four-ball matches. With this victory, their record in The Presidents Cup becomes 2-1-0 as a team in The Presidents Cup 2013. Johnson now boasts a 4-2-0 career record in The Presidents Cup Foursomes. Marc Leishman and Richard Sterne were paired together for the first time after both sat out the third round Four-ball matches. Leishman and Sterne were the only pairing featuring two Presidents Cup rookies in Saturday’s Four-ball matches. Richard Sterne has yet to win a match in The Presidents Cup; he was paired with Branden Grace in the first two rounds when they lost in both Four-ball and Foursomes, and he sat out the third round. Match 20 Bill Haas/Steve Stricker (U.S.) defeated Adam Scott/Hideki Matsuyama (International), 4 and 3 Scott and Matsuyama have been paired together in all four rounds – after the fourth round, their record is 1-2-1. The pair recorded two bogeys in Round 4; in the previous three rounds, they only recorded one bogey total (R3 – No. 10). This is the first time Bill Haas and Steve Stricker have been paired together in either The Presidents Cup or the Ryder Cup. Match 21 Brendon de Jonge and Ernie Els (International) defeated Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar (U.S.), 1-up. Els and De Jonge have a 2-0 record in Foursomes at 2013 The Presidents Cup, they are also 0-2 in Four-ball. This is the first time Woods and Kuchar have lost at The Presidents Cup 2013, leaving no players with an undefeated record. When Woods and Kuchar went 2-down through five holes in the fourth round, it was only the only the second time in all four rounds of The Presidents Cup 2013 that Woods and Kuchar have been down by 2. They were two down through 3 holes in round three to Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Scott. Woods and Kuchar came back to win 1-up. Match 22 Webb Simpson and Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) defeated Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel (International) , 1-up. Updated individual player records International Team Angel Cabrera – 2013 – 1-3-0 Overall 5-8-3 (The Presidents Cup: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) 1-5-2 (Four-Ball) 2-3-0 (Foursomes) 2-0-1 (Singles) Jason Day – 2013 – 2-1-1 Overall 3-4-2 (The Presidents Cup: 2011, 2013) 3-1-0 (Four-Ball) 0-2-2 (Foursomes) 0-1-0 (Singles) Brendon de Jonge – 2013 – 2-2-0 Overall 2-2-0 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 0-2-0 (Four-Ball) 2-0-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Graham DeLaet– 2013 – 2-1-1 Overall 2-1-1 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 2-0-0 (Four-Ball) 0-1-1 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Ernie Els– 2013 – 1-2-0 Overall 19-18-2 (The Presidents Cup: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) 8-7-1 (Four-Ball) 8-7-1 (Foursomes) 3-4-0 (Singles) Branden Grace– 2013 – 0-3-0 Overall 0-3-0 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 0-2-0 (Four-Ball) 0-1-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Marc Leishman– 2013 – 1-2-0 Overall 1-2-0 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 0-1-0 (Four-Ball) 1-1-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Hideki Matsuyama– 2013 – 1-2-1 Overall 1-2-1 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 0-1-1 (Four-Ball) 1-1-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Louis Oosthuizen– 2013 – 1-3-0 Overall 1-3-0 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 1-1-0 (Four-Ball) 0-2-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) Charl Schwartzel – 2013 – 1-3-0 Overall 4-4-1 (The Presidents Cup: 2011, 2013) 3-1-0 (Four-Ball) 0-3-1 (Foursomes) 1-0-0 (Singles) Adam Scott – 2013 – 1-2-1 Overall 11-15-3 (The Presidents Cup: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) 5-5-2 (Four-Ball) 4-7-1 (Foursomes) 2-3-0 (Singles) Richard Sterne – 2013 – 0-3-0 Overall 0-3-0 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 0-1-0 (Four-Ball) 0-2-0 (Foursomes) 0-0-0 (Singles) United States Team Keegan Bradley – 2013 – 2-1-1 Overall 2-1-1 (The Presidents Cup: 2013) 1-1-0