WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 2015 SPORT 43 Day & Co up against history

PRESIDENTS CUP STATS THAT MATTER

Teams: United States against an International team of players from everywhere but Europe. Dates: Thursday to Sunday. Venue: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. Length: 7380 yards. Par: 36-36-72. Points needed to win: 15 1/2. Captains: Jay Haas (US) and Nick Price (International) Defending champion: United States. Series: United States leads, 8-1-1 Format: Nine matches of foursomes, nine matches of fourballs, 12 singles matches. Each is worth one point. This is four fewer team matches than previous years. Last time: The Americans didn’t lose a session until it no longer mattered. They built a 14-8 lead in four sessions of team play, and wound up with an 18 1/2-15 1/2 victory in 2013 at Muirfield Village to extend their unbeaten streak to seven Presidents Cups. Tiger Woods, who went 4-1, delivered the winning point for the second straight time. International team ($2.85): Sang-moon Bae (South Korea), Steven Bowditch (Australia), Jason Day (Australia), Branden Grace (South Africa), Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand), Anirban Lahiri (India), Danny Lee (New Zealand), Marc Leishman (Australia), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa), Adam Scott (Australia). US team ($1.50): Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas, J.B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson. Tale of the tape: The Americans have five of the top 10 players in the world and all 12 players are among the top 28 in the world ranking. The International has only one player in the top 10, and six players are outside the top 30.

Adam Scott of the International team during a practice round yesterday on the eve of The Presidents Cup against the United States at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon City, South Korea Picture: HARRY HOW

BEN EVERILL Jordan Spieth, at the four-day They have lost eight times. “We have managed to get a tional mentor along with cap- “There is no doubt their contest to be staged at the Jack With the overall points in deduction in overall points this tain Price. team is stacked with talent,” JASON Day has promised to Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, the four-day contest dropping time around so hopefully that South African Charl Day said. lead by example when the South Korea from tomorrow. from 34 to 30, Day and his will mean it is competitive Schwartzel is the only Interna- “But we don’t mind being International team attempts to All 12 American players are team are hopeful things can be going into the Sunday singles. tional team member with a the underdog. pull off a massive boilover by in the top 28 in the world rank- different this time around as “If we can get there with a winning record in the compet- “Players in this competition beating the United States for ings while six of the Interna- their depth won’t be as ex- chance I know the boys are ition in a team that has five are capable of beating any only the second time in Presi- tionals are from outside the top posed as in previous encoun- going to be fired up to finally Presidents Cup first-timers, in- other on their day. dents Cup history. 30. History is no help to the In- ters. get our hands on that trophy.” cluding big-hitting Queens- “We need to find a way to The odds are heavily ternationals’ confidence. “I know I will have to play Fellow Aussie Scott is the land Steven Bowditch. be energised, motivated and at stacked against captain Nick Since the biennial team my best for the team and so veteran of the team with the The Americans are head- our best if we are to rattle Price’s Internationals. event began in 1994, the Inter- will all of the boys if we are 35-year-old having played in lined by Spieth and have every them.” Australia’s world No. 2 Day national side has only one vic- going to be successful,” said the past six Presidents Cups. player bar Bill Hass (29) inside Play starts tomorrow and is the only top 10 player in the tory – at Royal Melbourne in Day, who has an individual He will also be called upon the world top 20. JB Holmes concludes on Sunday when all side, while the Americans have 1998, and one tie, in South 4-4-2 record from his two pre- to lead from the front and will has replaced an injured Jim 12 players will have singles bat- six of the top 10, including No. 1 Africa in 2003. vious cups. be the team room’s motiva- Furyk in the US team. tles to decide the Cup. Ingall steps in as Courtney loses race to recover for Bathurst

JAMES PHELPS had not healed enough for him tunity to make it back for the “He is shattered to race. great race. JAMES Courtney has ruled by the decision “He is shattered by the deci- But Courtney finally had himself out of the Bathurst sion but he knew it was com- the red pen scratched through 1000 with the Holden star suc- but he knew it ing. He has to focus and his his name last night after a fran- cumbing to a rib injury sus- was coming” health and getting well.” tic weekend which saw Holden tained in a freak pit-lane Courtney had been racing Racing Team boss Adrian Bur- accident at Motorsport the clock to be fit for the gess visit the V8 pin-up boy on Park. Courtney’s replacement with Mount Panorama epic since the Gold Coast to assess the The NT News can reveal the V8 “Enforcer” to get an- August 23 when he was rushed driver before helping him Courtney officially pulled out other shock shot at Bathurst to hospital after a low flying come to a painful decision. of Australia’s greatest motor glory 305 days after officially navy helicopter created a HRT will call a press-con- race after his latest scans re- retiring from the sport. windstorm in pit-lane and sent ference this morning to con- vealed the five ribs he broke Ingall will partner up with track signage crashing into the firm the news and officially when he was knocked down by son-of-a-gun Jack Perkins in 2010 champion’s chest. give Ingall his 23rd Bathurst flying metal signage in August the No.22 HRT Commodore The Penrith born and raised start and a shot at winning his had failed to heal. after Courtney made the driver suffered a punctured third Mount Panorama title. The Holden Racing Team heartbreaking decision to deny lung in the horror accident and Ingall said he had been “hit- (HRT) will call a press confer- himself a chance of winning was later diagnosed with five ting the gym” in preparation ence at Mount Panorama at the Trophy for the broken ribs. Holden driver James Courtney is set to miss the for a late call up and was ready 11am today to confirm Court- very first time. Courtney was ruled out of for his latest shot at the Peter ney will not take part in the “Courtney is out,” revealed the Sandown 500 and was re- treatment in a bid to make toughest drivers on the grid Brock trophy. 1000km V8 showpiece, which a HRT insider. placed by long-time friend and the grid with a surgeon in- after competing with a frac- Ingall’s campaign will begin begins with three practice ses- “He had some scans earlier former teammate Ingall. jecting him with nerve block- tured leg last year, Courtney tomorrow when the famous sions today. this week and while they Desperate to be fit for the ers in the hope of speeding was given until the “11th hour” event launches to live with a Veteran Holden driver Rus- showed his ribs had begun biggest race of the year, up his healing. to recover with Holden offi- day of practice leading into of- sell Ingall will be announced as healing, they also showed they Courtney was given hi-tech Regarded as one of the cials affording him ever oppor- ficially qualifying on Friday.

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