MONTREAL (AP) — A capsule look at the fourball matches Friday in the Presidents Cup:
International 4 1/2, United States 1 1/2
Angel Cabrera and Retief Goosen (INT) def. Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan (USA), 1 up.
Goosen and Cabrera maintained a 2 up lead despite making only three birdies through 11 holes, but the match soon tightened. Mickelson made a long eagle putt on the 12th to match Goosen's 6-foot eagle, and another Mickelson birdie on the 14th squared the match. The Americans had momentum on their side when Mahan had a 15-foot birdie putt, while the International team was struggling to make par. Goosen chipped in for par and Mahan missed to keep the match tied. Mahan and Goosen matched birdies on the tough par-3 17th, and Cabrera won the match with a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole.
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Vijay Singh and Stuart Appleby (INT) def. Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk (USA), 5 and 4.
Singh holed a bunker shot on the first hole to win with a birdie, a sign of things to come. Singh boosted their lead to 3 up when his pitch for eagle on the sixth spun sideways into the cup, and another birdie by Singh from 6 feet on the 10th restored the 3-up lead. Woods and Furyk never had a chance to rally. Appleby drained a long eagle putt on the 12th, Singh followed with a birdie on the 13th, and the match ended on the 14th when Singh's pitched checked up 3 feet away to match birdies with Woods. Singh and Appleby were 11 under in 14 holes. It was the biggest loss Woods had in team events as a pro.
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Ernie Els and Mike Weir (INT) def. Zach Johnson and Charles Howell III (USA), 3 and 1.
For the third straight match the International team never trailed. The first six holes were halved with birdies and pars until Weir made a birdie on No. 7, then another on the eighth for a 2-up lead. Weir's par on the 11th extended the lead to 3 up, and the Americans didn't win a hole until the match was dormie. Howell hit an approach into 8 feet for birdie, but Weir effectively closed out the match on the 17th when his tee shot came down a ridge to 6 feet. He was conceded the birdie putt when Howell and Johnson missed their chances.
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Steve Stricker and Scott Verplank (USA) def. Adam Scott and K.J. Choi (INT), 2 and 1.
Stricker won the first hole with a par, and the Americans never trailed. Scott came to life when he came within inches of a hole-in-one on the seven and made another birdie on the eighth to square the match, and it was tight the rest of the way. The Americans both made birdie on the 14th for a 1-up lead, and Stricker holed a 12-foot birdie on the 16th hole to make the match dormie. Stricker and Verplank both ran their putts 6 feet by the hole on the 17th, and needing par to close out the match, Stricker made it.
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Geoff Ogilvy and Nick O'Hern (INT) def. Stewart Cink and Lucas Glover (USA), 1 up.
The Americans came out strong with birdies on the first four holes, three of them by Glover, to build a 2-up lead. O'Hern led the International rally with three straight birdies as his team won four of the next five holes to take the lead. The match was square when Cink made a birdie on the par-3 13th, and the International took an unlikely lead on the 17th. Glover went into the water, but Cink was in good shape to make par until he missed a 3-foot putt. Equipped with a 1-up lead, Ogilvy stuffed his approach into 5 feet. Glover gave the Americans one last chance by making a 15-foot birdie, but Ogilvy holed his putt for the victory.
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Woody Austin and David Toms (USA) halved with Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini (INT).
Austin made eight birdies, including the last three holes. All that was forgotten because of the 14th hole that will live in Presidents Cup infamy. Sabbatini drove the green for a 10-foot eagle, while Toms was in the water and Austin's ball was nearly submerged. Trying to hit out of the hazard, Austin slipped and stumbled face-first into the lake. The hole was conceded, and Austin was soaked. But amid the laughter, he rallied the Americans. They were 2 down with three to play when Austin birdied the 16th, holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 17th to square the match, then hit 5-iron to 5 feet on the 18th. Sabbatini came up big again with an approach to 8 feet, and he made the putt. Austin matched his birdie for the halve.
