Presidents Cup: Internationals show some fight at Quail Hollow but United States retain control

The United States maintained their grip on the Presidents Cup, but the Internationals showed some fight during the Saturday foursomes to ensure the match will go into a final day. Davis Love III’s USA dominated the opening two days to eke out an 8-2 advantage, and at one stage on Saturday morning there was the prospect of the match being wrapped up before Sunday’s singles.

Ad Trevor Immelman’s Internationals showed some fight to share the session, meaning the USA will take a 10-6 lead into the afternoon fourballs. Cazoo Open de FranceHojgaard hits three balls in water on one hole, throws away six-shot lead4 HOURS AGO Internationals captain Immelman was up against it after a raft of his stars — Cameron Smith, Abraham Ancer and Joaquin Niemann among them — were made ineligible after joining LIV Golf.

The team spirit in the Internationals camp is strong, as was emphasised by the scenes on 18 on Friday when the watching players celebrated wildly after Taylor Pendrith drained a putt. Team spirit will only get you so far, and the Internationals have been outclassed so far at Quail Hollow.

Day 3 Foursomes — USA 2 (10) — 2 (6) Internationals Jordan Spieth / Justin Thomas 4&3 Sungjae Im / Corey Conners Cameron Young / Collin Morikawa 3&2 Adam Scott / Hideki Matsuyama Scottie Scheffler / Sam Burns 2&1 KH Lee / Tom Kim Tony Finau / Max Homa 4&3 Si Woo Kim / Cam Davis Putting was a problem for the Internationals for the first two days, and that theme continued on Saturday morning. Corey Conners had a chance to win the opening hole in the top match, but a putt from seven feet slipped by on the low side.