MEDINAH, Ill. — The International team showed it knows how to finish matches. It rallied from deficits in every faceoff, morning and afternoon, on Saturday at Medinah Country Club to build a three-point lead going into the final day at the Presidents Cup.
Now the question is whether the lineup of players from around the world (outside of Europe) can finish off the Americans for the first time in 28 years.
“They showed a lot of passion and fight today,” International captain Geoff Ogilvy said.
The Americans narrowly won the four-balls session in the morning to trim their deficit to three points. The afternoon foursomes was a push. The result was a 10 1/2-7 1/2 advantage for the Internationals, only the fourth time since the Presidents Cup began in 1994 that they have led going into Sunday.
Now comes the hard part. Singles traditionally are an American strength in these team competitions. They have a 97 1/2-82 1/2 advantage dating to 1994.