This is a strong team, and they're going to come back strong.”Woods was so strong that he decided to play again in Friday foursomes, again paired with Thomas. Woods kept two other teams together — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, and Reed and Simpson — even though both lost. Els is sending out five new partnerships, sticking to a plan that so far is working quite well. Asked what worked well in their first time playing together, Thomas replied, “Tiger was working well." Little else did for the Americans, but that was more a product of great play by the International team that Els assembled to try to win the Presidents Cup for the first time since 1998, its only victory.

Source: International New York Times December 12, 2019 05:32 UTC