Presidents Cup: Saturday Match Summary

quotes: “Just imagine how good we would be if we got to a track at any point.” — Jordan Spieth, for NBC’s Roger Maltby, after his plane was abandoned from inches away on the 12th

“I don’t know exactly how many birds they had, but it seemed like a lot. … I didn’t have the best things. Hideki kind of got us there, but that’s the way things are.” – Taylor Pendrith

Record at the end of the matchUS Team 11, International Team 4

Match 17

Songjay M/Sebastian Munoz (international) defeated. Tony Finno/Kevin Kesner (US), 4th and 2

The internationals, 2-up early in the back nine, went 3-up with five to play when Munoz poured a 37-foot jumper into the 13, the start of the Green Mile. The internationals were never late – a first for the visitors this week – and kept putting pressure on the nine defences. Em Flying 11 and 15; Munoz Birdied 13 and 16. There weren’t many highlights for Kessner and Finau.

Kisner had a cold day with his racket racquet on Friday, but tied the game on Saturday when he buried an 8-foot Eagle shot in the 7th hour. Munoz Bird hit the eighth, and Em took his team’s second-place lead by 70 feet behind. Driving the green car into the 306-yard hole. Munoz, the rookie and captain, played in each of the four-round rounds, finishing 1-0-1.