Presidents Cup 2011 Leaderboard: Struggles of Top Guns Won’t Keep USA from Win

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Published: November 19, 2011

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The American team of Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods really should have been dominant, especially in a four-ball format, where aggressive players are given far more freedom. Instead, in the three different sessions they were paired together, the team went 1-2, with both losses coming in four ball.

Fortunately for the Americans, the rest of their squad was nearly flawless over the opening four sessions. Despite a positive afternoon four-ball session on Saturday night (in Australia), the Americans now hold a 13-9 lead going into singles play on Sunday. 

Now, if you had offered Fred Couples a four-point lead going into the final day, I am sure that he would have jumped all over it. If you had offered him that and then told him that Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods would struggle as much as they have, particularly on the greens, he would have either given you a big hug or laughed you out of the room.

But here we are, the Americans hold a nearly insurmountable lead. The greatest final day comeback in Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup was four points. That came in the 1999 Ryder Cup.

While this would match that, realize that that day completely defied all odds. The Americans had a front loaded lineup and as a result, won the first six matches on the course, most by convincing margins.

The European team had built that lead largely thanks to a radically different format than the one the Presidents Cup uses. Make no mistake, the Europeans outplayed the Americans over the opening four sessions, but the first four sessions of the Ryder Cup call for four players from each side to be benched per session.

So, the Europeans got to hide a lot of their weaker players, and their team was not as deep as the American team.



That's not the case here. The Americans haven't built this lead because they have gotten to bench their weaker players. In the Presidents Cup, everyone plays Thursday, everyone plays...
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