Presidents Cup 2015 Leaderboard: Thursday Scores, Top Pairings, Twitter Reaction

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Published: October 8, 2015

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There's still a long way to go in the Presidents Cup competition between the top American golfers and the International team, but the first day was a major success at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club at Incheon City, South Korea, as the U.S. team won four of the five foursome matches to take the early lead in the biennial competition.

While the Americans may have problems when facing European golfers in the Ryder Cup, they have traditionally done well in Presidents Cup competition. The Americans have held the lead in 22 straight Presidents Cup sessions dating back to 2005.

USA was 0-6-2 in foursomes at Ryder Cup last year -- big reason for big loss Went 4-1 in same 1st day format at Presidents Cup

— Bob Harig (@BobHarig) October 8, 2015 Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes got the Americans off to a sharp start, as they knocked in a string of birdies to keep the pressure on Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama.



Holmes knocked home birdie putts on the second, third, fourth and fifth holes to put significant pressure on the opponents. Watson and Holmes earned a 3 and 2 victory over Scott and Matsuyama.

.@bubbawatson: improves to 3-0-0 in #PresidentsCup foursomes career

— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) October 8, 2015 .@bubbawatson, @JBHolmesgolf use short games, not power, to win opening #PresidentsCup match http://t.co/a6Clhee4F3 pic.twitter.com/uWw4eQ2WzF

— Golfweek Magazine (@GolfweekMag) October 8, 2015 The second match of the day saw the Internationals pick up their only victory. Louis Oosthuizen and partner Branden Grace got the best of Americans Matt Kuchar and Patrick Reed to take a 3 and 2 victory.

After battling on relatively even terms through the majority of the front nine, Oosthuizen dropped a long birdie putt of 21 feet on the ninth hole to give the Internationals a 1-up lead. They extended the lead to 3-up by the end of the 12th hole, and w...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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