Presidents Cup 2015 Leaderboard: Scores and Highlights from Saturday
The USA took a narrow 9.5-8.5 lead over the International team ahead of the final day at the 2015 Presidents Cup on Saturday.
The two sides proved equal in the morning foursomes, ensuring the Americans took a 7.5-6.5 lead into the afternoon's four-balls.
It was a similar story in the four-balls, with the teams sharing the spoils as they each accrued two points.
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Here are the day's results, courtesy of Golf Digest and the tournament's official website:
| J.B. Holmes/Bubba Watson | 1 Up | Louis Oosthuizen/Branden Grace* |
| Phil Mickelson/Zach Johnson* | 3 and 2 | Adam Scott/Anirban Lahiri |
| Jimmy Walker/Chris Kirk | 6 and 5 | Sangmoon Bae/Hideki Matsumaya* |
| Patrick Reed/Jordan Spieth* | 3 and 2 | Jason Day/Charl Schwartzel |
USA Take a Narrow Lead
The Internationals led in three of the four matches in the morning, but the Americans put in an outstanding effort to ensure they maintained their one-point lead after Round 3.
Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace drew first blood against Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler, hitting five birdies to secure a much-needed point for their side.
A birdie at the third hole gave Marc Leishman and Adam Scott a brief lead over Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes. The Americans fought back and held a narrow lead for much of the match, but a late bogey ensured they halved the point.
In the third match, the teams exchanged a one-hole lead when with the scores all square, Sangmoon Bae and Hideki Matsuyama were forced to concede the 17th to Bill Haas and Matt Kuchar.
The former pair were outstanding in salvaging the match, though, as they hit a birdie at the 18th to half the point.
Leading by three in the final match, the Internationals looked to be on the verge of opening up a little breathing room on the Americans heading into the afternoon.
Star pairing Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson had other plans, though, and capitalised on some difficulties for Charl Schwartzel at the 18th:
In the afternoon, Bae and Matsuyama produced an absolute masterclass as they wrapped up a point against Jimmy Walker and Chris Kirk after just 13 holes, which included three consecutive birdies for Bae, per PGA TOUR:
Oosthuizen and Grace continued their outstanding partnership to earn another point over Holmes and Watson as they went 4-0 for the tournament, but the Americans once again proved equal to their opponents.
Spieth stood out as he and Patrick Reed comfortably secured a point to pull one back for the United States, with Golf Digest noting his contribution:
Birdies at the first, third and 15th for Phil Mickelson and Zach Johnson helped them to a comfortable victory, ensuring the Americans take just a one-point lead into the final day.
It's all set to go down to the wire in Korea, and with plenty of players on both sides in exceptional form it's sure to be a thrilling day of golf on Sunday.
Grace and Oosthuizen will continue to be crucial to the International team's hopes and will ensure it's a hard-fought contest, but with more evenly distributed quality in the American team through Spieth, Mickelson and Co., the U.S. should be able to just about hold onto their slim lead.
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