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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Soon-hyeon = Korean players who participated in the Presidents Cup set the stage for the international team’s counterattack.
The international team, behind 2-8 points, won 5-3 on the third day of the tournament held at the Quail Harlow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on the 25th (Korea time), trailing the US team by 4 points with 7-11 points. .
It was the Korean players who led the counterattack of the international team, which had only two points until the previous day.
In a foursome match where two players alternately hit a single ball, the eldest brother Kyung-hoon Lee (31) and the youngest brother Joo-hyeong Kim (20) combined to beat the world’s No. 1 Scotty Schaeffler and Sam Burns by two holes.
Adam Scott (Australia) and Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) also beat Cameron Young and Colin Morikawa by three holes, giving the international team two wins and two losses in the foursome match.
Seongjae Lim (24) paired with Cory Connors (Canada) lost by four holes to Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, while Siwoo Kim (27) and Cam Davis (Australia) also lost by four holes to Tony Finau-Max Houma.
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In the four-ball match, where two players each played with a ball and made a better score for the team, the Korean players performed well.
Si-Woo Kim and Joo-Hyeong Kim added victories over Patrick Cantlay and Xander Shopley to energize the international team.
On the last 18th hole, Kim Joo-hyung put a 3m birdie putt, leading to a dramatic first-hole victory.
Next, Sebastian Muñoz (Colombia) and Im Seong-jae also beat Pinau and Kevin Kisner by three holes.
Scott and Davis also won by one hole over Billy Horschel Burns, leading the international team to 3-1 in the four-ball match.
The international team, which has been chasing 7-11 from 2-8 points, is determined to break the eighth consecutive win in a one-on-one match play with 12 players in turn on the 26th.
In the history of the Presidents Cup, the U.S. has won 8 in a row and is overwhelming with 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
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