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GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A capsule look at the singles matches Sunday from the Presidents Cup, played on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club:
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| Robert Allenby (Int) def. Paul Azinger (US), 2 and 1. |
Allenby got off to a slow start with bogeys on two of the first four holes and missed several short birdie chances. Azinger was 2-up at the turn after a 25-foot putt for his only birdie. Allenby birdied four of the next five holes, and won the match when Azinger's chip from just off the 17th green lipped out. |
| David Duval (US) def. Nick Price (Int), 2 and 1. |
These two played the second match in Australia, with Price winning to clinch the cup. Price birdied three of the first five holes to go 3-up, but his putting deserted him and Duval finally ahead with a 15-foot birdie on the 11th. He regained the lead with a 40-putt birdie putt on the 13th, and closed Price out with a 15-foot birdie on the 17th. |
| Loren Roberts (US) def. Stuart Appleby (Int), 3 and 2. |
Roberts, the 45-year-old captain's pick, made only one birdie but never trailed. Appleby was 2-down at the turn and 4-down until making birdies on the 14th and 15th to keep his slim chances alive. He missed the 16th green and chipped long, missed the par putt and conceded the match. |
| Mike Weir (Int) def. Phil Mickelson (US), 4 and 3. |
In a battle of lefties, Mike Weir showed why he was the International team star. He birdied the first hole from 8 feet, and escaped damage when both bogeyed the next two. Mickelson never made a birdie and didn't win a hole after No. 6. Weir was the only International player with a winning record. |
| Davis Love III (US) def. Ernie Els, 4 and 3. |
Just as he did in the 1993 Ryder Cup, Love clinched the cup with his victory over Els, who became the first Presidents Cup player to lose all five of his matches. Els holed a bunker shot on No. 4 for a 1-up lead, his first in 68 holes this week. Love got it right back and never trailed again. Els bogeyed both par 5s on the back nine. |
| Steve Elkington (Int) def. Tom Lehman (US), 1-up. |
Elkington played his best golf of the week, winning three of the first five holes. Birdies on the 12th and 13th holes put the match dormie, but then Elkington collapsed with bogeys on the next four holes. Lehman had a chance to earn a half-point, but missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the last hole. |
| Tiger Woods (US) def. Vijay Singh (Int), 2 and 1. |
Singh's caddie, Paul Tesori, wore a cap with "Tiger Who?" stitched on the back. Woods must have noticed, as this was the most contentious match of the week. Hardly any putts were conceded. Woods was 2-up after driving the par-4 10th, bogeyed the 13th, but kept his 1-up lead with a birdie on top of Singh on the 14th. |
| Stewart Cink (US) def. Greg Norman (Int), 2 and 1. |
Cink followed former Georgia Tech teammate David Duval by going undefeated as a rookie. Despite bogeys on the first two holes, Cink prevailed because Norman was even worse. Norman shot 40 on the front nine and played the par 5s in 3 over. |
| Carlos Franco (Int) def. Hal Sutton (US), 6 and 5. |
Franco matched the largest margin of victory in Presidents Cup history, and also provided the greatest shot -- a 5-iron from the par-5 12th fairway that went into the cup for a double eagle. He was 8 under through 13 holes. |
| Jim Furyk (US) def. Shigeki Maruyama (Int), 5 and 4. |
Maruyama, who was 5-0 as a rookie in 1998, was in bad form all week and Furyk capitalized. He played bogey-free in this match, going 4-up at the turn. Maruyama won only one hole, a birdie on the 11th, and Furyk was 4 under through 14. |
| Kirk Triplett (US) halved with Michael Campbell (Int). |
Trying to join fellow rookie Cink as an undefeated rookie, Triplett fell down by two holes at the turn but kept chipping away. He birdied the 10th and 11th to tie the match, and they traded the next four holes with birdies and bogeys. It was the only match all week to end in a tie. |
| Notah Begay (US) def. Retief Goosen (Int), 1-up. |
Begay didn't make a birdie on the front nine and fell two holes behind. But he picked one up on No. 10, making birdie on three of the first five holes on the back nine to take a 1-up lead. He wasted a chance to seize control on No. 15, when Goosen drove into a hazard but matched Begay's bogey. Begay took the lead with a 15-foot birdie on the 17th, and the final hole was halved with pars. |
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