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It has been 21 years since the International team won the Presidents Cup - also at Royal Melbourne Golf Club - as the USA have continued to dominate the event with seven successive trophies. However, the Internationals are on track to end USA's dominance after winning two of four matchups in Saturday morning's four-ball session for a 9-5 lead. The Internationals had never lost a combined four-balls contest while hosting the Presidents Cup and that record remained intact thanks to Hideki Matsuyama/C.T. Pan and Abraham Ancer/Im Sung-jae. We 👀 you rookie. 😏@Abraham_Ancer made three straight birdies to close the match. 👌#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/OcQ30FsXgK — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 14, 2019 After back-to-back wins, playing captain and 15-time major champion Tiger Woods opted to sit out the four-ball as he instead partnered Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler in Melbourne. Thomas starred in the opening match, finishing with four birdies against Marc Leishman … [Read more...] about Presidents Cup 2019: Internationals on track for first title since 1998

The Americans still trail by two points entering singles action on Day 4 in Australia by Kyle Porter @KylePorterCBS Dec 14, 2019 at 2:36 am ET • 5 min read The International team made another move during the morning session on Day 3 of the Presidents Cup as it took 2.5 out of four points during four-ball to increase its lead to 9-5 over the United States. But it was the Americans in the afternoon foursomes that made some gains, cutting their deficit to 10-8 entering the final day of action at Royal Melbourne.What started as a sleepy, blase day at Royal Melbourne turned wild late as the Internationals won the last two of the last three matches on the course in the morning session. The Americans looked as if they might sweep the afternoon session and tie the entire Presidents Cup as they at one point led 4-0 with just a couple holes to go. But with its two best players on the course blowing a five-stroke lead with eight holes left in their round, … [Read more...] about 2019 Presidents Cup results, scores, standings: U.S. cuts into deficit as Tiger Woods rests

By Tony Nwankwo Cornelius Tay’s three-year leadership as President of the Nigeria Lagos Mission, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, came to an end on June 30, 2019.After three years of attempts by the Nigerian press for Tay to weigh in on several national, leadership, religious and corporate issues, he finally agreed to open up and speak to the press. He explained that he needed to focus 100% on his voluntary missionary service and said the last three years of his life in the service of the Church have been the most fulfilling, having occupied top positions in the marketing and management profession in Nigeria for over 40 years. “My work in those three years was to be close to and visit with hundreds of people who desired to know about Jesus Christ and to teach them the Gospel. In the humble homes of these people, I particularly appreciated the interest of many people in knowing the teachings of Jesus Christ relative to the Gospel and how such … [Read more...] about There is hope in Nigeria, but we must live right — President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The caddie for Patrick Reed will not be on the bag for the final session of the Presidents Cup after shoving a spectator who he felt was encroaching too close to Reed while cursing him. The tour announced the decision after Saturday's dual session, which ended with the International team holding a 10-8 lead. Reed said in a statement he respected the decision and that everyone was focused on winning. Kessler Karain, the brother-in-law of Reed, says he heard heckling for three days at Royal Melbourne, some had taken it too far and he'd had enough. Reed was a singular target of the American team this year because of a rules violation last week in the Bahamas. He twice removed a clump of sand from behind his ball in a waste area at the Hero World Challenge. When he was shown the incident on video, Reed accepted the two-shot penalty. Reed failed to make a birdie in fourballs Saturday morning as he and Webb Simpson lost for the third straight time. … [Read more...] about Reed’s caddie out of Presidents Cup after conflict with fan

The health ministry said Garcia died at 1.05am Thursday of “a massive cerebral haemorrhage from a gunshot wound and cardiorespiratory arrest”. Garcia was resuscitated three times after suffering heart attacks while undergoing emergency surgery, before finally succumbing, Peru’s Health Minister Zulema Tomas said. In this file picture taken on May 3, 2006 Peruvian presidential candidate Alan Garcia gives a press conference in Lima. Picture: Eitan Abramovich/AFPSource:AFP “This morning there was a regrettable accident: the president took the decision to shoot himself,” Erasmo Reyna, Garcia’s lawyer, told reporters outside the hospital after Garcia was admitted. “Alan Garcia has died, long live APRA,” said Omar Quesada, the general secretary of Garcia’s American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) party. The attempted arrest unfolded at at Garcia’s home in Lima’s up-market Miraflores neighbourhood. Police were acting on … [Read more...] about Former Peru president Alan Garcia kills himself as police close in