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GAINESVILLE (Virginia), Sept 23: South African Retief Goosen and Australian Adam Scott beat top-ranked Tiger Woods and Fred Couples 4 and 3 as the Internationals took the first point over the US team at the Presidents Cup. Both teams got the opening matchup they wanted here Thursday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club but the Internationals seized momentum in the first foursomes (alternate-shot) match in the sixth edition of the biennial showdown.
Scott and Goosen won the fourth hole with a par and birdied the par-5 sixth and seventh for a 3-up lead before Woods and Couples finally won a hole, the par-3 ninth, with a par to make the turn 2-down.
Results:
U.S. Internationals: Tiger Woods & Adam Scott (Australia) v Fred Couples Retief Goosen (South Africa): Won 4 and 3
Fred Funk & Vijay Singh (Fiji) v Jim Furyk Mark Hensby (Australia) match halved
Phil Mickelson & Nick O’Hern (Australia) v Chris DiMarco & Tim Clark (South Africa): Won 1 up
Justin Leonard & Peter Lonard (Australia) v Scott Verplank & Stuart Appleby (Australia): Won 4 and 2
Davis Love III & Michael Campbell (New Zealand) v Kenny Perry & Angel Cabrera (Argentina): Won 2 and 1
David Toms & Trevor Immelman (South Africa) v Stewart Cink & Mike Weir (Canada): Won 6 and 5
US PGA Tour Texas Open scores
62 Robert Gamez
63 Jeff Maggert, John Senden, Woody Austin
64 Phillip Price, Ted Purdy, David Hearn, Nick Watney
65 Aaron Baddeley, Bart Bryant, Larry Mize, Brendan Jones, Mark Wilson, Rod Pampling, Olin Browne, Harrison Frazar, Brad Lardon, John Morgan, Bob Heintz.—Agencies
