USA rally to trim Presidents Cup deficit to three points after four-ball session

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burns-sam/Ya8WURp6/"]Burns[/a] sank four-foot birdie putts at 16 and 17 after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scheffler[/a] birdied to win 15 in a 2&1 victory over Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hisatsune-ryo/bcC14WvA/"]Ryo Hisatsune[/a] in the final early match at Medinah, leaving the Internationals leading by 8.5 to 5.5.[/p][p][b]"I felt like if I could really crunch a seven-iron it was the perfect number and fortunately I was able to hit a great shot,"[/b] Burns said of his stellar approach shots.[/p][p]The hosts, swept in Friday's foursomes to fall behind 7-3, hoped to grab the lead in four afternoon foursomes (alternate shot) matches.[/p][p]The Americans, who lead the all-time rivalry 13-1-1, seek an 11th consecutive victory with each side needing 15.5 points after Sunday's concluding singles matches to hoist the trophy.[/p][embed guid="387448ee-b6f6-4012-9981-a119a7d2b92b" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2103910385526972513?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The United States, with eight of the world's 11 top-ranked golfers, grabbed an early lead in all four Saturday four-balls (best-ball) but saw three of those leads erased.[/p][p]South Koreans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-si-woo/AVOmsy0G/"]Kim Si-woo[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-joohyung/G28Un9r8/"]Tom Kim[/a] improved to 3-0 this week by beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-wyndham/x4NXN7qb/"]Wyndham Clark[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a] 2&1.[/p][p]Morikawa birdied to win the second hole and sank a 20-foot birdie putt at the par-three seventh for a 2-up lead.[/p][p]Kim Si-woo birdied from just inside eight feet to win the par-three ninth and sank a 10-footer to birdie 11 and level the match.[/p][p]Tom Kim put a finger to his lips to shush the US crowd after his 11-foot birdie tied the 12th hole.[/p][p]Kim Si-woo sank a birdie putt from just beyond 12 feet at 16, then made a 16-foot birdie putt to win 17 and seal victory.[/p][p][b]"Those last two were tricky putts," [/b]Kim Si-woo said. [b]"My read, I would have missed, but (Tom) gave me so many good reads, so I just trust him, putt the line and trust myself."[/b][/p][h2]'I'm gutted'[/h2][p]Australian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Min Woo Lee[/a] and South Korean Im Sung-jae won two of the last four holes to tie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomas-justin/jV7EtuiD/"]Justin Thomas[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koivun-jackson/YThW99ON/"]Jackson Koivun[/a].[/p][p]Koivun won the first hole with a birdie putt from just inside eight feet and birdied the par-five sixth from just inside five feet for a 2-up US lead.[/p][p]The 21-year-old US rookie added birdies to win the eighth and 11th and restore the 2-up margin, but Lee made a 16-foot birdie putt to win the 15th, and Im won the 16th with a par to level the match.[/p][p][b]"I'm gutted," [/b]Thomas said.[b] "I feel like I let (Koivun) down today and the team. I'm disappointed."[/b][/p][embed guid="33f35039-0a69-47f4-af1a-6ff4b29c03c2" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2103911989059739845?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-cameron/WAjf7EFq/"]Cameron Young[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gotterup-christopher/nVwVk9Kf/"]Chris Gotterup[/a] won the first four holes and never trailed in beating Canada's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taylor-nick/bRN84Bas/"]Nick Taylor[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conners-corey/SABiQcB3/"]Corey Conners[/a] 2&1.[/p][p]Taylor won the eighth and Conners the 10th with birdies. Taylor and Gotterup each sank birdie putts from about 50 feet to tie the 14th, but Gotterup sank a 34-foot birdie putt at 15 and birdied the 17th from 33 feet to win the match.[/p][p][b]"Felt like I was putting good all day, just burning edges, and finally got them to go," [/b]Gotterup said. [b]"It was a good time."[/b][/p][p]Scheffler's tap-in birdie won the par-five fifth, but Matsuyama answered with a 35-foot birdie putt at the par-three seventh.[/p][p]Burns won the ninth with a four-foot birdie putt; Matsuyama birdied the 10th from 34 feet, and his 10-foot birdie putt won the par-three 13th.[/p][p]Scheffler sank a 21-foot birdie putt at 15 to ignite the rally, setting up Burns's heroics.[/p]