Tiger Woods, winning all five of his matches at the biennial competition, carried the U.S. to a third straight victory in golf’s Presidents Cup. In San Francisco, The Americans led the International team throughout the four-day event at Harding Park Golf Course and finished with a five-point win at 19 1/2 to 14 1/2.
Woods became just the third golfer in Presidents Cup history to go 5-0, winning his first four matches with partner Steve Stricker before a dominating victory over Y.E. Yang in yesterday’s singles matches. “We played great as a team,” Woods said during a news conference. Captain Fred Couples “did some great pairings, put us together with some guys that we knew we could play really well with.”
The U.S. has an overall 6-1 lead in the competition against players from outside of Europe, with one series of matches drawn.
