MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods finally won a hole. He still doesn’t have a point.
The rest of the Americans were making up for it in the Presidents Cup today, as Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson won for the second consecutive day, and Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk also won their second straight match.
Woods had a new partner in Dustin Johnson for the fourballs session, and it didn’t help. Aaron Baddeley holed a short par putt on the 18th and he and Jason Day held on for a 1-up victory, making Woods the only American without a point at Royal Melbourne.
It’s the first time Woods has gone 0-2 in any team competition since he and Mickelson lost both matches at the 2004 Ryder Cup.
One day after Woods and Steve Stricker failed to make a birdie or win a single hole in foursomes, Woods gave his side a 1-up lead by making a 25-foot birdie putt on the fourth hole. That lead lasted until the eighth hole, and the Americans never regained it.
The Americans had a 7-5 lead going into a double session Saturday with 10 points at stake.
Footnotes.
Na Yeon Choi shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Morgan Pressel and Karrie Webb after the first round of the LPGA Tour’s season-ending Titleholders in Orlando, Fla.
• Castle Rock’s Gary Hallberg and Jeff Freeman shot 5-under 66s to share the third-round lead at 15-under 198 in the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Kyle Thompson had a hole-in-one and shot an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach (Calif.) Invitational.
