Yes Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker are a big part of why the U.S. will go into Sunday's 12 singles matches with a three-point lead, but why the U.S. kept that three-point lead can be placed on the shoulders of Phil Mickelson.
Trailing the International team of Tim Clark and Vijay Singh all round, Mickelson rolled in a 40-foot putt, lasered in a brilliant approach on 16 to stay tied and all while getting little, if any, help from his playing partner, Sean O'Hair.
Michael Jordan's "project" hasn't faired too well and will need to step up tomorrow for his team. If O'Hair can right the ship and at least salvage a half in his match tomorrow, it would go a long way toward redeeming the Cup rookie's dismal performance so far.
Still, the U.S. goes into the singles matches up 12.5-9.5 and holds a winning record overall in singles play in the Presidents Cup's brief history. That, and no team has ever rallied to win after going into Sunday's singles in the previous seven Cups, puts an enormous amount of pressure on the Internationals.
The U.S. needs just five points out of the 12 matches, while the International team will likely need to win seven matches and halve two more to win the Cup.
Impossible no, but unlikely.
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