Presidents Cup 2017: Live updates, highlights from Day 3 at Liberty National

Hailey Hernandez

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A stacked U.S. team will try to take home the Presidents Cup trophy again, but a much-improved International squad looks to give the Americans a challenge. Follow along with Sporting News as we live blog the action all week.

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The 2017 Presidents Cup is underway at Liberty National as the U.S team tries to capture its seventh straight trophy. The Americans with Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson are facing perhaps their toughest competition yet against a strong International team led by Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama. 

The Presidents Cup is played with 30 matches with a mix of foursomes, four-ball and singles matches. Each match is worth one point, but if a match is tied after 18 holes, each team will recieve a half point. The magic number for one team to secure a victory is 15.5 points. 

Thursday and Saturday morning will start with five foursome matches. A foursomes match is played between two U.S. and two International players and each side will play one ball with the players alternating to hit tee shots.

For Friday and Saturday afternoon, the game switches to a four-ball match. A four-ball match is when two U.S. players face off against two International players with players playing the better ball of their side. For example, if Rickie Fowler pars a hole and his partner Justin Thomas birdies the same hole, the team will keep Thomas' score.

Sunday will be singles matches, with one U.S. player going head-to-head against an International player.

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Presidents Cup 2017: Live updates, highlights 

Follow along with all of the action from Day 3 of the Presidents Cup:

Meanwhile on the U.S. side...

 

Oh boy.

Rory's not wasting any time on the couch watching the U.S. dominate the Internationals this weekend.

Internationals are going to need to pull out all the stops today if they want to keep it interesting. This birdie from Jason Day helps a little.

That's one way to get around a golf course...

Points update from the morning matchups:

Eight matches will take place, meaning there are eight points up for grabs. The U.S. holds an 8-2 lead over the Internationals so the Americans could potentially clinch the 15.5 points needed to secure a Presidents Cup victory before the final day of play even begins on Sunday.

Spieth/Reed vs. Leishman/Day are the first foursome out on the course. 

Saturday morning starts off with foursomes where sides will play alternate shots. Saturday afternoon continues with four-ball matches where sides play their best ball.

Tee times for Saturday morning's foursomes:

7:02 a.m. — Patrick Reed/Jordan Spieth vs. Jason Day/Marc Leishman

7:13 a.m. — Dustin Johnson/Matt Kuchar vs. Adam Scott/Adam Hadwin

7:24 a.m. — Phil Mickelson/Kevin Kisner vs. Jhonattan Vegas/Emiliano Grillo

7:35 a.m. — Justin Thomas/Rickie Fowler vs. Louis Oosthuizen/Branden Grace

Hailey Hernandez