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Rain delays start of seventh Presidents Cup

By Staff

MONTREAL, Sep 28 (Reuters) The start of the seventh Presidents Cup between the United States and the Internationals was delayed by half an hour because of heavy morning rain.

Several of the greens at Royal Montreal Golf Club were saturated and organisers decided to give the greenkeeping staff more time to prepare the course for the biennial team competition.

The opening foursomes match between Americans Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan and Australian duo Adam Scott and Geoff Ogilvy finally got under way at 2315 IST.

Conditions are expected to remain wet and cloudy with a chance of heavy thunderstorms later in the day.

Holders the US have dominated the competition, winning four times including a thrilling victory in 2005 by 18-1/2 points to 15-1/2 in Lake Manassas, Virginia.

The only success for the Internationals came in 1998 when the event was staged in Melbourne. In 2003, the two teams battled to a 17-17 draw in South Africa.

Pairings in the opening foursomes matches (US pairs first, all times GMT): 1745: Steve Stricker/Hunter Mahan vs Adam Scott (Australia)/Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 1755: Phil Mickelson/Woody Austin vs Vijay Singh (Fiji)/Mike Weir (Canada) 1805: Stewart Cink/Zach Johnson vs Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)/Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 1815: David Toms/Jim Furyk vs Ernie Els (South Africa)/Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 1825: Lucas Glover/Scott Verplank vs Stuart Appleby (Australia)/Retief Goosen (South Africa) 1835: Tiger Woods/Charles Howell III vs K.J.Choi (South Korea)/Nick O'Hern (Australia) REUTERS BJR BD1045

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 16:01 [IST]
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