
Golf 2
Give them credit. A lot of it, too. The cosmopolitan International side certainly made the last day of the ninth Presidents Cup interesting at a bright and breezy Royal Melbourne. But only for a little while. The harsh truth is that this edition of the biennial contest was won and lost well before the closing series of 12 singles produced an eventual score of 19-15 in favor of the United States.
Down and under as early as day one, when they fell what proved to be irretrievably behind after halving two foursome matches they should have won, the four-nation Internationals battled to the end before giving up the fight. For the seventh time in its 17-year history, the trophy will be heading back to PGA Tour...