Ernie Els’s rookies impress on opening day despite Tiger Woods’s team winning their fourball match
12 December 2019 - 16:51International Team captain Ernie Els of South Africa celebrates with player An Byeong-hun during day one of the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Melbourne on December 12, 2019. Picture: WILLIAM WEST/ AFP
Woods, only the second playing captain in the 25-year history of the tournament, upheld his end of the bargain, as he anchored a comprehensive 4&3 win with Justin Thomas over Australian Marc Leishman and Chilean debutant Joaquin Niemann. Dustin Johnson and Gary Woodland had been branded a dream team by US media after the long hitters were named in a pair on tournament eve. But they walked off 4&3 losers after a thrashing by SA’s Louis Oosthuizen and Mexican Abraham Ancer.
“He made it feel easy out here, which is not easy. It’s a very tough golf course ... we had a plan and I think we kept to our plan really well and I felt good out there, which gave me a lot of confidence and I made some putts.” A banner day for the Internationals was complete on the 18th, when Patrick Reed missed a long putt to halve the hole and concede a second 1-up win to the east Asian duo of Hideki Matsuyama and CT Pan.
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