President Cup: America in the lead without Woods effort

Greg Norman and Fred Couples kept asking questions long after they tried to give answers, both of them curious about the carnage inflicted by Royal Melbourne at the Presidents Cup.How many birdies' There couldnt have been that many, Norman said.In six better-balls matches, 24 of the best players in golf managed only 42 birdies and one eagle out of 408 chances Friday. Thirteen holes were won with pars. Two holes were halved with bogeys.The Americans had a 7-5 lead without getting a single point from Tiger Woods. In two matches with two partners, Woods team won just one of the 30 holes it has played.Not many times where he doesnt win a point through a couple of rounds, Couples said. But you know what' Were up by two points, and thats really all I care about at the moment. And I would say Tiger does the same.Woods is 0-2 for the first time in seven trips to the Presidents Cup, and it was the first time since the 2004 Ryder Cup, when he was paired with Phil Mickelson, that he was shut out in his opening two matches in any team competition. He was the only American who had failed to record a point going into the weekend. Yet he has looked fine, about the way he did last week when he finished third at the Australian Open.
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