2013 Presidents Cup: Match schedule, live updates, scores and more from Day 3 at Muirfield Village

For the second straight day, the Presidents Cup could not finish up its scheduled matches before darkness fell in the Columbus area. Only one of the five Four-ball matches out on the course finished, and that got in just under the wire thanks to a hole-out eagle from the fairway by Zach Johnson.

The PGA Tour will resume the fourth session tomorrow morning at 7:35 a.m. ET. Given that the matches are the Foursomes format, play should move quickly as there are only two balls per group in the alternate shot format. The last match is just through nine holes, as Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar play the 10th hole 2-down to Brendon de Jonge and Ernie Els.

For the second straight day at the Presidents Cup, a lengthy delay prevented completion of the scheduled matches. The PGA Tour already had no margin for error at the start of the day, needing to finish up four matches from Friday and then hold 10 new matches over a morning and afternoon session. But the third straight day with rain forced another hour-plus delay, and only one of the five late Foursomes matches finished before play was called. The American team currently holes a 11.5 to 6.5 lead over the Internationals, with those four matches left to finish Sunday morning and then 12 singles matches immediately following that.

Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner, who got to sit out the morning Four-ball session, rolled to a 4&3 win against Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman. Dufner and Johnson struggled out of the gate, falling in a two-down hole before switching the momentum with a crucial win on No. 8. It was part of a streak in which they won six of eight holes to dramatically flip things from 2-down to theh 4-up, 4&3 win.

The International team at the Presidents Cup is trying to make it a game heading into Sunday, rebounding from a 4-1 Four-ball rout to take the lead, at one point, in all five Foursomes matches.

It’s definitely a role reversal for each side, as the Americans had not won a Four-ball session in either the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup in 17 years. The Internationals, on the other hand, have been crushed in the alternating shot Foursomes play through much of the history of this event. It’s the one area most responsible for the string of American blowouts wins.

The United States has taken control of the Presidents Cup, winning Saturday’s Four-ball 4 to 1 and extending their overall lead to four points over the International side. They lead 10.5 to 6.5, with one more 5-point session of Foursomes left and then 12 Sunday singles.

Dan Hicks of NBC relayed this astonishing stat: This was the first time the USA won a Four-ball format session in either a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup in 17 years. That’s hard to believe, given all the talent that’s loaded those teams during that stretch but this session could be the one that locks up the 2013 edition of the Presidents Cup.

It’s been a frustrating start-and-stop day at the Presidents Cup, but Tiger Woods just shook up the crowd with the shot of the week. Tiger was 238 yards from the hole, hitting his second shot on the par-5 15th hole at Muirfield Village.

Woods pulled a five-wood. He’s struggled at times with fairway metals, but this one was an absolute laser up the chute. He dropped it right on top of the flagstick, and the soaked Muirfield greens are not letting anything run out.

It’s not going to finish before dark, but the second session of the day at Presidents Cup is now set for late Saturday afternoon at Muirfield Village. Much like Friday, they won’t be resolved until the following morning, even though they are foursome matches, the fastest format with only two balls per group in play.

The International side got a split in first session of Foursomes, picking up three of the six points. That’s a win for them, as they have been historically dominated in this format and it’s been the difference in a run of American blowouts at this event.

Muirfield Village is known for having some of the fastest greens on the entire PGA Tour, with Jack Nicklaus demanding the putting surfaces be super quick when the Memorial comes to town each June. The weather is notoriously bad for that event, and we’re getting more of it this week.

The firm and fast conditions were supposed to be in play this week at the Presidents Cup, but three straight days of heavy rain have waterlogged the course. And the greens, well they’re quite receptive with the balls not really running out...like, at all. Here’s Louis Oosthuizen on the usually difficult No. 12:

The Americans have turned it on as the Saturday Four-ball matches moved to the back nine at Muirfield Village. The USA leads in three of five matches, with one all square, and another led by the International team of Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama. That International duo, amazingly, only needed a par on No. 10 to take a 1-up lead over Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar. Ironically, Kuchar, Woods, and Scott -- three of the top 8 players in the world -- all made bogey on the relatively easy hole and Matsuyama was there to clean up for the International lead. Kuchar’s putter has been off today and Woods has carried him so far.

The biggest swing of the day has come in the lead-off match, where Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley have hit a back nine roll for the second straight day. Mickelson and Bradley were 2-down through the first seven holes, but they then won four of six holes to jump ahead by two. It’s the kind of quick swing that they pulled on Friday in the leadoff Foursomes match to pick off America’s first point yesterday. After a lackluster showing on Thursday, this pair, which was the most dynamic and successful at last year’s Ryder Cup, appears to have found their form. They’re getting close to closing out an Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge team that was just as dominant on Friday.

Photographer David Cannon, perhaps for his own amusement, caught Jason Dufner performing what is likely the most athletic maneuver of the entire Presidents Cup. A huge lip of tobacco does not preclude one from achieving great feats of athleticism.

Shortly after this, Duf was seen walking around Muirfield Village barefoot.

It’s raining again in Columbus, and an already soaked Muirfield Village is taking on buckets of water during Saturday morning’s session of five Four-ball matches. Each team is ahead in two matches, with one all square as the lead-off group makes its way toward the turn.

The Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge pairing has continued their form from Friday, taking it to Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson early. Els is a bit of a mess up around the green, but his ball striking is solid as ever and his partner, de Jonge, has been the best player on either team so far this week. They made five straight birdies to blitz America’s most dynamic pairing.

We’ve seen NBA players give away their shoes after games, but a golfer’s spikes? Here’s Jason Dufner, just rolling around a tony country club in his bare feet:

When asked what, exactly, he was doing, Dufner simply replied, “I have plenty of shoes.”

Angel Cabrera, who drained a putt late Friday night and then aggressively pointed back at a heckler, is the only South American representative on this year’s International team. And El Pato’s presence has to be a calming influence in nervy situations. He pretty much rolls with the punches, all the time:

Sometimes, when you’re able to see where the ball, this happens:

The alternating shot Foursomes format has been the difference between USA blowouts in the Presidents Cup. But this year at Muirfield Village, the International side held their own to keep the deficit at just one point and make it a ballgame for Saturday morning’s Four-ball, a format where they have traditionally succeeded against the Americans. After two sessions and 12 points, the Americans lead 6.5 to 5.5.

Each team picked up a point on Friday night, splitting the first two matches. They were runaway wins for each side, finishing up on the 14th green before darkness fell.

Phil Mickelson, who memorably appeared at Callaway HQ in in flip-flops in July to thank the Carlsbad crew for crafting the clubs he used to cadge his first Claret Jug, has put a TaylorMade SLDR driver into play Friday at the Presidents Cup.

Lefty apparently attempted to disguise the club with what Zak Kozuchowski described as a shoddy paint job on the SLDR’s metallic gray crown, which was curious since the five-time major champion has corporate’s blessing to use non-Callaway gear.

Saturday was already scheduled to be a long day at the Presidents Cup. Friday’s rain delay will make it an even longer day and viewers will be able to watch almost all of the action live with more than 10 hours of television coverage scheduled.

Four foursomes were still on the course when play was suspended. Those players will be back on the course Saturday morning with play scheduled to resume at 7:35 a.m. ET. Once those matches are complete, five four-ball pairings will be announced and those matches are expected to start around 8:30 a.m. The day will wrap up with five more foursome matches, with players likely playing as long as daylight allows.

The Presidents Cup, unlike the Ryder Cup, spreads its competition out over four days to allow the players some breathing room, as opposed to cramming two-a-day sessions for sun-up to sun-down golf. But on Saturday, the only day of the four with two sessions on the schedule, 16 of the 24 golfers will play more than 36 holes in what will be a grueling march of golf.

Jokes about all the bad weather at the annual Memorial tournament each May have become cliche now. Muirfield Village seems to get hit with huge storms every year, throwing off that prestigious stop hosted by Jack Nicklaus. This week is no different at Muirfield, however, with October storms hammering the course on each of the first two days of competition for more than four hours of weather delays.

Play has been called on Friday at the 2013 Presidents Cup, with four of six matches still incomplete. A lengthy rain delay hit Muirfield Village for the second straight day, but this one drenched the course for a couple hours and made finishing Friday night impossible, even under the Foursomes format that sets a rapid pace. Team USA currently leads 4.5 to 3.5, and each side picked up a point before darkness fell.

Phil MIckelson and Keegan Bradley rediscovered their form from last year’s Ryder Cup, blitzing the International duo of Jason Day and Graham DeLaet in the all-important lead-off match. Mickelson and Bradley fell behind a hole early, but then won seven of eight during an incredible run to pick up a point before darkness. Mickelson and Bradley were having a blast all day, much like at Medinah last fall. It was a welcome sight following their lackluster loss yesterday.