Gary Player's team hit back on Day 2

PRESIDENT'S CUP SCOREBOARD
Royal Montreal Golf Club, Quebec.
UNITED STATES 7, INTERNATIONAL TEAM 5
Four-ball results
US team players named first:
Phil Mickelson & Hunter Mahan lost to Retief Goosen (SAf) & Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1 hole.
Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk lost to Vijay Singh (Fij) & Stuart Appleby (Aus) 5 and 4.
Zach Johnson & Charles Howell III lost to Mike Weir (Can) & Ernie Els (SAf) 3 and 1.
Steve Stricker & Scott Verplank bt Adam Scott (Aus) & K.J. Choi (Kor) 2 and 1.
Stewart Cink & Lucas Glover lost to Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) & Nick O'Hern (Aus) 1 hole.
David Toms & Woody Austin halved with Trevor Immelman (SAf) & Rory Sabbatini (SAf),

TIGER'S HEAVIEST DEFEAT IN FOUR-BALL
PRESIDENT'S CUP FORMAT

Tiger Woods suffered his heaviest defeat in President's Cup four-ball matches as Gary Player's International Team won four ties, halved another and lost only one on Day 2.
The scoreline after two days has "improved" dramatically from the International Team's point of view. United States' big opening-day lead has been slashed to 7-5.
Woods and Jim Furyk were hammered 5 and 4 by Vijay Singh and Stuart Appleby of the International Team.
Although the heavyweight American duo gathered eight birdies between them in the better-ball format, they were outclassed by opponents who were a staggering 11 under par after 14 holes.
"Obviously we needed to make more birdies in our match," Woods said.
"We both played pretty well. I wouldn't say great, but we were playing solidly. "We just didn't get enough looks at birdies on the same hole.
"It seemed like one of us was in on each hole and was making putts but we needed to have both of us in there on the same hole and we just didn't do that."
Woods' record as an individual play is surpassed only by Jack Nicklaus, captain of the United States team. But Tiger's record as a team player is only moderate by his standards. He has generally struggled in four-ball matches at the President's Cup and the Ryder Cup.
His overall win-loss record in that format in the biennial team competitions is 6-13. In the Presidents Cup it stands at an unimpressive 2-7.
Fiji's Singh set the tone for the day when he holed out from a greenside bunker to birdie the par-4 first at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
The former world No 1 then pitched in from the fairway to eagle the par-5 sixth for the Internationals pairing to grab early control.
Appleby hit his tee shot to eight feet at the par-three seventh and holed the birdie putt to put the Internationals three up.
Although Furyk briefly trimmed the deficit by rolling in a 19-footer to birdie the eighth, Singh countered with a birdie putt from similar range at the 10th.
Appleby coaxed in a 32ft eagle putt at the par-5 12th before Singh put the Internationals five up with five to play by draining a 14-footer to birdie the 13th.
"They chipped in twice and were 11 under par through 14 holes, that's pretty good playing," said Woods.
"Jim and I were talking about it; we shot six under but we played the same holes. We needed to take it a lot deeper than that and we didn't do it."
Appleby, who was five under after 14 holes on his own ball, was delighted with how he and Singh gelled.
"We hit the right shots at the right time, made some putts and Vijay made some fantastic chips early on," he said.
"They played well but we were always in front. In that format against those types of players, you have to think about getting birdies on every hole."