Arizona Tribune - Unbeaten Cantlay-Schauffele duo will sit early at Presidents Cup

The Americans carry an 8-2 lead into Saturday's four matches, which will be followed by four afternoon four-ball (best ball) matches at Quail Hollow.

That matches the largest-ever US lead after two sessions in Presidents Cup history.

US captain Davis Love decided not to play Cantlay and Schauffele despite their 5-0 foursomes record in Ryder and Presidents Cups and their win in this year's PGA's pairs event.

"We've got so many guys so it's spreading it around a little bit," Love said of sitting out players.

Instead, Love will stick with two other winning pairs and a third hungry for its first triumph.

Multiple major winners Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, 2-0 this week, will face Canada's Corey Conners and South Korea's Im Sung-jae.

Max Homa, owner of two dramatic 1-up triumphs, will pair with Tony Finau as they did Thursday to face Australian Cam Davis and South Korean Kim Si-woo.

Top-ranked Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, who squandered leads late in a loss and a tie the past two days, will face South Koreans Lee Kyoung-hoon and Kim Joo-hyung.

Masters winners Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and Adam Scott of Australia, who lost 6&5 to Cantlay and Schauffele on Thursday, will reunite to face Americans Cameron Young and Collin Morikawa.

T.Perez--AT