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Justin Thomas, whose partnership with Woods at
Royal Melbourne has helped keep the United States in touch with
the Internationals, has instead been paired with Rickie Fowler.
The U.S. pair will face Australian Marc Leishman and China's Li
Haotong, who has been handed his Presidents Cup debut by captain
Ernie Els on the third day of the biennial competition.
Woods has decided to stick with the misfiring combination of
Patrick Reed and Webb Simpson, sending them out for a third time
despite defeats in the first two days, to face Japan's Hideki
Matsuyama and Taiwan's CT Pan.
Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, whose Friday win over
Adam Hadwin and Joaquin Niemann helped the United States hold
the Internationals to a 6.5-3.5 lead, take on South Korea's Im
Sung-jae and Abraham Ancer in an all-rookie match.
Tony Finau is back in the U.S. line-up after being rested on
Friday and will partner Matt Kuchar against Australian Adam
Scott and An Byeong-hun of South Korea.
The pairings for Saturday afternoon's foursome matches have yet
to be announced.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne, Writing by Simon
Jennings; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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