Round 5 Singles Pairings

Team USA failed to pull off the big comeback they could have appreciated -- that truth gave the Internationals something to maintain onto -- however they did win three of the four points and reduce their deficit to a greater manageable two factors. Since it takes 15.5 factors to win the Cup, Team USA will want 7.Five whilst the Internationals want best 5.Five.

Here is the singles line-up for the final round nowadays.

• Match 19: Abraham Ancer VS Tiger Woods
• Match 20: Hideki Matsuyama VS Tony Finau
• Match 21: C.T. Pan VS Patrick Reed
• Match 22: Haotong Li VS Dustin Johnson
• Match 23: Adam Hadwin VS Bryson DeChambeau
• Match 24: Sungjae Im VS Gary Woodland
• Match 25: Joaquin Niemann VS Patrick Cantlay
• Match 26: Adam Scott VS Xander Schauffele
• Match 27: Byeong Hun An VS Webb Simpson
• Match 28: Cameron Smith Vs Justin Thomas
• Match 29: Louis Oosthuizen VS Matt Kuchar
• Match 30: Marc Leishman VS Rickie Fowler

The thing that stands out to me is that the captains seem to have chosen their players less for their current form and more for their skillsets. Long hitters are pitted against long hitters, accuracy players against accuracy players, strong short games and/or weak putters against the same. This is a bit different from the norm, but it makes sense given each captain's leaning toward statistics.

Bear in mind that historically -- at the least, when we speak about Ryder Cups -- the prevailing point most customarily comes from healthy 26 or 27, sometimes 28. Both teams have observed this conventional little bit of expertise, placing sturdy gamers in those matches as properly.

Finally, some of speculations concern Tiger putting himself up towards Abraham Ancer, but I suppose it's pretty simple to understand. While Tiger probable desires to be available to oversee late suits himself if they're top notch close, and at the same time as he probably heard that, manner back in November, Ancer said he desired to play him, I suppose the number one motive is that Abraham Ancer is arguably the International Team's top participant this week and Tiger has been the American Team's first-class. What different preference would you assume from Tiger?

GC's coverage of the singles starts at 6pm ET today, just a little over an hour from now (that is, as I post this). I expect nothing less than a Ryder Cup-esque finish to this one!