Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Toronto Star's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Ryan Fox and Nick Taylor each delivered clutch moments Friday that carried the Internationals to another stunning sweep in foursomes at the Presidents Cup, giving them a 7-3 lead going into the weekend as they look to end more than two decades of losing.
“It was an incredible day for us,” International captain Geoff Ogilvy said.
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Ogilvy → deliver → us
It was the second straight time the Americans were shut out in foursomes.
asserted
Americans → shut → foursomes
Unlike two years ago at Royal Montreal, they had swept the opening session and could afford getting blanked.
uncertain
they → sweep → session
Now the Internationals have their largest lead after two sessions since Royal Melbourne in 1998, the only year they won the Presidents Cup.
asserted
they → have → Cup
Taylor and Corey Conners were 1 up over Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns going to the 18th hole at Medinah when Taylor went into the trees and Conners could only punch back to the fairway.
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Conners → go → fairway
The Canadian duo were playing their third shot before Scheffler hit his second.
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Scheffler → play → second
Taylor hit a cut 9-iron from 151 yards that plopped down a foot from the cup for a par, and Burns’ birdie putt to halve the match rimmed out.
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putt → hit → match
“Maybe I bailed myself out after that drive,” Taylor said.
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Taylor → bail → drive
“Yeah, when it mattered most, it was nice to hit a close one in there and apply the pressure back to them.”
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it → matter → them
Fox and Min Woo Lee were in match equally tight with the Americans taking their first lead on the 12th hole.
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Americans → take → hole
Fox holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 15th to square the match, and he made a birdie putt from 20 feet on the par-3 16th to go 1 up.
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he → hole → 16th
They halved the last two holes, with Fox making a 4-footer for par on the 18th.
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Fox → halve → 18th
Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im won four straight holes on the front nine to build a 3-up lead, and after Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman narrowed the deficit to 1 down, Matsuyama made a 20-foot birdie that carried them to a 3-and-2 win.
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that → win → win
Adam Scott and Christiaan Bezuidenhout never trailed in a 3-and-2 victory over Justin Thomas and Cameron Young, while Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim had an easy time against the once formidable duo of Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, winning 4 and 3.
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Kim → trail → 4
“You’re going to have sessions like this in these things,” U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker said.
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Snedeker → go → things
“I feel terrible for the guys because I know they grinded out there and gave me everything they had today, and it wasn’t meant to be.
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it → feel → everything
Two years ago in Canada, the Americans won six out of eight and sailed to another win.
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Americans → win → win
“There’s a lot of golf left,” Scott said.
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Scott → ’ → golf
I think we had a similar situation two years ago in Canada.
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we → think → Canada
Hopefully we learned from that, and we can back a great day up tomorrow.”
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we → learn → day
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