INCHEON, South Korea – U.S. captain Jay Haas approached the team of Jimmy Walker and Chris Kirk at the back of the 13th tee and decided a moment of levity was in order.
“I guess I should’ve put out Jesus Christ and his dad against these guys, huh?” Haas said.
Kirk and Walker ran into a buzzsaw by the names of Sangmoon Bae and Hideki Matsuyama, who combined to birdie nine of the first 11 holes in their four-ball match on Saturday afternoon. How demoralizing was this thorough beat-down? Well, the Americans assumed they already had lost the match on the 12th green.