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HOYLAKE, England – John Pak had just drained a 25-footer for birdie to square his singles match with James Sugrue when U.S. captain Nathaniel Crosby walked up to him on his way to the 16th tee and delivered a message.
“You’re going to win this match,” Crosby told Pak.
“That really gave me some confidence there,” Pak said.
After Sugrue birdied the par-5 16th, Pak won each of the final two holes, including Royal Liverpool’s par-4 finishing hole with a 10-foot birdie that energized the Americans heading into Sunday’s final two sessions.
With GB&I looking at possibly winning seven of the eight singles matches late Saturday, victories by Pak, John Augenstein and Brandon Wu were huge as the U.