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October 05, 2009

Presidents Cup: Drive Time in San Francisco

Posted at 1:11 PM by Jim Gorant | Categories: Presidents Cup

Harding Park rewards big hitters. When the 2005 American Express Championship was held there, the tournament ended in a playoff between Tiger Woods and John Daly. (Woods won.) Going into the Tour Championship, the teams were dead even, with the Internationals averaging 291.8 yards off the tee and the U.S. 291.6. However, the U.S. has four players who average less then 290 (Steve Stricker 286.1, Justin Leonard 284.1, Zach Johnson 281.1 and Jim Furyk 278.5), while the Internationals have only two (Tim Clark 278.4 and Mike Weir 278.9). The biggest hitters? The Internationals' Angel Cabrera (305.0) and the U.S.'s Phil Mickelson (300.1).

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