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Presidents Cup 2017 Leaderboard: Phil Mickelson Pushes USA to 8-2 Lead

The United States stretched its lead over the International Team to 8-2 at the 2017 Presidents Cup thanks to a strong showing in four-ball matches Friday at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey.

The Red, White and Blue effort was led by a dominant performance from the pairing of Charley Hoffman and Kevin Chappell, who defeated Anirban Lahiri and Charl Schwartzel 6 and 5 to secure the United States' first point of the day.

Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler followed up by handling Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen 3 and 2, while Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson used a late push to down the pairing of Jhonattan Vegas and Adam Scott 3 and 2.