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Golf-Internationals claw early point back at Presidents Cup

INCHEON, South Korea, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Internationals claimed a vital early point on the second day of the Presidents Cup with South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace beating world number one Jordan Spieth and U.S. partner Dustin Johnson 4&3.

Friday's four-balls also saw the first moment of controversy at the biennial event, being played in Asia for the first time, when American Phil Mickelson was penalised for changing the type of ball he was playing on the seventh hole.

He and playing partner Zach Johnson lost the hole to Australians Jason Day and Adam Scott anyway, but were then given another one-hole penalty for Mickelson's infraction.