The International team has suffered a major meltdown at the Presidents Cup after the USA surged in the rain delayed foursomes at Muirfield Village.
They will need to win an improbable 10 of the 12 singles matches if they are to clinch the Cup.
Despite leading all five of the foursomes matches at one point on Saturday afternoon the Internationals surrendered three of the matches and halved one to drop to a 14-8 deficit in the quest for 17.5 points.
With the singles matches unable to finish in a tie while the Cup is up for grabs, the USA is now just four wins away from claiming their eighth outright win in 10 Presidents Cup, continuing their dominance having also tied in 2003.
“Well, we’re up against it,” top ranked International team member Adam Scott said.
“We’re just going to have to fight as hard as we can and if we can get enough blue going, we’re looking for one of those miracle come backs I guess.
“You know, otherwise, we all want to win our matches anyway just for our own pride.”
After Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson came from two holes down to close out South African Richard Sterne and Australian Marc Leishman 4 and 3 on Saturday, the Americans continued the swing on Sunday morning.
Steve Stricker and Bill Haas hammered world No.2 Scott and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama 4 and 3.
Australian Jason Day and Canadian Graham DeLaet, who held a 3up lead through seven holes, stumbled poorly late on Saturday and were behind early on Sunday before rallying for a half point.
Staring down the barrel of being two down on the 15th green, DeLaet buried a 27-foot putt to halve the hole and then hit a precision iron into the 16th to help the team square the match.
The Canadian then made a huge chip in birdie on the 18th to give the side a chance of a full point only to have Bradley sink a birdie putt on top to halve the match.
If the above International duo stumbled, the next imploded.
South Africans Louis Oosthuizen came back on Sunday morning with a 3up lead through 12 holes over Webb Simpson and Brandt Snedeker but made bogey, bogey, double bogey in three holes to lose their advantage.
Another bogey on the 17th hole handed the USA a 1up victory.
The only win for International team came via South African Ernie Els and Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge, who also stumbled late but prevailed 1up over Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar.
All 12 players on each side will now reload and head out for singles play.
Scott will play Haas, Day has drawn Snedeker while Leishman will tackle Kuchar.
