INCHEON: World number one Jordan Spieth and second-ranked Jason Day were kept apart in the Presidents Cup singles, but the Australian will still face a 2015 fellow Major champion in Zach Johnson on Sunday.
The US PGA champion Day and British Open champion Johnson go head-to-head in the marquee 10th match of the 12 singles encounters at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Incheon.
It could prove the pivotal game with the US holding a slender 9.5-8.5 lead after the four rounds of team fourball and foursomes play were completed on Saturday.
Masters and US Open champion Spieth will be out just ahead of them in the ninth match against Aussie Marc Leishman.
"I guess we wanted Jordan in slot eight, nine or 10... I guess we could have posted him in 10 (against Day)," said US captain Jay Haas.
"I heard some groans had we put him up that it was not a Jason/Jordan match-up. But they played two matches against each other this week and this is not a head-to-head personal battle."
International captain Nick Price clearly thought his US counterpart would match the world's two top players. "I was surprised they put Jordan (Spieth) down opposite Marc Leishman," he said.
"With Jordan, I think they are figuring that he is going to be the point that's going to win. But if it isn't, the momentum switches to us."
Should the match go right to the wire, then it will be down to South Korea's Bae Sang-Moon in the anchor match against the American captain's son, Bill Haas, in front of a frenzied crowd in Incheon.
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