the way of the last two teams in the United States

Jim Furyk and Nick Watney calmly took care of business on the 18th green in the final match of Saturday, and the Americans sit on a 13-9 lead with singles left to play.

Saturday could have gotten away from the Americans. It didn't, and it was a total team effort. It's nice when that happens.

he first was arguably the moment of the match, when Mahan and Bill Haas found themselves on the 17th hole 2-up with a halve on the hole to earn the full point. Jason Day drained a bomb for birdie in the rain that had the Internationals fired up. But Mahan, the dog of the 2010 Ryder Cup for chubbing a chip shot in the final match for the Americans, had a chance to end the match right there on the 17th green. He stood over his slippery 18-footer for birdie, struck it, watched it take the break, and as it disappeared, flipped his putter on the ground, confidently took his hat off and walked directly to the Internationals to shake their hands and tell them the match was done. Game over, thanks for coming.A win there and the match would go to the 18th and the half point could do wonders for the Internationals comeback.