Tiger Woods and David Toms crushed Australians Nick O'Hern and Geoff Ogilvy 5&3 in Saturday's fourballs, capping a commanding display by the United States at the seventh Presidents Cup.
After completing a rare sweep of the morning foursomes, the Americans ended a sun-drenched day at Royal Montreal Golf Club leading the Internationals by 14 points to 7-1/2.
With 12 points up for grabs in Sunday's singles, holders the US need only three more to claim the trophy for a fifth time.
Neither team has triumphed when coming from behind on the final day in the competition's previous six editions and the Americans are poised to taste their first victory on foreign soil.
"It's not over but things don't look too good," Internationals captain Gary Player told reporters. "The egg is not sunny-side up. "The Americans are looking very, very good and we will really have to pull a rabbit out of the hat tomorrow."
Player has top-loaded his singles order with his strongest players to get blue points on the board early. The fourth match out pits world number one Tiger Woods against local favourite Mike Weir.
"It's just a matter of getting off to a good start, getting some momentum going, you can really feed off that," said Canadian left-hander Weir. "I've got my hands full for sure."
Despite trailing early on in four of the five afternoon fourballs, the Americans ended the session on a high with two wins and half. "They really closed well again and their putting was definitely superior to ours," Player said after a glorious day at Royal Montreal with the trees bedecked in autumn colours of red, gold and green.
Following early heroics from Toms, Woods chipped in from 30 feet at the par-four eighth to put the US three up against O'Hern and Ogilvy in a match they always controlled.
Dovetailing superbly, the Americans covered their 15 holes in nine under par, Woods sealing victory by draining a 24-foot birdie putt. Stewart Cink and Jim Furyk came from two down to beat Angel Cabrera of Argentina and South Korean KJ Choi one up in the top match.
Two down with six holes to play, the US duo produced four late birdies to earn the first point of the afternoon for the holders.
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