Steve Palmer's Presidents Cup day-three preview, best bets, free golf tips

Where to watch

Sky Sports Golf, 12pm Saturday

Best bets

Match one draw (15-2), Match two draw (15-2),
Match three draw (15-2), Match four draw (15-2)
0.5pt Yankee Betfair, Power

USA to win day three 5-3
0.5pt 5-1 Betfair, Power

Story so far

Only ten points of the 30 points available in the Presidents Cup have been won - there are still four foursomes matches, four fourballs and 12 singles to be played - but the Internationals can be backed at 100-1 with bet365 to win the Cup.

The United States have forged an 8-2 lead through two days at Quail Hollow, North Carolina, and they are a best-price 1-200 to convert that advantage into a ninth consecutive Cup victory.

Max Homa was a hero for America over the final two holes of the closing day-two fourballs, making two magnificent birdies to see edge Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith, pushing the States further clear.

Homa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are the co-leading top points scorers (two points). Cam Davis and Si Woo Kim are the leading Internationals (one).

The action resumes at 12.12pm UK and Ireland time today, with four foursomes matches, then four fourballs matches will follow soon afterwards.

Day-three foursomes matches
12.12pm Jordan Spieth & Justin Thomas v Sungjae Im & Corey Conners
12.24pm Cameron Young & Collin Morikawa v Adam Scott & Hideki Matsuyama
12.36pm Scottie Scheffler & Sam Burns v K.H Lee & Tom Kim
12.48pm Tony Finau & Max Homa v Si Woo Kim & Cam Davis

Bets outright prices
1-200 USA, 100 Internationals, 33 draw

Day-three preview

The Presidents Cup outright market has died, while the in-running handicaps are not offering any angles, either. The States are 1-8 with bet365 to win by the competition by seven points or more.

The only betting routes open to punters at this stage are predicting the correct score, day scores, and betting on the individual matches.
The Internationals may get some joy from session three. It is difficult to see a way back into the event for Trevor Immelman's side, but the day-three foursomes draw provides some hope. None of the matches look absolute bankers for the Americans.

Justin Thomas has hit enough loose shots this week for Sungjae Im and Corey Conners to feel competitive in the top match. Im and Conners are tidy tee-to-green operators who should be able to churn out greens in regulation - the key to foursomes success. Thomas and Jordan Spieth are probably going to need to right on their game ball-striking wise to keep their 100 percent record this week.

Cameron Young and Collin Morikawa is a partnership with the potential for poor putting. Adam Scott has been woefully out of form this week, but his pairing with Hideki Matsuyama is full of Presidents Cup experience. They should be able to give the young Americans a game.

Match three is a fascinating one. Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns will be highly motivated, as they have let leads slip in both of their two matches so far. Scheffler narrowly missed a birdie putt on the final hole of the day-two fourballs which meant this apparent dream team are yet to register a full point.

A focused Scheffler, alongside his pal Burns, is formidable. But Burns has not been swinging with as much assurance as usual. Tom Kim, as he appears to have become officially known this week, has been keen to get vocal over the first two days. The youngster is clearly up for a scrap. The all-Korean duo are well capable of unsettling Scheffler and Burns.

And match four should also be tight. Homa loves Quail Hollow and must be buzzing after his Friday heroics, but Cam Davis and Si Woo Kim are the only members of the Internationals to have won a full point this week. Back in tandem for the foursomes, Davis and Kim can push Homa and Tony Finau all the way.

The Americans, for all the reasons explained pre-tournament, are a class apart from the Internationals. That strength in depth should tell for a convincing overall victory, but for this particular session, the Internationals could have some success.

A 2-2 session draw appeals as a good option - but bookmakers are annoyingly forcing punters into combining sessions three and four for their correct-score bets. Layer lethargy means no market is available on day-three foursomes score.

The best tactic, then, is arguably to back each match to be a draw in a low-stake multiple. A Yankee with Betfair or Power, who are offering 15-2 the tie in each match, could yield a return.

A 2-2 foursomes draw followed by a 3-1 American fourballs win could deliver a 5-3 USA Saturday success and a 13-5 scoreline heading into the singles.

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