What they said: Greg Norman and Fred Couples

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Q. You have to be pleased with 4 2?

FRED COUPLES: It did not look like 4 2 an hour and a half ago. Bill Haas fought hard, he and Nick Watney did a great job and we just saw Kuchar and Johnson get a little lucky to win the last two holes. They had tough teams and we had tough teams. We still fought hard and a 4 2 lead, I'll take that any day.

Q. Tiger, 5-0 last year, got beat badly today. Any thoughts of splitting them up?

FRED COUPLES: We have a half hour after this and we have been running around so excited to figure this all out. But we'll go in and see what everyone wants to do. I know Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson are going to fire out of there tomorrow. We are going to keep a lot of the teams.

Phil and Furyk won easily today, and those matches I think make people feel a little better. Somehow we won these two matches on the 18th hole which was miraculous. But best ball tomorrow, we'll come out fighting. We are going to go a little earlier which I think helps everybody, get them out here, and the crowds were great today.

But as far as Tiger goes, I'll talk to those guys and see what they want to do.

Q. How big is this day for this U.S. Team?

FRED COUPLES: Well, I don't think it's a secret that our guys feel like the two matches that we tied to get half a point, were pins, and I'm sure they are disappointed, but they are all tough players and they will come out tomorrow and play hard and play hard.

Dustin Johnson, for them to win that match, it's huge. It's the last match of the day, everyone is watching and to make a 4 footer to get a huge half a point is a big deal.

Q. How proud are you of the young players this week?

FRED COUPLES: We were out there and Bill Haas and Nick were 2 down and I heard from a couple of guys, they are playing very, very well. You jump in the wagon like that and you come back and tie Ogilvy and Charl Schwartzel, one of their stronger teams, was a good feeling, certainly I think for our team. And their team is going to come out tomorrow and we'll figure out if we change anything or whatever for best ball. But our guys, we are in a good mood.

Q. What did you say to Aaron Baddeley?

GREG NORMAN: Just keep your head high. I know he feels bad. He didn't hit the tee shot, and it's early days. That's also what I told him.

The guys played extremely well. We had a good opportunity to really push all the way through today, and we didn't square all the matches and we are behind. We have to make sure, they do carry their head high and wake up tomorrow morning and start the whole day afresh.

Q. You know the history of teams that are behind from day one, and it's not good; what do you say to your team?

GREG NORMAN: Well, the teams that are behind after day one, it's not very good, so you have to go in there and focus.

You have to forget about what happened today. It's like any golf tournament, you have to look forward, not back. It is what it is. We have the ability to go out there and win more points. So I'm going to get the boys just to relax and focus on that, and don't really get down on yourself. Day one is day one; it's a four day event.

Q. Any change of plans for tomorrow?

GREG NORMAN: We had a few changes in our pairings anyway, so we'll find out in a few minutes.