'I lost three matches and didn't play poorly' says frustrated Tiger

Tiger Woods said that he "didn't play poorly" on Saturday, despite sliding to his third straight defeat of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National as Europe grabbed a 10-6 lead to take into the singles.

The 14-time major champion and Patrick Reed suffered a second fourballs loss to Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood, 4 and 3, in the morning before Woods was brushed aside by the same pairing alongside Bryson DeChambeau in the foursomes, 5 and 4.

Woods was the star attraction this week in France after capping an incredible comeback season after injury with his first title since 2013 last weekend.

But even at his imperious best, he was never a strong Ryder Cup player when in a pairing, and he has now won only nine, lost 19 and halved one of his 29 fourballs and foursomes matches in the event.

Woods was unlucky in some respects -- being partnered with a totally out-of-sorts Reed, and also being drawn against the red-hot Molinari and Fleetwood duo three times.

"Just pretty pissed off, the fact that I lost three matches, and didn't feel like I played poorly," said Woods.

"That's the frustrating thing about match play. We can play well and nothing can happen. We ran against two guys that were both playing well and when one was out of the hole, especially in best-ball, the other one made birdie and vice versa.

"They did that a lot to us. At one point, they made six out of eight birdies on the back nine, and only one person was in the hole at a time. That's the nature of match play."
"We've got some work to do tomorrow," said Woods. "Hopefully we can get off to a quick start and get up in some of these matches, and turn the tide a little bit."
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