International team captain Nick Price (L top), Jason Day (L bottom), Bae Sang-moon (R bottom) and K.J. Choi look at the Presidents Cup as they get ready to pose for a group photo before the 2015 Presidents Cup golf tournament at The Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday. (Reuters)

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Jason Day would relish the chance to go head-to-head with world No. 1 Jordan Spieth in the Presidents Cup but the Australian hotshot knows the showdown may not materialise as team tactics take precedence over individual glory.
Day and Spieth electrified the Tour this year with their budding rivalry played out on the grandest of stages.
American Spieth claimed two majors among his five wins,  ending his 2015 campaign in triumphant style at the season-ending Tour Championship, while Day won the year’s final major and his win at last month’s BMW Championship was his fourth win in six starts.
When asked if he would be interested in taking on Spieth on the final day of Presidents Cup competition on Sunday, Day said there would be huge interest in that potential clash but team strategy could get in the way.
“I think a lot of people around the world are interested to see if that will happen,” he told reporters on yesterday. “It would be a lot of fun playing against Jordan, but then again I’m not too sure what the strategy is with that.”
The 11th Presidents Cup, a biennial team golf competition putting the United States against a team of international players minus Europeans, begins on Thursday at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon.
After three days of foursomes and four ball team play, the competition goes into a singles format on Sunday with all 12 players from each team taking on an opponent.
The matchups will be decided by US captain Jay Haas and Internationals skipper Nick Price, who will sit across a table from each other and try not to blink first.
“Will they hold Jordan to wait for my name, or will captain Price hold my name for Jordan? Or maybe he wants me to go out early and get a point up,” said Day.
“It all depends on where the points are, how everyone is playing ... and from there make that decision who I’ll play against. But I think it would be a lot of fun. We’ve both played pretty good golf (this year).”
Such has been the early US dominance in recent years the Internationals have been left trailing going into the final day with little hope of reeling in the Americans, who have traditionally had a deeper talent pool.
The United States have won eight of the 10 Cups played so far, including the last five.
Day said it was time to stop the rot.
“I think everyone’s kind of fed up with it; that we have been losing for a while now,” added the 27-year-old Queenslander.
And his personal target against the Americans?
“I would love to go 5-0. That would be fantastic.”

Players happy with phone-snappy Korean fans
A clutch of the world’s best golfers are playing to a different beat at the first Presidents Cup in Asia this week—the constant drone of cameras clicking and phones ringing.
But they agreed the antics of the enthusiastic Korean fans, trying to get pictures at every opportunity and frequently answering mobiles in breach of golf’s usual hushed on-course etiquette, were not a problem.
“Hey, they want to take pictures of us. I guess that’s a good thing,” said US team member and world number five Rickie Fowler after Tuesday’s first official practice day at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea.
“Usually stuff like that doesn’t bother me or the guys too much I think in practice rounds. It will be interesting come tournament play, come Thursday,” added the 26-year-old.  
“I didn’t notice it too much while we were hitting,” said US veteran of all 10 previous Presidents Cups Phil Mickelson. “There was so much of it, we tuned it out. I feel like it will be the same for everybody.”
South African Branden Grace said the unusually noisy crowds might give his team mates an edge on the Americans, as they play more events in Asia.
“When you come to Asia you expect it,” Grace told AFP. “As European Tour players we’ve been exposed to it a little bit more than the US guys.
“You just mustn’t let it get to you. Tomorrow might be a bit more hectic out there.
“Golf is so huge in Asia and the people here just love taking photos, I don’t think there’s any other way to put it.  
“It gets nuts out there sometimes but it’s fun. They all mean well.”
The frenzied atmosphere, even on the first practice day, came as a bit of a culture shock to some of the US players such as Jimmy Walker, who do not venture outside the PGA Tour often.  
“At the beginning today we were like, ‘Holy cow, this is unbelievable’,” Walker told AFP. “After a while, really, there was just so much of it going on, it just becomes white noise. It’s not a big deal. It’s not like when you’re at home where one click or ring will really stand out. Here it’s just constant. “Never once today was I thrown off by the clicks and they were going off a lot. It was fine.”