Presidents Cup: Tiger Woods Will Fare Far Better on Day 2 in Australia

Tiger Woods will rebound from his putrid day 1 performance down under, and become a positive factor for the U.S. team at the 2011 Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Woods and teammate Steve Stricker were beat down convincingly by Adam Scott and K.J. Choi on Thursday, and matched the largest defeat in Presidents Cup history.

The two dropped 7 and 6, absolutely pitiful production that was then magnified by the success of the other American golfers on day 1. The U.S. leads the Cup 4-2 a quarter of the way through.

Day 2 will team Woods with fellow American Dustin Johnson, who has just one top 10 finish in a major this year. The two will battle Aaron Baddeley and Jason Day from the International side.

Woods and Johnson will have the undeniable edge on Friday however. They have seen the course in its entirety and the expectation level has dropped off considerably.

That being said, the pressure of golfing alongside Adam Scott and Woods' now estranged former caddie, Steve Williams, is no longer a factor.

Not to mention, one of the all-time great golfers in history, Woods, is capable of turning it around at any given moment.

This quote from an ESPN article by Bob Harig explains Woods' technical approach for the rest of the tournament:

"You have to drive the ball in the fairway. You've got to get it down there where you have some kind of 9-iron [into the green] on down. It's just not holding. With the wind and the crustiness and some of these pin locations just over the knobs, you have to be somewhat aggressive off the tees to get it down there so you can have some kind of short shot and put some spin on it.'' - Tiger Woods

It seems as if Woods will and can only improve as the Cup wages on. After all, he and Stricker opened up the tournament at absolute rock bottom, and the pressure to carry the U.S. team is nonexistent.

With the Americans out in front with some favorable matchups set to tee off on Friday, including Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk, who were dominant on Thursday, against Adam Scott and K.T. Kim, the focus has been minimized and the expectations have been dropped from Woods' heavy clubs.