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Woods, Mickelson, Els add to their list of Presidents Cup partners

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United States team player Tiger Woods, right, helps team player Steve Stricker with his swing before a team photo for the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) (The Associated Press)

United States team player Phil Mickelson, left, talks with Tiger Woods following a team photo for the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) (The Associated Press)

Matt Kuchar is the 10th player to have Tiger Woods as a partner in the Presidents Cup.

Woods and Kuchar are in the fifth of six matches, taking on Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman in fourballs. This is the seventh Presidents Cup for Woods, and the second for Kuchar.

International captain Nick Price has put Jason Day and Graham DeLaet in the opening match against Hunter Mahan and Brandt Snedeker.

Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson also have new partners.

Mickelson, the only player to have competed in every Presidents Cup, has Keegan Bradley. That's his 13th partner in this event. Els got his 10th partner in Brendon de Jonge, one of seven rookies on the International team.

It's the first time since 1996 the opening session is fourballs.