31.   The captains have to play, too, so look for Palmer and Player to go at it in the singles matches Sunday.

32.   The competition started Saturday morning with the four alternate-shot matches followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon.

33.   The first singles match, and possibly both of them, should be done in time for first edition Saturday afternoon.

34.   The featured night singles match will be Seles against Zvereva.

35.   The last player to beat Woods in a singles match was Englishman Gary Wolstenholme in the Walker Cup two years ago at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.

36.   The only seeded player to go down thus far, Gambill lost his first-round singles match to qualifier Christian Ruud on Tuesday night.

37.   The momentum continued into the afternoon singles matches, thought to be an American stronghold.

38.   The teams split the six singles matches, sending the match to doubles play.

39.   The sudden-death idea for all Sunday singles matches should die a sudden death.

40.   The two will meet in the final pairing of the afternoon singles matches, after the foursomes competition in the morning.