Laura Davies set a Solheim Cup points record with a fourball victory alongside Melissa Reid as Europe and United States were locked together at 8-8 Saturday. One point behind overnight and trailing 7-5 after the morning foursomes, the American holders battled back by winning three of the four afternoon fourballs. The only player to compete in all 12 Solheim team events, the 47-year-old Davies reached 24 1/2 points to overtake Swede Annika Sorenstam as the most successful player in the women's version of the Ryder Cup. The Briton did it in style too as she and Reid defeated Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang 4 & 3. “It was a bit embarrassing not to have the most points when I've played in every match so it's great to have made it,” Davies told reporters. “It's cleared the pressure and now I can relax a bit more without that extra edge in the singles Sunday.” With four birdies in a row from the third, Davies and fellow Englishwoman Reid were four up at the turn. Rookie Reid, 24, then made sure of her first Solheim point by eagling the long 12th from eight feet to make up for two agonising final-green defeats Friday. The closest fourball match featured US pair Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel against world No. 2 Suzann Pettersen and Caroline Hedwall. Scott grabs lead Australian Adam Scott birdied the last two holes for a second consecutive day to break one stroke clear of a tightly bunched leaderboard at the season-ending Tour Championship Friday. The 31-year-old calmly rolled in putts from seven and 10 feet respectively at the 17th and the last to cap a sparkling five-under-par 65 in the second round at East Lake Golf Club. Champion here in 2006, Scott recorded eight birdies and three bogeys to post an eight-under total of 132 and stay on track for his ninth PGA Tour victory and FedExCup honors. South Korean K.J. Choi was alone in second after carding a matching 65 while Australian Jason Day (67) and British world number one Luke Donald (68) were a further stroke back at six under. Overnight leader and PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley struggled with his putting on the way to a 71, finishing level at five under with fellow Americans Bubba Watson (64), Bill Haas (67) and Hunter Mahan (68).
