Day one: Europe 3-5 USA
Now that was matchplay golf. USA routed Europe in the morning, an embarrassing whitewash of the hosts, but Suzann Pettersen promised that despite being “knocked down, we stand back up and go out there again … it ain’t over yet.” Her team bounced back in the afternoon, throwing in only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history to boot, and this tournament, which briefly threatened to become a day-one bust, is very much back on. True, seven of the last eight Solheim Cups have been won by the team leading after the first day. But the other one wasn’t, and you can be damn sure Europe are still dreaming, and the USA won’t be taking a single thing for granted. Same place tomorrow for another day of to-and-fro drama? See you here in the morning, then! In the meantime, thanks for reading, and nighty night.
Day one fourballs result
Dryburgh/Sagstrom A/S Zhang/Khang
1UP Maguire/Hall v Thompson/Vu
Pedersen/Stark A/S Kupcho/Corpuz 1UP
4&2 Ciganda/Grant v Yin/Ewing
Europe 3-5 USA
