A match-by-match review of the opening day of this 16th Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, where a overdue USA fightback retained Europe’s entire lead down to a point…
Carlota Ciganda & bronte Law halved with Marina Alex & Morgan Pressel
Law and Ciganda got off to a excellent start for a par was sufficient to win the opening hole when Pressel and Alex needed three to reunite from the fringe, and a second American bogey in the fourth took Europe two up.
However, the game stinks when Pressel drained a lengthy birdie putt on the fifth green and some ragged golf in the home pair during the subsequent two holes resulted in bogeys and they were abruptly one down.
However, they restored parity at the second, although the Americans edged forward again with a birdie at the 14th until Ciganda rolled in a great putt for a crucial two at the short 17th which Alex could not fit, and a scrappy final hole had been shrouded in pars as the very best match ended all square.
Georgia Hall & Celine Boutier bt Lexi Thompson along with Brittany Altomare 1 & 2
Thompson’s proud unbeaten record because 2013 appeared set to keep when the traffic gained an early lead over Hall and Boutier in the third, however Thompson and Altomare bogeyed the next prior to the Europeans moved forward with a birdie at five.
The American group got to trouble about the slipped down two, and they failed to escape with a half in level in the very long distance despite Thompson obstructing her instant into water, however they were soon three down once Boutier holed a great 30-footer for birdie from the back at the 10th.
A bogey five had been sufficient to shoot Europe four forward in the 12th and, although the Americans won 14 and 16 to prolong the match, Hall and Boutier closed out an impressive victory when Thompson and Altomare were unable to birdie the 17th.
Caroline Masson & Jodi Ewart Shadoff lost to 4. & Nelly Korda 6 & Jessica Korda
The Korda sisters needed to convince Juli Inkster to set the elephants together when the captain had reservations, however it proved an inspired move as they romped into a one-sided 6&4 win over Masson and Ewart Shadoff.
The Kordas left their intentions clear with birdies for wins on the first two holes with the pair struggling for rhythm, pars in the fourth and fifth were great enough to shoot the Americans four upward.
Ewart Shadoff then raced a six-foot birdie putt a similar distance past the hole at the seventh and Masson missed the return, but the house pair stopped the rot with a par at the eighth simply to earn a wreck of their extended ninth as the Americans turned using a commanding five-up lead.
Masson holed from 12 feet at the 10th to get a courageous half once Jessica Korda had chipped in to get a two, and the Kordas completed a resounding 6&4 triumph over the 14th green if Ewart Shadoff’s birdie putt drifted wide of the target.
Charley Hull & Azahara Munoz bt Megan Khang & Annie Park 2&1
A degree in the first awarded Hull and Munoz the first lead that was completed by an American birdie at the moment, but Khang and Park fought for precision at the fourth and fifth and talented the Europeans that a two-up lead.
But Hull and Munoz then struck problems of their own and dropped the sixth and eighth holes to par, and also the extended ninth was subsequently halved in bogey-sixes before Hull and Munoz made their first birdie of the match in the 13th to border beck ahead.
The subsequent three holes had been halved in pars, and a solid three at the 17th demonstrated sufficient to evaluate a 1 or 2 win to Hull and Munoz since Khang and Park failed to save par after having a wayward tee shot.
Suzann Pettersen & Anne Van 2 & Lizette Salas 4 & Dam bt Meghan Kang
Pettersen enjoyed a successful return to Solheim Cup actions to assist justify her wildcard selection, although rookie Anne Van Dam did a lot of the damage as Europe swept into a 2 & 4 victory in the very best fourballs match.
Van Dam’s level won the opening hole after Kang and then Salas both found trouble off the tee , after Salas birdied the next, Pettersen nailed a huge, 40-foot putt to get a bonus birdie at the fourth to restore the blue direct.
The Dutch debutant then hit one of those shots of the day in the birdie, which she followed with wins at the ninth and seventh to take the home side four upward.
Pettersen more than played her role because she birdied 10 and 11 to earn crucial pieces and, though Salas pulled one back after she drove the green at 14 and also two-putted for birdie, the European pair had lots in hand and wrapped up a slow encounter on the 16th green – five hours and 11 minutes once they teed off.
Caroline Hedwall & anna Nordqvist dropped to Angel Yin 7 & Ally McDonald & 5
Hedwall and nordqvist have enjoyed huge victory in their Solheim Cup careers, but the Swedish stalwarts were out of forms in the beginning since Yin and McDonald, who left four birdies in an impressive debut outclassed them.
Since the American pair won the first few holes, mcDonald birdied the second in, and McDonald wrapped to accept them four upward.
The lead became seven once Yin and McDonald united for three consecutive birdies around the turn, but when Nordqvist managed to register their very first birdie of the day in the 41, the Swedes managed to prevent a listing defeat.
As neither of those European pair were able to scramble a par handing Team USA a 7 & 5 success that levelled the scores in the 40,, but this was just a minor pledge.
Hull & Munoz halved with Altomare & N Korda
Hull and Munoz looked set to make it 2 wins as they recovered from a slow start to open up a four-hole lead with six to play with, but an excellent fightback from Altomare and Korda undid them.
Having conquered Megan Khang and Annie Park in the afternoon foursomes despite making just one birdie, Hull and Munoz were free-flowing after dinner but had to come out of both bogeyed the hole.
Munoz birdied the seventh and fourth around a winning par at the sixth from Hull, and also the English ace uttered a superb putt for two in the 10th to take her team into a lead.
This became four if Hull added another birdie at the 12th before Altomare responded in the next, along with the Americans then birdied the last three holes to snatch an unlikely half, together with Altomare holing from 20 feet in the past and Hull and also Ciganda both lost from similar selection.
Law & ciganda halved with J Korda & Thompson
Having endured his first defeat in the morning foursomes since 2013, Thompson had to birdie the final hole to avert another loss Jessica Korda as Ciganda and Law came close to pulling off a glorious win in a see-saw experience.
After a scrappy first hole in the European group, Ciganda won the following two holes for Korda to birdie another and an American diploma was sufficient to win against the fifth, but Law then birdied the next two holes because the lead changed hands for the third time in seven holes.
Korda holed to the very first eagle of this Solheim Cup, which she followed to take back the visitors ahead and then struck on the ninth green, but Law responded again with a winning birdie at 11.
Ciganda and Law both failed to suit Thompson’s pars in 13 and 14, however Law’s birdie in 15 sparked an astounding turnaround as Ciganda birdied the extended 16th and then drained a massive putt for one more in 17 which regained the lead – to the seventh period the lead had changed hands in the game.
But Thompson atoned for a push that was obstructed into the rough when she cut on a solid wedge and read the putt perfectly to end the day at a top for the traffic.

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