The group of USA dominating 3-5 Europe after the first day of Solheim Cup of golf, played through Sunday on the course Finca Cortesinin Casares (Málaga), for the first time it was played in Spain the women’s version of the Ryder Cup.
The European players recovered in the afternoon fourball matches (best ball) (3-1) from the heavy blow suffered in the morning foursomes (alternating goals), where the Americans signed a resounding 4-0.
In the afternoon, the Spaniards Carlota Ciganda and the swedish Lynn Grant They achieved a clear victory by 4 and 2 against Angel Yin and Ally Ewing, and Irish Leona Maguire and English Georgia Hall beat Lexi Thompson and Lilia Vu by one.
In the other two afternoon duels there was a distribution of points: Gemma Dryburgh-Madelene Sasgstrom tied against Rose Zhang-Megan Khang, as well as Emily Pedersen-Maja Stark against Jennifer Kupcho-Allisen Corpuz.
The European team, led by an imperial Carlota Ciganda, closed the gap against the United States (3-5).
Europe was forced to fight back and did so in the afternoon shift at Finca Cortesín, where it was again shown that in golf every shot is important and everything can change in a few seconds; So, the team led by Suzann Pettersen was able to go from pessimism and alertness from 4-0 to 5-3 where this Solheim can be seen with better eyes for Saturday.
The first match pitted Europeans Gemma Dryburgh and Madelene Sagstrom against Rose Zhang and Megan Khang, which ended in a tie and half a point for each team after it was settled with a complete tie at the 18th hole, where even Zhang and Khang are a step. of winning the point after a bad putt by Sagstrom.
Great performance
The Navarrese Carlota Ciganda, together with the Swede Linn Grant, showed that the European team still has a lot to say in this Solheim. Angel Yin and Ally Ewing saw the Spaniard start strongly with a birdie on the first hole, a prelude to what would be a great performance with the rookie Grant.
Ciganda and Grant won the 11th hole after a stretch of par and went ahead by two before the native of Pamplona rose in front of his spectators with another putt on the 14th, almost the sentence, because two holes later the duel ended at 4 and 2 to follow. the slipstream.
Leona Maguire and Georgia Hall had the most even match on the first day against Americans Lexi Thompson and Lilia Vu, which would lead to the first point in Europe thanks to the consistency of Maguire and the 14th hole of Thompson and Vu , which was not good and they gave up a point after they tied.
The Danish Emily Pedersen starred in the most impressive moment of the day, as she achieved the second hole in one in the history of Solheim with a beautiful shot on 12 that will remain in the video library, but not in a round way on the scoreboard , as together Maja Stark could not break even against Jennifer Kupcho and Allisen Corpuz, who dominated the final hole to hold on to the halfway point and leave the final 5-3 on the scoreboard.
Source: La Verdad
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