The US got off to a great start at the Solheim Cup by sweeping the opening foursomes matches. Ally Ewing and Cheyenne Knight secured the first point of the contest when they claimed a convincing 5&4 win over Emily Pedersen and Charley Hull, who suffered a neck strain in the build-up to the biennial contest.
Solheim Cup stalwart Lexi Thompson led from the front in the top match and partnered Megan Khang to a topsy-turvy 2&1 win over Swedish rookies Maja Stark and Linn Grant, while Celine Boutier and Georgia Hall’s unbeaten Solheim Cup partnership was ended by Danielle Kang and Andrea Lee.
Boutier and Hall were 1up on the final green to ensure Team USA would win the opening session for the first time since 2009, before Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz completed the clean sweep by defeating Leona Maguire and Anna Nordqvist by the same margin.
Europe won the afternoon best ball matches by a score of three to one. Team Europe won two f the four afternoon matches while two were halved. For the US, the teams of Megan Khang and Rose Zhang of Alison Corpuz and Jennifer Kupcho each contribtued a half a point