US surge to record lead but Europe ready to fight
The Straits Times|September 15, 2024
A United States team eager to end a seven-year Solheim Cup title drought enjoyed a dream start on the opening day on Sept 13 in Virginia, taking a 6-2 lead over Europe behind the sensational play of Nelly Korda, Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and others.
US surge to record lead but Europe ready to fight

The US won three of their four foursome matches in the morning to take a 3-1 lead and stretched the advantage to 6-2 in the afternoon four-ball session for the largest lead ever recorded after the first day of the team event.

"It has been a really good day," said US captain Stacy Lewis.

"Things played out the way we were hoping. I'm really happy with the pairings I was able to put out, and the players produced some great shots, some great scores and got us a ton of points."

World No. 1 Korda came skipping out of the tunnel to the first tee and never put a foot wrong all day.

Alongside partner Allisen Corpuz, the duo notched a 3&2 victory over Esther Henseleit and Charley Hull in the opening foursome match of the day to grab the early momentum for the home side.

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