Maja Stark and Linn Grant ended Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz’s unbeaten partnership to help Team Europe move into a 7-5 lead over Team USA after the Saturday foursomes, despite Charley Hull and Lottie Woad suffering a record-equalling defeat. Nothing could separate the two teams on the opening day at Bernardus Golf, where both sessions were tied for just the second time in Solheim Cup history, but the hosts grabbed the advantage by claiming three of the four points on offer on Saturday morning. Korda and Corpuz had a 100-per-cent career record in foursomes but saw their five-match winning streak together ended by Stark and Grant, who led out Europe and claimed the first point of the day with an impressive 3&2 win.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Anna Nordqvist's star partnership of Hull and Woad failed to deliver again, as Alison Lee claimed her third win in as many sessions and partnered Lauren Coughlin to a 6&5 victory - the joint-largest winning margin in Solheim Cup foursomes. Rookie duo Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud continued their perfect start by despatching Andrea Lee and Austom Kim 4&3, while Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit snatched a final-hole win to ensure Team Europe won the session. Nordqvist's decision to send out her all-Swedish pairing was immediately validated when they won the first and matched the American birdie at the next, then responded to losing the third to a birdie by winning the next and never relinquishing control.
They won the seventh with a birdie and moved further ahead when Stark brilliantly chipped in for eagle from just off the eighth green, with a par at the ninth enough to claim a third straight hole and reach the turn four ahead. Korda and Corpuz threatened a famous comeback when they won back-to-back holes from the 10th to halve the deficit, only for Stark to hole an eight-foot birdie at the 16th to end the Americans' perfect foursomes record. "It's the best feeling ever," Stark said about the win.
"It felt like we put up some really decent golf both today and yesterday - it's hard to beat when you're not making any bogeys." Who will win the Solheim Cup? Watch the final day live on Sunday from 9am on Sky Sports Golf, with the opening singles match starting at 10.10am. Get latest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract on NOW.
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