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Solheim Cup standings: day 1 scores for Team USA vs Team Europe
At Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Friday, the USA put themselves in a fine position to regain the Solheim Cup by dominating both opening sessions.
Team USA established a commanding advantage on day one of the 2024 Solheim Cup, comfortably winning both sessions to take a four-point lead into the weekend at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.
Bidding to win the women’s team golf tournament for the first time in seven years, the Americans dominated in Friday morning’s foursomes matches, winning all but one to lead 3-1 at halfway on the opening day. In the afternoon’s fourballs clashes, Stacy Lewis’s team then triumphed by the same scoreline to move 6-2 ahead.
On Saturday morning, play resumes in Gainesville, Virginia, with four more foursomes matches.
2024 Solheim Cup day 1: Friday afternoon fourballs results (Overall score: Team USA 6-2 Europe)
12:05pm ET: fourball match 1
Nelly Korda & Megan Khang (USA) vs Georgia Hall & Leona Maguire (EUR) - USA wins 6&4.
12:20pm ET: fourball match 2
Alison Lee & Lexi Thompson (USA) vs Anna Nordqvist & Madelene Sagstrom (EUR) - Europe wins 6&5.
12:35pm ET: fourball match 3
Lauren Coughlin & Sarah Schmelzel (USA) vs Emily Pedersen & Maja Stark (EUR) - USA wins 3&2.
12:50pm ET: fourball match 4
Andrea Lee & Rose Zhang (USA) vs Linn Grant & Charley Hull (EUR) - USA wins 5&4.
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2024 Solheim Cup day 1: Friday morning foursomes results
7:05am ET: foursomes match 1
Nelly Korda / Allisen Corpuz (USA) vs Esther Henseleit / Charley Hull (EUR) - USA wins 3&2.
7:17am ET: foursomes match 2
Rose Zhang / Lauren Coughlin (USA) vs Celine Boutier / Albane Valenzuela (EUR) - USA wins 3&2.
7:29am ET: foursomes match 3
Ally Ewing / Jennifer Kupcho (USA) vs Emily Pedersen / Maja Stark (EUR) - Europe wins 3&2.
7:41am ET: foursomes match 4
Lilia Vu / Sarah Schmelzel (USA) vs Linn Grant / Carlota Ciganda (EUR) - USA wins 3&2.
2024 Solheim Cup schedule
The 19th edition of the tournament, the 2024 Solheim Cup runs until Sunday, September 15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Team USA, who have won 10 of the Solheim Cup’s 18 previous editions, have not triumphed in the event since captain Juli Inkster led the Americans to a 16.5-11.5 success in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2017.
The two teams are to face each other across five separate sessions, with 28 points on offer over the three days. The United States must clinch 14.5 points to regain the Solheim Cup, while Europe need 14 to retain the trophy with a tie.
Day 1
Friday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches
Friday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches
Day 2
Saturday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches
Saturday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches
Day 3
Sunday: singles: 12 singles matches
The Solheim Cup: a brief history
While Team USA came out on top in five of the first seven Solheim Cups after its foundation in 1990, the tide has turned in recent years. Since triumphing at Rich Harvest Farms in 2009, the United States have lifted the trophy only twice. The Americans won each of the first six editions that took place in the U.S., but since have lost two of the last three, including at Inverness Club in Ohio in 2021.