Stacy Lewis made the perfect move to kick off the Solheim Cup on Friday morning.
Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang, after winning the first three holes of their match, rolled to a win over Maja Stark and Linn Grant. Ally Ewing and Cheyenne Knight beat Charley Hull and Emily Pedersen after just 14 holes in their match.
Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz beat Leona Maguire and Anna Nordqvist by a single hole. Andrea Lea and Danielle Kang — whose— also beat Celine Boutier and Georgia Hall by a hole thanks to a late birdie on No. 17 to grab their win and complete the sweep. Europe has won the last two Solheim Cups, and took the 2021 event at the Inverness Club in Ohio 15-13. The Europeans have never won three straight Solheim Cups since the event was launched in 1990, though the Americans have accomplished that feat twice — most recently from 2005-2009. The U.S. team last won 16.5-11.5 in 2017 when it was played in Des Moines, Iowa. The group who has won, or at least tied, the first session has won the Solheim Cup in eight of the last 11 outings.
Zhang and Khang, despite an early birdie on the opening hole, needed to birdie the par-4 15th to tie the match back up after Gemma Dryburgh and Madeline Sangstrom rallied on the back side to get out of a two-shot hole. The group settled for a tie, taking half a point each.Pedersen, playing alongside Stark, hit just the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history. She played the 178-yard par-3 12th perfectly, hitting her tee shot on the slope and rolling it back and in.
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