After getting shutout in the morning foursome sessions, Europe bounced back in a big way, winning two matches and tying two others to win the afternoon fourballs, 3-1, while cutting its overall deficit to just two points, 5-3, at the 2023 Solheim Cup.
After sitting out the morning fourballs, rookie Rose Zhang made her Solheim Cup debut alongside Megan Khang, who won her morning foursomes with Lexi Thompson. The pair were matched up against Gemma Dryburgh and Madelene Sagstrom in the afternoon’s opening match. The battle was close most of the way with Europe 1 up through 14 hole. The U.S. tied it up with a birdie on the 15th. And that’s how it ended.
In the following match (No. 6), Thompson was partnered with Lilia Vu. Europe’s duo of Leona Maguire and Georgia Hall led 1 up through 13 holes until Lexi drained a lengthy eagle putt on No. 14 tie the match.
Loooooong putt for @lexi went straight for the hole ? pic.twitter.com/nDi1zIZO5u
— LPGA (@LPGA) September 22, 2023
It remained tied through 17 when Maguire chipped in for birdie on 18 to win the match in style.
.@leona_maguire wins @SolheimCupEuro first point in style ?#TeamEurope | #SolheimCup pic.twitter.com/RQ3WOAzbRs
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) September 22, 2023
In the third match of the afternoon, the American duo of Jennifer Kupcho and Allisen Corpuz tied Europe’s Emily Pedersen and Maja Stark.
The highlight of this match was Pedersen’s ace on the 12th hole.
Emily Pederson with the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history. It came on the par-3 12th hole. pic.twitter.com/62EV2NBLeB
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral) September 22, 2023
Finally, in the anchor match, Europe’s Carlota Ciganda and Linn Grant easily beat Ally Ewing and Angel Yin, 4 and 2.
