USA leads 5-3 in Solheim Cup despite resistance from Europe

But the two-time defending European champion narrowed the 4-0 deficit with a 3-1 score on the afternoon’s four balls, which featured a hole-in-one from Denmark’s Emily Christine Pedersen.

The team that won the opening session had won eight of the previous 11 Solheim Cups.

In the morning, Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang defeated Maja Stark and Lynn Grant 2 and 1, Danielle Kang and Andrea Li scored one win over Celine Potier and Georgia Hall, with Allysen Corpuz and Nelly Korda defeating Leona Maguire and Anna Nordqvist. Same result

Ally Ewing and Cheyenne Knight picked up a 5-and-4 win over Charlie Hull and Pedersen.

Pedersen and Maguire then produced much-needed moments of magic as Europe largely kept alive their hopes of an unprecedented third successive Solheim Cup victory.

Pedersen hit the second hole in the history of the biennial tournament on the 12th hole as she and Stark split a high-quality contest in half with Jennifer Kupcho and Corpuz.

Maguire then combined for a birdie on the 18th to give her and Georgia Hall an unexpected 1-up win over Thompson and Lelia Vu.

Carlotta Ciganda and Grant won 4 and 2 over Angel Yin and Ewing, while popular rookie Rose Zhang and Kang tied with Gemma Dryburgh and Madeline Sagstrom.