Hero Cup: Continental Europe lead Great Britain and Ireland 3-2 after opening day

Ireland's Seamus Power (left) and Scotland's Robert MacIntyre sealed Great Britain and Ireland's lone triumph connected time one

Continental Europe pb Great Britain and Ireland 3-2 aft the opening time of the inaugural Hero Cup successful Abu Dhabi.

But Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and Seamus Power of Ireland bushed Austria's Sepp Straka and Poland's Adrian Meronk 4&3 for their lone win, with 2 different matches halved.

"I deliberation it was a bully squad show connected the archetypal day," said Fleetwood.

"I deliberation successful the end, to get retired of that league 3-2 we'll decidedly spell backmost to our squad rooms feeling the better. I conscionable said to the guys, I spot them to get thing retired of it astatine the past and beryllium precise pugnacious coming down that past hole."

Fleetwood and Shane Lowry fought backmost from 3 down with 9 holes to play against Swede Alex Noren and Belgium's Thomas Pieters earlier Noren's birdie connected the par-five 18th sealed a constrictive win, portion English duo Tyrrell Hatton and Jordan Smith besides mislaid connected the 18th to Belgium's Thomas Detry and France's Antoine Rozner.

A birdie connected the 18th from England's Matt Wallace ensured helium and compatriot Callum Shinkwin halved with France's Victor Perez and Italy's Guido Migliozzi acknowledgment to Wallace's birdie connected the 18th, portion Richard Mansell besides birdied the past to guarantee helium and Scotland's Ewen Ferguson halved with Europe skipper Francesco Molinari and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard.

"I'm really, truly blessed and arrogant of however we started today. My guys did amazing," said Italian Molinari.

"Obviously it's a agelong mode to spell but it's ever bully winning a day, winning a session. The situation time is 2 sessions truthful you request to beryllium mentally acceptable for that."

All 20 players volition beryllium successful enactment connected Saturday with 2 sets of 5 foursomes matches, earlier 10 singles matches instrumentality spot connected Sunday.

The Hero Cup has been introduced to springiness much players much acquisition of a matchplay squad tourney with an oculus connected the Ryder Cup, which is staged biennially betwixt Europe and the United States.

Europe skipper Luke Donald is overseeing this year's lawsuit arsenic helium prepares for the adjacent Ryder Cup successful Rome successful September.

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