US claim record four-point Solheim Cup lead over Europe

World fig 1 Nelly Korda led from the beforehand arsenic the United States dominated a disappointing Europe connected the opening time of the Solheim Cup successful Virginia.

Korda was successful irresistible form, winning some her matches arsenic the location broadside took some sessions 3-1 to pb by a grounds 6-2.

She teamed up with Allisen Corpuz to assertion the archetypal constituent successful the alternate changeable foursomes and was past victorious with Megan Khang successful the day fourballs.

For Europe it was a mostly bruising day.

Maja Stark and Emily Pedersen picked up Europe's solitary constituent successful the greeting with a nervy triumph that went down the 18th hole, contempt them being 4 up aft 5 holes.

And seasoned Anna Nordqvist, playing successful her ninth Solheim Cup, alongside her bully person and chap Swede Madelene Sagstrom, won six successive holes from the eighth for a immense 6&5 triumph implicit the retiring Lexi Thompson and Alison Lee to assertion the continent's lone day point.

But they were little highlights successful an different dispiriting time for a Europe broadside looking to assistance the Solheim Cup for a grounds 4th successive time.

The US person not won since 2017 and Korda came into this week saying they had "unfinished business" aft past year's 14-14 gully successful Spain saw Europe clasp the trophy.

Captain Stacy Lewis sent Korda and Corpuz retired archetypal successful the greeting arsenic a connection of intent, fixed they won some their foursomes matches successful Spain. And erstwhile again they delivered a reddish point, finishing powerfully to bushed Charley Hull and Esther Henseleit 3&2 successful a see-saw match.

Korda and Khang past danced connected to the archetypal tee for the day fourballs earlier waltzing to a 6&4 triumph implicit England's Georgia Hall and Ireland's Leona Maguire. The Americans won 5 of the archetypal 7 holes to acceptable the platform.

Andrea Lee and Rose Zhang were besides large winners, 5&4 implicit Hull and Linn Grant. The lucifer had been finely poised erstwhile Lee birdied the ninth to enactment the Americans 1 wide and they won 4 of the adjacent 5 to clinch different point.

Rookie pairing Lauren Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel past rounded disconnected a sensational time for the US astatine the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club with a 3&2 triumph implicit Stark and Pedersen.

More to follow.