US surge to record lead but Europe ready to fight

A United States team eager to end a seven-year Solheim Cup title drought enjoyed a dream start on the opening day on Sept 13 in Virginia, taking a 6-2 lead over Europe behind the sensational play of Nelly Korda, Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and others.

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The US won three of their four foursome matches in the morning to take a 3-1 lead and stretched the advantage to 6-2 in the afternoon four-ball session for the largest lead ever recorded after the first day of the team event.

"It has been a really good day," said US captain Stacy Lewis.

"Things played out the way we were hoping. I'm really happy with the pairings I was able to put out, and the players produced some great shots, some great scores and got us a ton of points."

World No. 1 Korda came skipping out of the tunnel to the first tee and never put a foot wrong all day.

Alongside partner Allisen Corpuz, the duo notched a 3&2 victory over Esther Henseleit and Charley Hull in the opening foursome match of the day to grab the early momentum for the home side.