{"id":291704,"date":"2023-09-22T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291704"},"modified":"2023-09-22T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:35:14","slug":"europe-stage-fightback-after-foursomes-humiliation-at-the-solheim-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/europe-stage-fightback-after-foursomes-humiliation-at-the-solheim-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe stage fightback after foursomes humiliation at the Solheim Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Europe stage fightback after foursomes humiliation but Suzann Pettersen&#8217;s team trail the USA 5-3 in their bid for a third straight Solheim Cup<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The US swept the opening foursomes to take a 4-0 lead against Europe in Spain\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Europe responded in the fourballs to cut the deficit to 5-3 at the end of day one\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Captain Suzann Pettersen said she was proud of her team&#8217;s fightback\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Buried in the morning, signs of life in the afternoon. If Europe are to succeed in their bid for a third straight Solheim Cup win, it will require a fightback but a far smaller one than seemed likely after the bleakest of starts.<\/p>\n<p>At 5-3 down, there will be significant concern for Suzann Pettersen\u2019s team, but it will be balanced by some relief having been humiliated 4-0 in the opening foursomes.<\/p>\n<p>The US had never previously swept the board in an alternate-shot session and there was no flattery in the scoreline. At that stage, they were dominant, but the fourballs brought about a resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Europe got their first half point on the board through Gemma Dryburgh and Magdelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang and Megan Khang, before Georgia Hall and Leona Maguire, who was the star of their 2021 win, holed with a chip from the fringe at 18 to see off Lexi Thompson and world No 2 Lilia Vu one up. Thompson had a chance to save the half with an up-and-down from five yards but shanked the pitch sideways and down a hill.<\/p>\n<p>That put life back into Europe\u2019s bid and their situation improved further with a hefty 4&amp;2 win for Carlota Ciganda and Linn Grant against Angel Yin and Ally Ewing. With light fading quickly in Andalucia, not assisted by awfully slow play, Emily Pedersen and Maja Stark halved with Jennifer Kupucho and Allisen Corpuz. That tie was illuminated by Pedersen\u2019s hole in one at the 12th, as was her day after a 5&amp;4 walloping alongside Charley Hull in the morning against Ewing and Cheyenne Knight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/20\/75742057-12550759-image-a-41_1695410384604.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Leona Maguire and\u00a0Georgia Hall helped Europe fight back in the afternoon fourballs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/20\/75742111-12550759-image-a-42_1695410507695.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Megan Khang, pictured, won the opening match of the foursomes with Lexi Thompson<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/20\/75742119-12550759-image-a-43_1695410571257.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Europe&#8217;s captain Suzann Pettersen admitted her team had a tough start after going 4-0 down<\/p>\n<p>Their loss, and Hull\u2019s discomfort with a neck issue, was an ominous beginning. It got worse when Thompson and Megan Khang won 2&amp;1 against Grant and Stark and Danielle Kang and Andrea Lee came through one up against Celine Boutier and Hall, Europe\u2019s strongest pair. Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz saw off Maguire and Anna Nordqvist by the same margin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is a tough start when you go 4-0 but I didn\u2019t think we played badly,\u2019 said Pettersen. \u2018I am immensely proud of the way the entire team fought back in the afternoon. Hats off to all my players for the way they fought and showed their character. I think the level of golf in the afternoon was unbelievable. You get knocked down you get up and try it again. We are right in it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>US captain Stacy Lewis said: \u2018It was a great day. The start was somewhat unexpected. Just a great day. Those halves in the afternoon could be huge by Sunday.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12550759\/Europe-stage-fightback-Suzann-Pettersen-Solheim-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe stage fightback after foursomes humiliation but Suzann Pettersen&#8217;s team trail the USA 5-3 in their bid for a third straight Solheim Cup The US swept the opening foursomes to take a 4-0 lead against Europe in Spain\u00a0 Europe responded in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Europe stage fightback after foursomes humiliation at the Solheim Cup - 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