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Europe overcame a spirited rally by the United States in the fourballs to lead 4½-3½ Friday after the opening day of the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle.
With the sides even at 2-2 following the morning foursomes, rookie Caroline Hedwall and fellow Swede Sophie Gustafson put Europe 3-2 ahead with a 5 and 4 win over Vicky Hurst and Brittany Lincicome.
Europe was up in the other three matches at that stage but Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer came back from 1-down with two to play to beat Europe's Laura Davies and Melissa Reid by one hole.
Creamer birdied the 17th from 18 feet to even the match and Pressel then holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th for the win. It left Davies still needing 1 point to overtake Annika Sorenstam and become the Solheim Cup record points scorer.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/7007821/solheim-cup-europe-leads-united-states-first-day
With the sides even at 2-2 following the morning foursomes, rookie Caroline Hedwall and fellow Swede Sophie Gustafson put Europe 3-2 ahead with a 5 and 4 win over Vicky Hurst and Brittany Lincicome.
Europe was up in the other three matches at that stage but Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer came back from 1-down with two to play to beat Europe's Laura Davies and Melissa Reid by one hole.
Creamer birdied the 17th from 18 feet to even the match and Pressel then holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th for the win. It left Davies still needing 1 point to overtake Annika Sorenstam and become the Solheim Cup record points scorer.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/7007821/solheim-cup-europe-leads-united-states-first-day
