Solheim Cup 2015 Results: Friday Points and Standings for USA vs. Europe

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Published: September 18, 2015

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Europe took a 4-2 lead over the USA in the 2015 Solheim Cup on Friday, which saw play suspended for darkness after the afternoon session was interrupted by a thunderstorm.

The teams were evenly matched at 2-2 after the morning's foursomes, but Europe won the first two fourballs to take a healthy but far from insurmountable two-point lead into Saturday.

In the matches set to resume in the morning, the teams are all square through 17 in the first, and Europe are 1-up through 15 in the other.

Here are the full results from Friday as some of the biggest names in women's golf went head-to-head in Germany, courtesy of the showpiece's official Twitter feed and BBC Sport:





Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer drew first blood as they put the USA 1-0 up.

A bogey for Anna Nordqvist and Suzann Pettersen put the Americans ahead after the first hole, but Pressel and Creamer returned the favour at the fourth.

However, birdies at the seventh, 11th and 13th and a European bogey at the ninth gave the U.S. a commanding lead, with Europe only able to pull one back with a bogey at the 14th. LPGA shared the highlights:



English duo Charley Hull and Melissa Reid levelled proceedings in a narrow but comfortable win over Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome.



Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson raced into a 4-0 lead within the first six holes in their foursome with Karine Icher and Azahara Munoz and held on for the point despite three consecutive European birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th.

Four birdies for Sandra Gal and Catriona Matthew was enough to ensure the teams were all square at the end of the first session, though.

In sharp contrast to their performance in the morning, Pressel and Creamer were well off the pace during the fourballs, as Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall made short work of them.

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