Solheim Cup 2024: day one – live | Solheim Cup

Given this happened five years ago …

… and then three years ago …

… and we’ve not even done a single lap of the sun since this occurred …

… there’s really no need to unnecessarily expend energy by bigging this up. And yet we still can, because look at the opening match, which features the world number-one and the most in-form player on Europe’s team! “It’s nice to get Charley [Hull] going, she doesn’t like to sit around and wait,” says Europe captain Suzann Pettersen, and you can be pretty sure Nelly Korda is of a similar mindset. So this is happening from the get-go. Leona Maguire, Georgia Hall, Megan Khang and swansinging living-legend Lexi Thompson are waiting in the wings as well, among many others. This is going to be a blast. Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. It’s on!

12.05 BST: Nelly Korda / Allisen Corpuz v Esther Henseleit / Charley Hull
12.17 BST: Rose Zhang / Lauren Coughlin v Céline Boutier / Albane Valenzuela
12:29 BST: Ally Ewing / Jennifer Kupcho v Emily Kristine Pedersen / Maja Stark
12.41 BST: Lilia Vu v Sarah Schmelzel v Linn Grant / Carlota Ciganda