{"id":9869,"date":"2021-09-02T08:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2021-09-02T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T06:58:41","slug":"team-usa-take-the-lead-at-ping-junior-solheim-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladiesingolf.com\/en\/team-usa-take-the-lead-at-ping-junior-solheim-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA take the lead at Ping Junior Solheim Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: AJGA<\/em><\/p>\n

A very even morning at Sylvania Country Club had the best girls from Team Europe and Team USA share the six points in opening fourball matches.\u00a0With the scores level at 3-3, the teams headed out to compete in the afternoon foursomes at the 2021 PING Junior Solheim Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Halfway through the afternoon session in Toledo, the matches and scores remained equal, and it looked as though it was set to stay that way.<\/p>\n

But the Americans turned up the heat in the latter stages of their matches and ended the day with an 8-4 advantage with twelve singles matches remaining.<\/p>\n

Denmark\u2019s Amalie Leth-Nissen<\/strong> and Germany\u2019s Paula Schulz-Han\u00dfen<\/strong> clinched the only afternoon point for Team Europe as they battled back after losing their morning fourball.\u00a0The duo, who were both part of the European PING Junior Solheim Cup team in 2019, put their experience to good use and dazzled in the afternoon.\u00a0Four birdies on the first six holes put the European pair in pole position and they did not look back as they won 6&5 against Bailey Shoemaker and Sara Im.<\/p>\n

Schulz-Han\u00dfen admitted: \u201cI didn\u2019t even realize we had that many birdies, we were only two or three up at that point. Amalie holed some great putts which helped us put some pressure on the US duo. We only made two bogeys and the total score was four-under for the round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like in the morning, the European team fought all the way until the end with the shortest match finishing on the 16th<\/sup> hole as French duo Vairana Heck<\/strong> and Constance Fouillet<\/strong> were defeated 3&2 by Kaitlyn Schroeder<\/strong> and Yana Wilson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Three afternoon matches ended on the 17th<\/sup> hole with Team USA winning them by scores of 2&1 to seal the lead.<\/p>\n

Megha Ganne<\/strong> and Alexa Pano<\/strong> defeated Spanish duo Andrea Revuelta<\/strong> and Cayetana Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Amari Avery<\/strong> and Avery Zweig<\/strong> beat the all-Swedish team Meja \u00d6rtengren<\/strong> and Nora Sundberg<\/strong>, while Katie Li<\/strong> with Kelly Xu<\/strong> defeated the Germany\u2019s Helen Briem<\/strong> and Belgium\u2019s Savannah De Bock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The final match put on a great show with all eyes on the them as they battled it out for the final point of the day.<\/p>\n

Team USA\u2019s Anna Davis<\/strong> and Catherine Rao<\/strong> eventually got the better of Czechia\u2019s Denisa Vodi\u010dkov\u00e1<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s Francesca Fiorellini<\/strong>, as they won 1 up with the Europeans struggling to take advantage on the final three holes.<\/p>\n

Today promises to be a great day with spirited play as the winners of the 2021 PING Junior Solheim Cup will be crowned. The twelve singles matches will start at 9am local time.<\/p>\n

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