Jennifer Kupcho goes close with her approach at 2; Esther Henseleit goes even closer. That’s a gimme for Europe, so Rose Zhang does well to hold her nerve and make the putt from six feet to secure the half. Meanwhile Allisen Corpuz sinks a ten-footer on 3 to level the lead match, while Charley Hull and Alison Lee get the anchor game underway by trading fairway finders. It’s all happening now.

Stark/Grant A/S Corpuz/Korda (3)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (2)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (1)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin

Auston Kim has to hack out sideways from the bush down the right of 1. It puts the American pairing on the back foot, and though Andrea Lee sends a decent third into the heart of the green, it’s all a waste of time, because Nastasia Nadaud drains a 20-footer for birdie – Europe’s third out of three attempts on this hole this morning – and the hosts are off to a flyer.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (2)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (1)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin

No Sun Ra, I was wide of the mark there. I’ll make it up to you. Meanwhile the third match takes to the tee, and Andrea Lee sends a wild drive down the right towards a bush. It’s not been a banner start for Team USA, but then there was a lot of blue on the board early on yesterday morning, and it didn’t quite pan out in the way Europe desired. Meanwhile the first match ties the 2nd in birdie.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (2)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim

Eye of the Tiger now on the wheels of steel. It’s a sonic smorgasbord. Esther Henseleit and Jennifer Kupcho take turns to throw darts at the pin on 1. Putting competition coming up. And Leona Maguire wins it! It’s foggy early in the Netherlands, but sunny for Europe. As for the music, if we’re skipping back through the decades in any sort of regimented order, the next track will be something from the 1950s. I’m going with something from Jazz in Silhouette by Sun Ra and his Arkestra.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (1)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim

Corpuz’s opening putt is uncharacteristically off-beam. Wide right and four feet past. It’s still the USA’s turn. Korda tidies up for par. But the damage has already been done. Stark makes the birdie putt, and Europe put some blue on the board in short order. Meanwhile back on the tee, Rose Zhang splits the fairway to get the second match underway, and Leona Maguire does likewise. Why stand Maguire down yesterday afternoon? Not sure. Not sure.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (1)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang

As they’ve been doing all week, the DJ is making a right old racket. LIV Golf has so much to answer for. Taylor Swift getting an airing in the cool morning breeze. Nevertheless, the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and Nelly Korda finds the centre of the green. A decent start for the USA, but Linn Grant takes it up a notch by screeching her approach to three feet. Very early advantage to the hosts!

One stat that most certainly benefits Team USA: Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda have an all-time five-and-zero record as a partnership in the foursomes, the most winningest (let’s hold hands across the ocean) pairing in Solheim Cup history. Corpuz blasts the first tee shot of day two down the fairway, and Maja Stark wastes little time in following her. It’s happening again, my golf-crazed friends!

… and so it begins again. The teams are level after slugging it out on day one, and the USA as holders have the tie in their pocket, but there is one way in which Europe have the advantage. Every player has seen some action already, and only two Europeans are pointless: Celine Boutier and Nanna Madsen, who were strangely sent out for a second match yesterday afternoon after their out-of-sorts display in the morning. The USA have five players still to make their mark, and four of them – Jennifer Kupcho, Rose Zhang, Andrea Lee and Auston Kim – will play in these upcoming foursomes. Again, good luck guessing how this is going to go.