Four days after a meet-and-greet with the 12 players and five coaches with the American contingent at a team dinner, former President Barack Obama was back at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, for the first day of action at the 2024 Solheim Cup.

Transport issues aside, this was a joyous opening for Team USA. Barack Obama appeared on the first tee to pump up the crowd and as the Stars and Stripes took a record 6-2 advantage, there was the overwhelming sense of “yes,

Korda has never won a Solheim Cup in three tries, but she put the United States in a strong position to end that drought by winning the leadoff match of each session Friday while helping the Americans to a 6-2 lead over Europe at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.

Nelly Korda is quite the force for Team USA at the Solheim Cup this week. She is 3-0-0 so far this week. Korda and her foursome playing partner, Alisen Corpuz, fought from two back on Saturday morning to win 1 UP.

Alison Lee sparked a shirtless caddie celebration by spinning a wedge into the cup for eagle. Andrea Lee holed a bunker shot to set up Rose Zhang’s walk-off eagle one hole later. And Megan Khang paused for 10 seconds to let gravity help her out on a critical birdie putt.

Nelly Korda stood alone. The World No. 1 arrived at the driving range at 6 a.m. Friday ahead of her opening Solheim Cup match, with only the bright lights from the back of the European team's house illuminating the range.