Leading by three points overnight, the Europeans were up in all four games at one point in the morning session on day two at Inverness Club in Toledo only for the momentum to swing over to Pat Hurst’s US side.
Matthew is now bidding to become the first European captain to record back-to-back wins and she’ll certainly have faith in her players after the way they dug deep in the penultimate session.
“It was certainly a roller-coaster this afternoon,” said Matthew. “The last 20 minutes for us was crucial, I think. After having such a big lead from yesterday, we wouldn’t have wanted to give it all up, so it is great that we are going into tomorrow with a two-point lead.“
It was a day of two halves and, no, I'm not just talking about there being a morning and an afternoon session! Team Europe lead Team USA by two points heading into the singles matches.
Two sessions and two similar outcomes made for a thrilling second day at Inverness Club.
In the morning session, Team Europe started in the way they had finished on day one, but after a strong start the leaderboard shifted to red. The same happened in the afternoon session, except it was Team USA who started strong and Team Europe who then made a comeback. The day ended with USA gaining four points to Europe's three and setting up a final day that is just too close to call.
Results Day 2
Day 2 Foursomes - USA 3 GB&I 1
Day 2 Fourball - USA 1.5 GB&I 2.5
After Day 1 and 2 -- USA 7 GB&I 9
Monday Singles
Nordqvist v Thompson
Sagstrom v Ewing
Maguire v Kupcho
Hall v Korda
Boutier v Harigae
Madsen v Ernst
Castren v Salas
Ciganda v Altomare
Popov v Khang
Reid v Noh
Hull v J Korda
Pedersen v Kang
