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Updates from 12.05pm BST start time in GainesvilleEvent’s close contests is what golf needs | And mail ScottCharley Hull isn’t happy with her first shot of the week, a skinny 5-iron that scampers through the green and nestles in the fringe back right. It’s not that far from the pin, but Henseleit will be chipping. But from the sand, Nelly Korda manages to hold the green back right, and the hosts will have a look at birdie from 15 feet or so. Back on the tee, Rose Zhang and Lauren Coughlin, and Céline Boutier and Albane Valenzuela turn up for work. More bedlam. There’s a cracking atmosphere at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.The first foursomes match takes to the first tee! The European pair of Esther Henseleit and Charley Hull are introduced first. Warm applause for the rookie Henseleit, a big roar for Hull. Then genuine TUMULT as the world number one Nelly Korda is announced. The hollers for Allisen Corpuz aren’t nothing, either. Henseleit hits her first shot of her Solheim Cup career – and the first shot of this year’s matches – by striping one down the fairway. Corpuz sends a slightly nervous effort into a fairway bunker. We’re up and running, folks. This is on! Continue reading...