Team USA captain Juli Inkster admitted the rate of play was a problem on the day of the Solheim Cup.
Inkster’s side course Europe 4.5-3.5 following a very long day in Gleneagles, using three of their day fourballs carrying good over five hours to be completed.
“Yes [it had been a problem ], it is painfully slow on the market,” said Inkster. “I know we had maybe a few on our side which are maybe a tiny bit slower, but they also have some in their own side, also, that are somewhat slow. So I don’t know, I do not know what to do.
“You have a take a look at this golf course, it is tough. The wind’s blowing. The greens are firm. The ball’s not going anyplace. It’s cold. I mean, it is not like it’s a pitch and putt. It’s out here every shot counts and a challenging golf course. Every putt counts.
“So it’s going to take longer. That is just the way it’s. I thought the way in which the golf has been played was phenomenal to the conditions. It is hard. It is challenging golf”
Inkster defended her participant, who dropped 2 alongside Danielle Kang & 4 into Anne van Dam and also Suzann Pettersen, although american Lizette Salas placed on the clock at the opening fourball of the day and was given a warning.
“I believe Lizette had a bad time,” she said. “But this was the only player that had a lousy time out there. She knows she has to speed it up a little bit. But I’m not going to say anything.”
The USA were staring at a overnight deficit at the same stage but Jessica Korda and Lexi Thompson and Nelly Korda and Brittany Altomare snatched pliers with critical birdies.
“No one really ever talks about the half point. And I need to say those two half things at the end were huge,” she said.
“So we start off warm and we got a small lukewarm in that center, but we finished sexy. So I am very delighted with the way the day wentbecause everybody played. And we all had some decent matches.
“We only gotta maintain the Euros within our rear-view mirrorour entrance mirror, therefore we can see them. You don’t need to get too far down. It was looking like we might be points down.
“It’s not insurmountable, however, you retain gnawing a half a point here and stage there plus it adds up. So to be a stage down. Today you look at all the golf and we are just a point down. So I’m quite delighted with where we are at today.”
Team Europe captain Catriona Matthew will abandon it to the officials to figure out and was not overly concerned about the pace of play.
“Clearly that nine this afternoon did get fairly dumb,” she explained. “I do not really know what caused it. It is difficult to tell, when you are jumping around not following one game.
“However, some of the players on either side do take quite some time to hit a shot. Nonetheless, it’s the officials. They are the ones who police the pace of play, so it is really up to them, I presume.
“The players have been conscious of the pace of play coverages. I mean, nobody wishes to see play that is slow. Obviously with the bigger crowds it is more difficult sometimes, but ideally it would be nice to be faster tomorrow”
Matthew was somewhat frustrated, though, her side’s guide wasn’t bigger after Carlota Ciganda and Bronte Law and Charley Hull and Azahara Munoz either had to pay for pliers as it finished.
“Our goal is to try and win every session,” she explained. “But I believe you must take the positives and we’re contributing. We’re a point up. If we are contributing at each day’s end, that will be amazing.
“So I think obviously everybody’s a little disappointed with this, but Charley had a wonderful putt in the past, only a little firm.
“Brittany holed up and made a great birdie. It’s not like it was lost by them with awful play; it was birdied by others. We’re happy with going in with a one-point lead.”
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