The two matches carried over from the day before were both
halved with Melissa Reid and Carlota Ciganda ending all square
with Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson, and Caroline Masson and
Sandra Gal doing likewise with Gerina Piller and Brittany Lang.
Almost as soon as the delayed fourballs ended in the rain at a
wet St Leon-Rot, European skipper Carin Koch and U.S.
counterpart Juli Inkster could be seen in a finger-wagging
dispute surrounded by their assistant captains out on the
course.
It appeared as though the exchange arose because Inkster was
unhappy that one of Koch's vice-captains may have given direct
advice to one of the European players at the women's equivalent
of the Ryder Cup.
Under the Solheim Cup rules only the captain can give direct
advice to one of her team members.
Inkster tried to play down the disagreement when she spoke to
the Golf Channel.
"We just had a little discussion that was going on," she said.
"It's no big deal, we're over it, it's locker-room (stuff).
"I just wanted to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner and they
declined," joked Inkster. "So I was upset about that."
There was a similar incident at the biennial team event in
Colorado two years ago when it was alleged that assistant
captain Annika Sorenstam had told one of the European caddies
that a putt should be conceded to the Americans.
Rules officials were called on that occasion, no penalty was
assessed and the competitors were told to play on.
Former world number one Sorenstam is one of Koch's vice-captains
this week too and Inkster could be seen hugging the Swedish
assistant after Saturday morning's altercation.
(Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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