The Continentals are off to a strong start. Playing four-ball (two balls in play, best score retained), they have two victories for this first day: that of Thomas Pieters and Alex Noren, winners against Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry, and that of the Belgian-French duo Thomas Detry – Antoine Rozner, against the pair Tyrrell Hatton – Jordan Smith.
The Continentals continued with the equalizers of Victor Perez and Guido Migliozzi against Callum Shinkwin and Matt Wallace, and of Francesco Molinari and Nicolai Højgaard against Ewen Ferguson and Richard Mansell. They ended the day with a total of two wins worth 2 points (1 win = 1 point) and two ties worth 1 point (1 tie = 0.5 point) to now have 3 points.
The Brits and Irish are one point behind, with a victory involving Seamus Power and Robert MacIntyre, against Sepp Straka and Adrian Meronk. With the two ties mentioned above, the team of Great Britain and Ireland have a total of 2 points.
