Great Britain and Ireland stormed into a 4-1 lead against Continental Europe after the opening fourballs of the Vivendi Seve Trophy at Saint-Nom-La-Breteche on Thursday.
It was a solid start by Paul McGinley's side against a team who were heavily tipped to win the trophy for the first time in 11 years.
Ross Fisher and rookie Scott Jamieson led the way, beating Peter Hanson and Raphael Jacquelin 6 and 4 while last weekend's Dutch Open champion Simon Dyson partnered Jamie Donaldson to a 2 and 1 victory against Spanish duo Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal.Robert Rock and Ian Poulter enjoyed 5 and 3 win over Thomas Bjorn and Alexander Noren lost to Ian Poulter & Robert Rock 5 and 3 with Darren Clarke and David Horsey taking a one hole victory over Matteo Manassero and Nicolas Colsaerts. But the Italian putted an eight-footer to maintain their one-hole advantage.
Continental Europe skipper Jean Van De Velde said their rivals' putting was key but he was looking forward to fourballs. McGinley has stuck with the same five pairings for todays game - Dyson and Donaldson face Bjorn and Jacquelin in game one, before Rock and Poulter take on Swedish pair Hanson and Noren.
Jamieson and Fisher will face Colsaerts and Manassero, Foster and Westwood have a chance for revenge over Hansen and Molinari and Clarke and Horsey will face Larrazabal and Jimenez.
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