Tommy Fleetwood was proud of his Great Britain & Ireland side despite losing the inaugural Hero Cup to Francesco Molinari's Continental Europe 14.5-10.5.
Victor Perez and Guido Migliozzi emerged as a top-performing duo for Continental Europe on Saturday as BMW PGA champion Shane Lowry suffered two more losses in the foursomes.
The pairs of Thomas Pieters and Alex Noren and Thomas Detry and Antoine Rozner secured two vital points to give Continental Europe a short advantage heading into day two of the Hero Cup.
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano has questioned the lack of Spanish players (who also play in LIV Golf events) in the forthcoming Hero Cup on the DP World Tour.