U.S. women cut Europe’s edge to 8-5 in Solheim Cup

Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr earned a point for the United States to trail Europe, 8-5, in the Solheim Cup before the other fourball matches were suspended Saturday due to bad light St. Leon-Rot, Germany.

The American duo defeated Spanish pair Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz, 3 and 2, to reduce the Europeans’ lead after a good morning for the home team.

“We knew where we stood going into the afternoon. It didn’t really change our mindset,” Thompson said. “We knew we made a good team with the matches that we’ve played together. We just went out and played aggressive.”

The U.S. held a slight advantage in the three remaining fourball matches to be resumed Sunday morning.

After the completion of the suspended matches Sunday, the event will close with 12 singles matches.

Europe has won the last two events — in 2011 at Killeen Castle in Ireland and 2013 at Colorado Golf Club — to cut the Americans’ series lead to 8-5.

Kaymer shares lead at Italian Open

Martin Kaymer opened with four consecutive birdies on his way to a seven-under 65 to grab a share of the lead after the third round of the Italian Open.

The former top-ranked German had his lone bogey on the fifth hole but added another four birdies to sit tied with Jens Fahrbring of Sweden and Frenchman Romain Wattel atop the leaderboard with a 17-under total of 199.

Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger (67) was two stroke back along with Paraguay’s Fabrizio Zanotti (68) and Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard (70).

Grillo, Axley tied for first Web.com Tour Final

Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo shot a four-under 68 for a share of the third-round lead with Eric Axley in the Web.com Tour Finals’ Small Business Connection Championship at Davidson, N.C. Axley had a 70 to match Grillo at 14-under 202 at River Run.