By Kitrina Douglas BBC Sport Online golf columnist at the Solheim Cup

I spent some time at the practice ground on Saturday morning watching one of longest hitters in the women's game give an impressive display of quality driving and precision preparation.

Sophie Gustafson, the former British Open champion and European number one, was warming up for her afternoon match and rehearsing the required drives for the all-important singles matches on Sunday.

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The Swede's practice exemplified the attention to detail that has characterised the European effort at Interlachen.

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Not only did she specifically practise teeing off for each hole, she also rehearsed her pre-shot routine.

While she was hitting, I spoke with her caddy Mark Fulcher.

Gustafson is ably supported by her caddy

Known among the players as "Futch", he, like all the caddies, is very much part of the European team.

He revealed he was so pumped up at the start of the week he had had to remind himself of the job at hand - looking after his player's clubs as well as checking yardages and lines.

Over the years, Fulcher has also caddied on the men's tour but finds his women employers have provided a more satisfying line of work.

According to him, the women tend to include their caddies in the game far more rather than treating them as paid employees.

But, even in the women's game, a different approach is required to coax the best performance out of every player.

Whereas he used to buoy up Alison Nicholas with vocal encouragement, Gustafson responds better to a softy, softly approach.

The European team's caddies arrived at Interlachen with a total of 100 years caddying experience between them - even though those of Helen Alfredsson, Carine Ischer and Raquel Carriedo are all rookies on the tour.

But, as long as the slick partnership witnessed between Gustafson and Fulcher on Saturday spreads to the rest of the team, the European team will have plenty more points in the bag.