It’s time for every golf fan in Europe to concentrate on their celebrations, so this blog must come to an end. Congratulations to Europe, commiserations to the USA … and thank you, dear reader, for joining me, David Tindall and Matt Cooper for three days of top-drawer to-and-fro. Shall we all meet again for the 2028 edition at Valhalla? OK, it’s a date!

… and so Team Europe comes up on to the stage, led by their captain Anna Nordqvist, who takes the crystal pot and hoists it high! Blue fireworks erupt in the background. On comes the music, as each player takes their turn to lift the trophy theatrically, the gallery hollering every time. Pure panto. Lovely.

Team USA are brought on to receive a warm ovation from the fans. Not too many smiling faces, understandably. But they’re here to sportingly acknowledge the victors.

Team Europe are finally summoned to the tee. They’re bouncing around in the manner you’d imagine. Carlota Ciganda busting some fine moves to her song, Seven Nation Army. Then they race off again, in a long snake, high-fiving everyone standing at the front of the gallery, plus all of the volunteers who have gathered around the tee. Everyone killing time as they wait interminably for the closing ceremony. Nobody minds.

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It all started at the 1st tee on Friday morning … and that’s where it’ll end tonight. Everyone packed into the stands surrounding the tee box, clapping and bopping to the music pumping, the presentation ceremony about to begin. All of Europe’s players, some draped in the flags of England, Ireland, Spain, Denmark and Sweden, wait to be announced. They’ll be lifting the cup in a minute or two.

The losing captain Angela Stanford, bitterly disappointed but still wearing a sporting smile, speaks to Sky Sports. “You hear people say how difficult it is … and it really is … we fought hard … the Europeans played great today and that’s how it goes … good for them … I try not to have regrets … I believe in all 12 … there are a lot of captains in line … I think we have a lot lined up ready to go.”

That was yet another magnificent Solheim Cup. Nip and tuck all the way to the end. Carlota Ciganda’s channelling the walkabout spirit of her compatriot Severiano Ballesteros on Friday evening; Jennifer Kupcho making those putts heard around the world in the gloaming on Saturday; Charley Hull and Lottie Woad finally sprinkling their stardust on Sunday, before Ciganda saw off a Kupcho comeback to seal the deal. Marvellous entertainment. Europe the thoroughly deserved winners, but Team USA will be pleased with their performances too, once the pain of defeat eases off a bit. Every last player a hero.

3&2 Charley Hull v Megan Khang
Esther Henseleit v Alison Lee 1UP
4&3 Linn Grant v Angel Yin
Mimi Rhodes v Nelly Korda 4&2
2&1 Nanna Koerstz Madsen v Allisen Corpuz
3&2 Nastasia Nadaud v Andrea Lee
3&2 Julia López Ramírez v Yealimi Noh
2&1 Lottie Woad v Auston Kim
Leona Maguire v Lauren Coughlin 2&1
Maja Stark v Lindy Duncan 3&1
4&2 Carlota Ciganda v Jennifer Kupcho
Celine Boutier v Rose Zhang 2UP

FINAL SCORE: Europe 15-13 USA

The entire European team and their caddies advance up the 18th fairway linked arm in arm. Celine Boutier nearly drains a monster across the green for a birdie and that half she’d quite like … but it doesn’t drop. A wry smile as she concedes the hole to Rose Zhang … then wanders off to celebrate with her pals!
Rose Zhang beats Celine Boutier 2UP

There are still Is to dot and Ts to cross. Celine Boutier and Rose Zhang halve the 17th, so they’ll head up the last.

The winning captain Anna Nordqvist – who heads into retirement as a Solheim Cup winning captain – speaks to Sky Sports. “This feels so good … so much hard work … all the background team … we had a really good vibe all week … everyone has been a really good team-mate … we talked a lot about fast starts … I’m really proud for them starting strong and finishing strong … it’s been such a long road … I’ve been living my dream … it doesn’t feel like I’ve worked a day in my life … what makes the Solheim Cup special is you get to share it with others … thank you everyone!”

There’s just one match left out on the course now. Rose Zhang is 1UP on Celine Boutier, having just won the 16th. Boutier will be desperate to win one of the last two holes, as she’s the only player on the European team not to have contributed any points. I’m pretty sure her team-mates will say she was an integral part of a collective effort nonetheless. They’ll have her back.

Europe 15-12 USA

Maja Stark picks up Lindy Duncan’s coin on the 17th green. The concession seals a fine win for the late-blooming rookie against one of Europe’s grittiest competitors. Stark doesn’t care. She just wants to race off and join the party with her team-mates. They all get in a huddle and bounce around singing her song. All together now: ♫ Maja Stark, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, MA-JA STARK! ♪♫
Lindy Duncan beat Maja Stark 3&1

Stark v Duncan 4&2 (F)
Boutier A/S Zhang (15)
Europe 15-11 USA

Carlota Ciganda, who officially sealed the deal for Europe, talks to Sky. “I am so happy … we had a great team all week … very happy for Anna … you need a team, that’s what Europe is about … we had a great time … Kupcho is a fighter … I know I celebrated yesterday and probably pissed off all the Americans! … I was really motivated to beat her!”

Europe 15-11 USA: Europe win the Solheim Cup!

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday evening, Jennifer Kupcho drained putts of 92 feet and 30 feet on 17 and 18. Now she underhits a putt from the swale to the right of 16, the ball only just getting to the green. Carlota Ciganda nearly drains her eagle putt, but she doesn’t need to make the one coming back, because Kupcho’s long birdie effort races past the hole, and the American concedes. Europe have officially won the 2026 Solheim Cup!
Carlota Ciganda beats Jennifer Kupcho 4&2

Stark v Duncan 2UP (16)
4&2 Ciganda v Kupcho (F)
Boutier A/S Zhang (15)
Europe 15-11 USA

Europe 14-11 USA

Lauren Coughlin and Leona Maguire half 17 in par, and that’s a belated point on the board for the USA. Not that it really matters.
Lauren Coughlin beats Leona Maguire 2&1

Maguire v Coughlin 2&1 (F)
Stark v Duncan 2UP (16)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (15)
Boutier A/S Zhang (15)
Europe 14-11 USA

… but Europe haven’t officially won, because Carlota Ciganda has to complete her match to register the half-point she’s certain of posting. She finds the heart of 16 in two, while her opponent Jennifer Kupcho misses to the right. No ear cupping today from Kupcho. It’s not been the smartest of moves by either Kupcho or Auston Kim in retrospect … but then if you can’t celebrate wildly after making 122-feet’s worth of putts, when can you? So having said all of the above: the celebration police can do one. Kupcho will always have Saturday night.

Europe win the Solheim Cup (effectively, if not officially)!

Lottie Woad’s win sparks huge celebrations on the 17th green! Anna Nordqvist comes over to give the hero of the hour a huge hug, before Sky have a word with the brilliant 22-year-old from Farnham in Surrey! “I didn’t know it was to win … I thought Carlota’s match was to win … I was playing good golf but not getting the points … I felt I was kinda letting everyone down … then the captain spoke to me … said I was third on birdies … I had to trust that … that’s golf sometimes and I get the winning putt!”

Europe 14-10 USA

Auston Kim’s putt shaves the left-hand edge of the cup. She hangs her head. She knows the jig is up, though she makes Lottie Woad tap in to seal the deal. With Carlota Ciganda assured of half a point, Woad has effectively won the Solheim Cup for Europe!
Lottie Woad beats Auston Kim 2&1

2&1 Woad v Kim (F)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (16)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (14)
Boutier A/S Zhang (13)
Europe 14-10 USA

Lauren Coughlin with a huge display of grit on 16, getting up and down to scramble par having found the drink. That secures a half, and puts her dormie two. Meanwhile up on 17, Lottie Woad and Auston Kim both find the green in regulation. Woad has a look at birdie from 25 feet, but it’s always dying to the right. Kim will have a chance to extend if she makes her birdie effort from 15 feet or so. She’ll have got a read off Woad too. But she needs to make it, because if not, the cup is effectively Europe’s (although not officially, because matches have to be completed before counting).

2UP Woad v Kim (16)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (16)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (14)
Boutier A/S Zhang (13)
Europe 13-10 USA

Jennifer Kupcho doesn’t put a good stroke on her birdie putt. The ball jumps a little as it rolls wide right. That gives Carlota Ciganda the chance to put this match to bed … but her putt is always staying up on the left. The hole halved, and Ciganda is dormie three. Europe are now guaranteed to reach 14 points, which means they can’t lose the 2026 Solheim Cup … but they need to get to 14-and-a-half, because the USA as holders have the tie.

2UP Woad v Kim (16)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (15)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (14)
Boutier A/S Zhang (13)
Europe 13-10 USA

Lauren Coughlin’s second into 16 finds the drink. So nothing’s signed and sealed just yet. Leona Maguire whistles her second long and right of the green. Much will depend on her lie. Meanwhile both Carlota Ciganda and Jennifer Kupcho are on the 15th green, with similar looks at birdie. Kupcho perhaps a bit further out, but as we saw last night on 17 and 18, distance is not exactly an issue for her.

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Auston Kim bundles her chip up to 12 feet, but she’s outside Lottie Woad … and can’t make the par putt. That leaves Woad with two putts to win the hole from ten feet … and she only needs one. She tickles it in, and goes dormie two. Europe are guaranteed half a point now, so if Carlota Ciganda can hold onto her lead over Jennifer Kupcho … and having just halved 14, she’s 3UP with four to play … the Solheim Cup will be heading back to Europe! But last night’s shenanigans proved there’s many a slip twixt cup and lip …

2UP Woad v Kim (16)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (15)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (14)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 13-10 USA

Woad eases her wedge over the flag on 16. She’ll have a good look at birdie, with Kim in trouble to the right of the green in three. Meanwhile back on the par-three 15th, two matches come through in short order, Lauren Coughlan and Lindy Duncan missing putts to win the hole, and in Duncan’s case her match. Duncan now dormie three over Maja Stark.

1UP Woad v Kim (15)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (15)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (13)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 13-10 USA

Auston Kim may have gone a little early with those ear-cupping antics. She carves her tee shot at the par-five 16th into the drink … and then having taken her drop, sprays her third into rough to the right of the green. Lottie Woad meanwhile has laid up in front of the creek in two.

Europe 13-10 USA

Yealimi Noh’s 15-foot birdie putt is always staying up on the high side. That opens the door for Julia Lopez Ramirez to win the match with her four-foot birdie putt … and she walks through it with a firm, confident roll! Cue wild celebrations, the rookie seeing off one of the US’s most accomplished performers.
Julia Lopez Ramirez beats Yealimi Noh 3&2

3&2 Lopez Ramirez v Noh (F)
1UP Woad v Kim (15)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (14)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (14)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (13)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 13-10 USA

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Carlota Ciganda walks in a 35-footer on 13 to get back to 3UP against Jennifer Kupcho, who was halfway through her comeback. Big momentum shift! Maja Stark makes a 20-footer on 14 to keep her slim hopes alive against Lindy Duncan. And on 16, Yealimi Noh, having laid up, doesn’t get particularly close with her wedge … and then Julia Lopez Ramirez races her eagle putt six past! Both of these players have really suffered with the old greenside nerves in the last 30 minutes or so.

Lottie Woad gives her birdie putt an aggressive run, and with her ball ending up three feet past, it’s not conceded. Woad takes her time and eventually tickles it in for the half. She remains 1UP. Meanwhile Leona Maguire isn’t giving up. Two putts for the hole on 14, and she takes them carefully, reducing Lauren Coughlin’s lead to two holes. And Julia Lopez Ramierz fires a fairway wood over the creek at 16 and off the bank to the right of the green, using its contours to gather the ball back onto the putting surface. She’ll have a look at eagle from about 20 feet.

2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (15)
1UP Woad v Kim (15)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (14)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 12-10 USA

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Auston Kim’s tee shot at the par-three 15th lands just short of the green. Lottie Woad goes over the flag. They’re similar distances away, but Kim will go first. Her putt never looks like dropping and rolls a couple of feet past, but that should be enough for the par. Over to Woad …

Auston Kim continues her comeback against Lottie Woad! She makes a 25-footer on 14 for her third birdie in a row … and that’s her third hole in a row! Just the one-hole advantage for Woad now. Kim walks off the green cupping her ear, mouthing “I can’t hear you!” at the gallery. Gloriously provocative. Great fun. What moxie! Meanwhile Yealimi Noh misses a short one on 15 to gift a precious hole to Julia Lopez Ramirez. This could still go either way!

2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (15)
1UP Woad v Kim (14)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 12-10 USA

Europe 12-10 USA

Nanna Madsen can only chip up from the side of 17 to four feet. That gives Allisen Corpuz the opportunity to extend from 12 feet … but her putt kinks off to the left on its final turn! Madsen rolls in what remains, and despite that little wobble, she’s secured the point for Europe!
Nanna Koerstz Madsen beats Allisen Corpuz 2&1

2&1 Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (F)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 12-10 USA

Europe 11-10 USA

Andrea Lee hacks out from the heather at the back of 16. The ball trundles 30 feet past. She nearly makes the birdie putt coming back, but the ball stops on the lip. Nastasia Nadaud meanwhile had splashed out from a downhill lie in the bunker to five feet, and she tidies up for the win. Nadaud is 21, the youngest player here this week, and has a three-and-one record: a new star is born!
Nastasia Nadaud beats Andrea Lee 3&2

2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (16)
3&2 Nadaud v An. Lee (F)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 11-10 USA

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Nanna Madsen is getting a little bit tight. Allisen Corpuz sends her approach on 17 pin high to 12 feet; Madsen misses the green wide right. Could another spectacular comeback be brewing? Meanwhile Rose Zhang bounces back to birdie 11 and level up the anchor match again.

2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (16)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (15)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
Boutier A/S Zhang (11)
Europe 10-10 USA

A measure of how loudly the nerves are jangling for both teams: Yealimi Noh and Julia Lopez Ramirez tie the 14th in bogey. Both do well to make four-foot knee-shakers, having left long putts short … and having previously chunked and thinned a wedge respectively. But they get the job done. This is outrageously exciting. Please stop biting your nails. (I am biting my nails.)

2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (16)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (15)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
1UP Boutier v Zhang (10)
Europe 10-10 USA

Nastasia Nadaud from the centre of the par-five 16th fairway. Andrea Lee has gone over the back of the green. The door is open … but Nadaud whistles her ball into the bunker back right. Europe have lots of blue on the board, but absolutely none of it is a sure thing. The tension at Bernardus palpable.

2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (16)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (15)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (13)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (12)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
1UP Boutier v Zhang (10)
Europe 10-10 USA

From the centre of the 16th fairway, Nanna Madsen dunks her iron into the water guarding the front of the green! She wedges in from the dropzone, but she’s taken four now, and Allisen Corpuz is behind the green in two. Corpuz chips up elegantly to 18 inches, and that’s a win that keeps the US alive in that match! Meanwhile Celine Boutier breaks a run of nine halved holes in the anchor match with birdie. Some more blue on the board.

2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (16)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (15)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (13)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)
1UP Boutier v Zhang (10)
Europe 10-10 USA

Andrea Lee has her heart in her mouth as she slightly pulls her tee shot at the par-three 15th. But not enough to find the water on the left. She’s back left of the green, and lags up to make her par and secure a half. Meanwhile Jennifer Kupcho grabs another hole back from Carlota Ciganda … as does Auston Kim against Lottie Woad, draining one from distance on 13! Game on (x2)!

3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (15)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (14)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (13)
2UP Woad v Kim (13)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (11)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (10)
Boutier A/S Zhang (9)
Europe 10-10 USA

Lindy Duncan wins her fifth hole in six against Maja Stark. The latter’s putter has gone stone cold. Total dominance for the rookie and captain’s pick. Meanwhile a chance for Julia Lopez Ramirez to double her advantage against Yealimi Noh on 13, but her short, straight birdie putt horseshoes out. That’s careless. The nerves are really beginning to kick in now, with both sides spotting a route to victory.

3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (15)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (14)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (13)
3UP Woad v Kim (12)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)
Stark v Duncan 4UP (11)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (9)
Boutier A/S Zhang (9)
Europe 10-10 USA

Auston Kim drains one from downtown on 12. The birdie earns her first win of the day, and Lottie Woad’s lead is cut to three holes. Nanna Madsen has an opportunity to close out her match on 15, but her 12-foot birdie putt burns the right-hand edge. She’s dormie three over Allisen Corpuz.

3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (15)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)
3UP Woad v Kim (12)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (9)
Boutier A/S Zhang (8)
Europe 10-10 USA

Europe 10-10 USA

In the blink of an eye, the USA are level. Moments after Alison Lee made history, Nelly Korda closes things out against Mimi Rhodes, whose race was run upon blading her chip from the heather through the green and into the water on the other side.
Nelly Korda beats Mimi Rhodes 4&2

Rhodes v Korda 4&2 (F)
3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (14)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)
4UP Woad v Kim (11)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (9)
Boutier A/S Zhang (8)
Europe 10-10 USA

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Sky have a quick word with Alison Lee. “Thankfully the weather turned around, and my golf game did too.”

Europe 10-9 USA

Both Alison Lee and Esther Henseleit find the 18th in regulation. But Henseleit is much further out, and she can’t repeat her heroics on the 72nd at the British Open. The putt stops short, and she concedes the match. And so completes the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup singles history. Hearts break for poor Henseleit, who has brought so much to this edition, only to falter over the closing stretch. But hats off to Lee, who looked down and out before finding the hero within: she was five under through the last 11 holes!
Alison Lee beats Esther Henseleit 1UP

Henseleit v Al. Lee 1UP (F)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (15)
3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (14)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)
4UP Woad v Kim (11)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (9)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (8)
Boutier A/S Zhang (7)
Europe 10-9 USA

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Nanna Madsen drains a monster putt on 14! She didn’t have her a-game with her on Friday; after a day of rest and contemplation, she’s certainly got it now! She’s three up over Allisen Corpuz with four to play! Meanwhile Mimi Rhodes and Nelly Korda take turns to send their approaches into 16 long and right. Rhodes is in much thicker nonsense, however.

Henseleit v Al. Lee 1UP (17)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (15)
3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (14)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)
4UP Woad v Kim (11)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (9)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (8)
Boutier A/S Zhang (7)
Europe 10-8 USA

Nastasia Nadaud responds to losing 12 to Andrea Lee by making birdie at 13. She reestablishes her two-shot lead. Julia Lopez Ramirez will be looking to replicate that bounceback, because she’s just shipped 12 to Yealimi Noh by making bogey.

Henseleit v Al. Lee 1UP (17)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (15)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (13)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)
4UP Woad v Kim (11)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (9)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (9)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (8)
Boutier A/S Zhang (7)
Europe 10-8 USA

Birdie for Mimi Rhodes on 15, and she’s still alive! That’s got the gallery going, though further up the course, plenty are stunned at Esther Henseleit’s collapse. Alison Lee has played some magnificent golf to get herself back into the match, but there’s not been much resistance. A couple of poor wedges, a couple of putts that have shaved the hole, and the margins between success and failure at the Solheim Cup are so small. Meanwhile Jennifer Kupcho snatches a hole back against Carlota Ciganda, and she’s not given up hope of doing some more ear-cupping yet.

Henseleit v Al. Lee 1UP (17)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (15)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (13)
1UP Nadaud v An. Lee (12)
2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (11)
4UP Woad v Kim (10)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (9)
Stark v Duncan 3UP (9)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (8)
Boutier A/S Zhang (7)
Europe 10-8 USA

Alison Lee smells blood, and she fires an arrow straight at the flag on 17. Six feet away. Esther Henseleit gets to 12 feet, but she’s going to five Lee the read, and when she shaves the edge, that aforementioned blood drains from her face. Lee knows the line now, and she’s half the distance in. She’s never missing, and from four down with seven to play, she’s now dormie. Half a point guaranteed for the USA. Heartbreaking for Henseleit. Meanwhile par is enough for Lindy Duncan on 9, and she’s now in total control against Maja Stark.

Europe 10-8 USA

Birdie for Linn Grant on 15, and a comfortable win over Angel Yin is sealed! Her first singles victory at the Solheim Cup.
Linn Grant beats Angel Yin 4&3

Henseleit A/S Al. Lee (16)
4&3 Grant v Yin (F)
Rhodes v Korda 4UP (13)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (12)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (11)
2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (11)
4UP Woad v Kim (9)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (8)
Stark v Duncan 2UP (8)
4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (7)
Boutier A/S Zhang (6)
Europe 10-8 USA

Mimi Rhodes on the brink. She really needs to chip in on 14, because Nelly Korda is on in regulation, albeit 70 feet away. Should Rhodes lose the hole, that’s that. But she nearly holes out! A tap-in for par, and though Korda goes close with her monster putt, which would close out the match, it’s just the half, and Rhodes stays alive for now.

Another birdie for Lindy Duncan on 8, and the 35-year-old rookie moves two clear of Maja Stark. Linn Grant can’t get up and down from greenside sand at 14, and Angel Yin isn’t finished yet. It’s another birdie for Julia Lopez Ramirez, at 10, and she’s taking control against Yealimi Noh. And how about this: birdie for Alison Lee on 16 to win her fourth hole in five against the crumbling Esther Henseleit! All square and what looked a sure point for Europe is now anything but!

Henseleit A/S Al. Lee (16)
3UP Grant v Yin (14)
Rhodes v Korda 4UP (13)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (12)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (10)
2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (10)
4UP Woad v Kim (9)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (8)
Stark v Duncan 2UP (8)
4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (7)
Boutier A/S Zhang (6)
Europe 9-8 USA

Charley Hull and Lottie Woad, good pals, have nevertheless been kryptonite to each other this week. Split apart finally, Hull’s won her match, and Woad is romping her’s! Her third birdie of the day, this time at 9, and she hits the turn against Auston Kim four holes to the good. Meanwhile Nanna Madsen walks in a long putt on 12 to double her lead over Allisen Corpuz. And Carlota Ciganda bounces back from that egregious tee shot on 6 by rolling in a 30-footer on 7 to reestablish her four-hole lead over Jennifer Kupcho. Looking good for Europe right now.

1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (15)
4UP Grant v Yin (13)
Rhodes v Korda 4UP (13)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (12)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (10)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (9)
4UP Woad v Kim (9)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (8)
Stark v Duncan 1UP (7)
4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (7)
Boutier A/S Zhang (6)
Europe 9-8 USA

Europe 9-8 USA

… Charley Hull gets on the par-five in two, and two putts later she wins both hole and match! A hug with her friend Megan Khang, who was never in it. Meanwhile Esther Henseleit has the opportunity to turn the momentum around in her match against Alison Lee, but her straight-enough-looking 12-foot birdie chance on 15 dies off to the left. And that shank into the water does for Carlota Ciganda on 6.
Charley Hull beats Megan Khang 3&2

3&2 Hull v Khang (F)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (15)
4UP Grant v Yin (13)
Rhodes v Korda 4UP (12)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (11)
2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (10)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (9)
3UP Woad v Kim (8)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (7)
Stark v Duncan 1UP (7)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (6)
Boutier A/S Zhang (5)
Europe 9-8 USA

Par on 7 is enough for Lindy Duncan to complete a turnaround against Maja Stark. The big hitting of Nastasia Nadaud on 10 earns the French star a second win in three holes. Then on 16 …

Lottie Woad birdies 8 to establish dominance over Auston Kim. Julia Lopez Ramirez turns around her match against Yealimi Noh with par at 7 and birdie at 9. Angel Yin finds a greenside bunker at 13 and can’t get up and down; Linn Grant is now four up. As is Nelly Korda: Mimi Rhodes misses a short par putt on 12 to go four down with six to play.

2UP Hull v Khang (15)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (14)
4UP Grant v Yin (13)
Rhodes v Korda 4UP (12)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (10)
1UP Nadaud v An. Lee (9)
1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (9)
3UP Woad v Kim (8)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (7)
Stark A/S Duncan (6)
4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (5)
Boutier A/S Zhang (4)

The eagle-eyed will have spotted Lindy Duncan levelling things up against Maja Stark. Birdie at 6 does the job. Meanwhile Esther Henseleit is beginning to unravel: she follows that chunked chip by thinning a bunker shot through the 14th green, and that’s a third hole gone in a row. And on 6, Carlota Ciganda shanks her tee shot into the drink. Not a banner few moments for Team Europe.

Lauren Coughlan is taking control against Leona Maguire. She rolls in a downhill 20-footer for birdie to go 3UP. Linn Grant’s 15-foot birdie putt on 12 dies off to the left on its final turn; Angel Yin takes two putts from the fringe at the back to tie the hole. And Megan Khang is still to win a hole today, leaving a makeable birdie putt on 15 short. Meanwhile Nanna Madsen reclaims the lead against Allisen Corpuz by sending her third close at the par-five 10th, while Carlota Ciganda extends her lead against an out-of-sorts Jennifer Kupcho. That’s four birdies and four holes in a row for the Spaniard!

2UP Hull v Khang (15)
2UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (13)
3UP Grant v Yin (12)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (11)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (10)
1UP Nadaud v An. Lee (9)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (7)
2UP Woad v Kim (7)
Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (7)
Stark A/S Duncan (6)
4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (5)
Boutier A/S Zhang (4)

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Charley Hull pulls her drive at 14 down the left. She’s lucky to evade the heather, but she’s blocked out, and her second bounds away from the green and into sandy trouble. She lobs up well to ten feet, but with Megan Khang in for par, she needs to make the putt to retain her two-shot lead. And in it goes! A perfectly weighted right-to-left curler. But bad news for Europe back on 13, where Esther Henseleit, already out of position, chunks a greenside chip, and concedes the hole. Her four-hole lead cleaved in half in a couple of holes.

2UP Hull v Khang (14)
2UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (13)
3UP Grant v Yin (11)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (10)
Koerstz Madsen A/S Corpuz (9)
1UP Nadaud v An. Lee (8)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (7)
2UP Woad v Kim (6)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (6)
1UP Stark v Duncan (5)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (4)
Boutier A/S Zhang (4)

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Linn Grant restores her three-hole lead over Angel Yin. The latter was already in bother, having hit wood with her tee shot on 11, but Grant, with two putts for the win, walks in a birdie putt from the fringe to great acclaim. Meanwhile par on 8 is good enough for Nastasia Nadaud to take the lead against Andrea Lee for the first time in her match. Ditto Julia Lopez Ramirez on 7, her par levelling the match against Yealimi Noh. Quite a few of these matches are oscillating gently in the breeze. Good luck predicting the outcomes!

2UP Hull v Khang (13)
3UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (12)
3UP Grant v Yin (11)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (10)
Koerstz Madsen A/S Corpuz (9)
1UP Nadaud v An. Lee (8)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh 1UP (6)
2UP Woad v Kim (6)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (6)
1UP Stark v Duncan (5)
3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (4)
Boutier A/S Zhang (3)

Jennifer Kupcho makes a royal balls of the par-three 4th. She sends her tee shot onto a grassy knoll to the right of the green. Her chip down doesn’t make the putting surface and performs a u-turn down a swale. Then her putt up fails to make it, too. She picks up and moves on, 3DOWN already. Those heroics of yesterday evening may have taken an emotional toll. Meanwhile Allisen Corpuz rolls in a 20-footer on 9 to tie things up again against Nanna Madsen.

Alison Lee wins her first hole of the day, sending her approach at 12 to four feet and tidying up for birdie. Her deficit against Esther Henseleit whittled down to three. Meanwhile Angel Yin clips a tree to the left of the par-three 11th, so her comeback is in danger of stalling the minute it began.

2UP Hull v Khang (13)
3UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (12)
2UP Grant v Yin (10)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (9)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (8)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (7)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh 1UP (6)
2UP Woad v Kim (6)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (5)
1UP Stark v Duncan (4)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (3)
Boutier A/S Zhang (2)

Something finally happens for Angel Yin. It’s just a par on 10, but it’s enough to snatch a hole back from Linn Grant, who had made the strange decision to putt out of the fescue at the side of the green. Her ball didn’t make it to the dancefloor. Meanwhile with birdie at 5, Lauren Coughlin doubles her lead over Leona Maguire, who has momentarily misplaced her Solheim mojo.

2UP Hull v Khang (13)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (11)
2UP Grant v Yin (10)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (9)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (8)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (7)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh 1UP (6)
2UP Woad v Kim (6)
Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (5)
1UP Stark v Duncan (4)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (3)
Boutier A/S Zhang (2)

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Mimi Rhodes needs to chip in from the back of 9 to salvage a half. She nearly does so, as well, her ball rolling elegantly towards the hole but somehow staying up on the right. Nelly Korda beginning to pull clear. As is Carlota Ciganda against Jennifer Kupcho, the former winning the putting contests this time round. She rolls in a 20-footer for birdie on 3, and yesterday evening’s hero can’t match the feat.

2UP Hull v Khang (12)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (11)
3UP Grant v Yin (9)
Rhodes v Korda 3UP (9)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (8)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (7)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh 1UP (6)
2UP Woad v Kim (5)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (4)
1UP Stark v Duncan (4)
2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (3)
Boutier A/S Zhang (2)

Our first opportunity of the day to break into song. ♫ Maja Stark, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, doo doo doo doo doo doooo, MA-JA STARK! ♪♫ Birdie for the popular Swede on 3 to give her the lead over Lindy Duncan. Birdie meanwhile for Yealimi Noh on 5 to regain the advantage against Julia Lopez Ramirez. And Auston Kim misses a short birdie putt on 5, Lottie Woad going 2UP in short order. It is all happening.

2UP Hull v Khang (12)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (11)
3UP Grant v Yin (9)
Rhodes v Korda 2UP (8)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (7)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (7)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh 1UP (6)
2UP Woad v Kim (5)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (4)
1UP Stark v Duncan (4)
1UP Ciganda v Kupcho (2)
Boutier A/S Zhang (1)

The rain has finally stopped. Allisen Corpuz fires a dart straight at the flag on 7, caring not a jot about the creek guarding the green. Her bravery earns her a birdie and cuts Nanna Madsen’s lead in half. Meanwhile Jennifer Kupcho, who made 122 feet’s worth of putts on 17 and 18 last night, misses a chance to tie the 2nd against Carlota Ciganda from three feet. Golf, huh.

2UP Hull v Khang (11)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (10)
3UP Grant v Yin (8)
Rhodes v Korda 2UP (8)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (7)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (5)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (4)
1UP Woad v Kim (4)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (3)
Stark A/S Duncan (2)
1UP Ciganda v Kupcho (2)
Boutier A/S Zhang (1)

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Auston Kim misses a short birdie putt on 4, and Lottie Woad, who had already converted, hits the front. Megan Khang shaves the cup on 11; so close to a bounceback birdie, but Charley Hull remains 2UP. And Celine Boutier leaves a birdie putt one roll short on 1, so no fast start for Europe in the anchor match. But Mimi Rhodes rattles in a 15-footer for birdie at 8 to halve the hole and hang on in there against Nelly Korda.

2UP Hull v Khang (11)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (9)
3UP Grant v Yin (8)
Rhodes v Korda 2UP (8)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (6)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (4)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (4)
1UP Woad v Kim (4)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (3)
Stark A/S Duncan (2)
Ciganda A/S Kupcho (1)
Boutier A/S Zhang (1)

Par is enough to win the 6th hole for Nanna Madsen. Europe looking good at the top end of the scoreboard, but with so many players currently on terms, you’d be a brave soul to bet the farm on the outcome.

2UP Hull v Khang (10)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (9)
3UP Grant v Yin (8)
Rhodes v Korda 2UP (7)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (6)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (4)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (4)
Woad A/S Kim (3)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (2)
Stark A/S Duncan (2)
Ciganda A/S Kupcho (1)
Boutier v Zhang

A third birdie of the day for the world number one Nelly Korda, this time at 7. She moves a couple up against Mimi Rhodes. Linn Grant and Angel Yin both make their birdie putts on 8, the latter snapping that dismal five-bogey streak. Charley Hull’s two big hits into 10 prove enough to win the hole and double her lead over Megan Khang. Meanwhile Celine Boutier and Rose Zhang arrive on the 1st tee, and now all of the matches are out on the course.

Linn Grant cops a decent lie on a bald spot amid the heather down the right of 8. She takes advantage of her good fortune by wedging to eight feet. That turns the pressure up on Angel Yin, but she clips crisply out of the bunker to six feet. Putting contest coming up. Meanwhile Lottie Woad and Auston Kim trade birdies on 3, the former with an iron to four feet, the latter with a 20-foot putt. And on 4, Yealimi Noh and Julia Lopez Ramirez take turns to miss three-footers and the hole is somehow halved.

Angel Yin has made five bogeys in a row. But she’s got the advantage on the short par-four 8th, finding the bunker guarding the front left of the green, Linn Grant flaying her tee shot towards heather down the right. Meanwhile up on the par-five 10th, Charley Hull hammers a fairway wood onto the front of the green to set up a long eagle chance. Her opponent Megan Khang is forced to lay up.

Having found water on 5, Angel Yin does it again on 7. Her ball in a creek guarding the front of the green. It costs her another hole. Julia Lopez Ramirez birdies 3 to level against Yealimi Noh. Meanwhile Nelly Korda drains a 25-footer on 6 to regain the lead against Mimi Rhodes.

1UP Hull v Khang (9)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (8)
3UP Grant v Yin (7)
Rhodes v Korda 1UP (6)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (4)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (4)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (3)
Woad A/S Kim (2)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (1)
Stark A/S Duncan (1)
Ciganda v Kupcho

It’s going extremely well for Europe at the moment. Even a birdie for Yealimi Noh on 2, which gives her the lead against Julia Lopez Ramirez, doesn’t change that. But the USA have started slowly in most of the disciplines so far, and managed to fight their way back on the later holes. There’s a long way to go. It’s still absolutely hosing down, by the way.

Birdie for Mimi Rhodes at 5, and the rookie has tied up her match against the world number one Nelly Korda! Another European rookie, Nastasia Nadaud, levels up against Andrea Lee, the latter having found that water. And so for a few seconds, there’s no red on the board … until Lauren Coughlin walks in a par putt on 1 to go up early doors against Leona Maguire. Meanwhile Alison Lee’s antics down 7 hands another hole to Esther Henselit, as expected.

1UP Hull v Khang (8)
4UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (7)
2UP Grant v Yin (6)
Rhodes A/S Korda (5)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (4)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (3)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (1)
Woad A/S Kim (1)
Maguire v Coughlin 1UP (1)
Stark v Duncan

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Angel Yin misses the green at the par-three 6th, and it’s another hole for Linn Grant. Her third in four holes. Yin’s lack of competitive action catching up with her big-time. Alison Lee sends her third at 3 into a greenside bunker. And a messy double bogey by Nanna Madsen on 4 cuts her lead in half.

Not a good moment if your name is Lee. Alison’s tee shot at 7 ends up under a tree atop some pine cones, and she’s forced to punch out. Esther Henseleit finds the green in regulation and the US are in a spot of bother there. See also Andrea on 3, as her ball takes a flyer, whistling through the green and towards the water behind. She might have gone through the reeds and in, it’s not clear from the pictures. Either way, it’s not going to be good news for her.

Esther Henseleit becomes the first player today to go three holes up. Her tee shot at the par-three 6th finds the meat of the green; Alison Lee’s effort bounds through and down the swale at the back. Lee can’t get up and down, and par is enough for the German. Angel Yin’s visit to the water on 5 costs her the hole and gifts Linn Grant the lead. But there’s better news for the USA on 2, where Andrea Lee’s birdie puts some red on the board.

1UP Hull v Khang (7)
3UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (6)
1UP Grant v Yin (5)
Rhodes v Korda 1UP (4)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (3)
Nadaud v An. Lee 1UP (2)
Lopez Ramirez A/S Noh (1)
Woad v Kim

Angel Yin started fast, but having not played so much golf this year, the rust is beginning to show. She carves her third at 5 into the drink on the right. As if it isn’t wet enough.

The rain is coming down in stair rods now. Players taking their shots as quickly as possible before scuttling back under the nearest umbrella. It’s cold as well. In theory, these conditions should favour the Europeans, who will be more used to them … but Angela Stanford sent her players out to practice under a deluge on Wednesday, and was at pains to emphasise that the US are prepared and ready to deal with wet weather. Thrills and spills ahoy!

Nanna Madsen looks to have benefitted from putting her feet up yesterday. She’s now followed birdie at 1 with another at 2, and she’s flown out of the traps. See also Esther Henseleit, who rolls in a 15-footer on 5 for birdie and Europe are 2UP in that match as well!

1UP Hull v Khang (6)
2UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (5)
Grant A/S Yin (4)
Rhodes v Korda 1UP (3)
2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (2)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (1)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh

Nastasia Nadaud and Andrea Lee take turns to shave the lip with mid-range birdie putts on 1. Up on 4, Angel Yin leaves a monster birdie effort a good ten feet short, and doesn’t lose her turn. She can’t make the par saver … but Linn Grant spurns the opportunity to win the hole from five feet, her ball breaking away on the low side. Grant doesn’t concede Yin’s bogey putt, which to be fair looks well inside the leather. Gauntlet down, gloves off, Yin converts but doesn’t look particularly happy about it. That may have been the entire point, of course.

1UP Hull v Khang (5)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (4)
Grant A/S Yin (4)
Rhodes v Korda 1UP (2)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (1)
Nadaud A/S An. Lee (1)
Lopez Ramirez v Noh

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Charley Hull has a reasonably straight six-footer on 5 for birdie and the win. But she leaves it up on the high side. Bit of a misread. An opportunity goes by. The rain is getting heavier.

Mimi Rhodes isn’t close at 2. Nelly Korda is. Rhodes leaves a 50-foot putt ten short, but she doesn’t get the opportunity to make par, because Korda steers in a gentle left-to-right curler from eight feet to hit the front in that match. Meanwhile bogey for Angel Yin at 3 gifts Linn Grant parity in match three.

1UP Hull v Khang (4)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (4)
Grant A/S Yin (3)
Rhodes v Korda 1UP (2)
1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (1)
Nadaud v An. Lee

Allisen Corpuz – in the bunker at the back of 1, having earlier been forced to chop out from the heather – has to hole out for the half. She can’t do it. Europe go 1UP. Back on the tee, the latest match to go out is Andrea Lee versus the impressive rookie Nastasia Nadaud, the youngest player here this week. Two points in the bag for the 21-year-old French star-in-the-making already.

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Charley Hull carves her tee shot at the par-three 4th into rough to the right of the green. But she nearly holes the chip up, and that’s enough to scramble the half and retain her lead. Meanwhile on 1, Allisen Corpuz becomes the latest US player to find the bunker at the back of the green. Nanna Madsen nearly does the same, but her ball grabs the last bit of green and spins back to 12 feet. Advantage Europe in that one.

Mimi Rhodes very nearly drains a 30-footer on 1 for an early lead. But the ball stops one turn short. Not many putts racing past the hole so far. Not any. Back on the tee, Allisen Corpuz pulls her opening drive into the heather down the left. Her ball rears up and hits a marshal on the jacksie, a lovely cartoon touch. But back into the heather it disappears. From bracket to bracken. Nanna Madsen, freshly rested after a day off, splits the fairway. Meanwhile up on 2, Angel Yin spins her approach to kick-in range, and that’s the first dash of red on the board this morning.

1UP Hull v Khang (3)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (2)
Grant v Yin 1UP (2)
Rhodes A/S Korda (1)
Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz

Alison Lee gets a bit of a flyer out of wet semi-rough down the right of 2. She doesn’t get close to the flag, and though she lags her long birdie putt up to tap-in distance, Esther Henseleit has thrown a dart to six feet from the centre of the fairway and tidies up for birdie. Another splash of blue on the scoreboard. That putt only just dropped, though. The greens slow, to belabour the point.

1UP Hull v Khang (3)
1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (2)
Grant A/S Yin (1)
Rhodes v Korda

The greens haven’t run this slow all week: 10 on the stimp compared to 10.3 yesterday. And the players are struggling with the pace in these early matches. Angel Yin and Linn Grant become the latest to leave fairly straight birdie putts a couple of inches short on 1. Back on the tee, the world number one Nelly Korda prepares to face the rookie Mimi Rhodes, who already has two points in the bag for Europe this week. She’s on record as saying she loves a challenge and the heat of battle; she’s certainly got all of that on her plate today. They both find the wide, generous fairway.

1UP Hull v Khang (2)
Henseleit A/S Al. Lee (1)
Grant A/S Yin (1)
Rhodes v Korda

Charley Hull lets go of her club – a wet grip? – while sending her second at the par-five 2nd into a fairway bunker. She whips into the green and makes par, but Megan Khang set up a six-foot birdie chance to level the match. However she repeats the error of the 1st hole, leaving a dribbler short, failing to take into account the slowness of the wet greens. A let-off for Hull.

1UP Hull v Khang (2)
Henseleit A/S Al. Lee (1)
Grant v Yin

Angel Yin hasn’t played too much golf recently – she’s been ill earlier in the year, and sat out yesterday altogether – but displays no nerves in sending her opening drive down the middle. Linn Grant follows her. Up on the green, Alison Lee gets up and down from the bunker to salvage a half.

1UP Hull v Khang (1)
Henseleit A/S Al. Lee (1)
Grant v Yin

With the rain still coming down, and forecast to get heavier in the early afternoon, it’s preferred lies today. Finding the fairway more important than ever. But you still have to take advantage. Esther Henseleit throws a dart at the flagstick on 1, her ball ten feet shy of the pin. But Alison Lee makes exactly the same mistake Megan Khang did, finding the bunker at the back. She’s left with a slight downhill lie and not much green to play with. More good news for Europe coming up?

The US captain Angela Stanford references Jennifer Kupcho’s heroics as she makes a bullish statement to Sky: “We needed a jolt … they’re all fired up this morning … I’m pretty confident in the end of our line-up … they’re ready.”

Esther Henseleit and Alison Lee take turns to split the fairway with their opening drives. Up on the green, Megan Khang doesn’t give her five-footer enough oomph, the moisture on the green doing a number on her. The ball stays on the edge. The door open for Hull, and she walks on through. First blood to Europe!

1UP Hull v Khang (1)
Henseleit v Al. Lee

Hull is further from the flag so will take her putt first. A 30-footer with some right-to-left swing. She leaves the putt three feet short, the morning rain having slowed the greens. Khang splashes out from the bunker to five feet. A couple of little testers coming up. Back on the tee, the second match of Esther Henseleit and Alison Lee arrives for work. Bedlam, bedlam, bedlam.

The adrenaline must be pumping … and Megan Khang sends her approach through the green into a bunker at the back of 1. She can’t believe it. “Long?!” she asks her caddie. It’s long. Charley Hull responds with a slightly conservative play, finding the heart of the green, the pin tucked back left near Khang’s bunker. But that’s a slight advantage to Europe.

Europe captain Anna Nordqvist has a simple message for Sky Sports: “We’re on a mission today.”

Here we go, then … it’s come to this. A rainy day at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt near Den Bosch in North Brabant, Netherlands. The gallery in good voice nonetheless. The first match of Charley Hull and Megan Khang receive the ovation they deserve. Both players have led their team out before, Khang beating Linn Grant in 2023, Hull seeing off Nelly Korda in 2024. That experience sees them good as they both pump fine drives down the track. No going back now!

Preamble: Europe 8-8 USA

It was a classic matchplay double whammy. An all-timer. Yesterday evening in the gloaming, with Europe looking likely to take a 9-7 lead into the Sunday singles, Jennifer Kupcho tramlined a 90-footer on 17 before guiding in a 30-footer on the last to pull the rug spectacularly, skilfully, nervelessly, dramatically from under the feet of the astonished hosts and level the scores at 8-8. A genuine Where Were You When …? event, 120 feet’s worth of brilliance you’ll see again and again and again and again for ever more. And you can double that should the USA win and/or retain the trophy this afternoon! Take it to the bank. Jennifer Kupcho: instant Solheim Cup legend.

Can Europe recover from that late, late, great bodyblow? They’ve got 12 chances to do so. They need six-and-a-half more points to regain the Solheim Cup; the USA require a mere six to retain. If the first two days are anything to go by – and Carlota Ciganda’s Seve-and-Spieth-infused heroics on Friday now seem a sepia-tinged dot in the dim and distant past in this post-Kupcho multicoloured world – this is going to be very tense, very dramatic … and an awful lot of fun. It’s on!

10.10am (BST): Charley Hull v Megan Khang
10:22am: Esther Henseleit v Alison Lee
10:34am: Linn Grant v Angel Yin
10:46am: Mimi Rhodes v Nelly Korda
10:58am: Nanna Koerstz Madsen v Allisen Corpuz
11:10am: Nastasia Nadaud v Andrea Lee
11:22am: Julia López Ramírez v Yealimi Noh
11:34am: Lottie Woad v Auston Kim
11:46am: Leona Maguire v Lauren Coughlin
11:58am: Maja Stark v Lindy Duncan
12:10pm: Carlota Ciganda v Jennifer Kupcho
12:22pm: Celine Boutier v Rose Zhang

Related: Solheim Cup: Hull and Woad flop for Europe as Kupcho pulls USA level

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