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
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)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (15)Europe 15-11 USA
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)\n 4&2 Ciganda v Kupcho (F)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (15)Europe 15-11 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)\n Stark v Duncan 2UP (16)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (15)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (15)Europe 14-11 USA
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!”
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)\n Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (16)\n Stark v Duncan 3UP (15)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (14)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (13)Europe 14-10 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)\n 1UP Woad v Kim (15)\n Maguire v Coughlin 2UP (14)\n Stark v Duncan 3UP (14)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (13)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (11)Europe 13-10 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!\n Nanna Koerstz Madsen beats Allisen Corpuz 2&1
2&1 Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (F)\n 1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)\n 2UP Woad v Kim (13)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)\n Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)\n 2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (11)Europe 12-10 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)\n 3&2 Nadaud v An. Lee (F)\n 1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (14)\n 2UP Woad v Kim (13)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (13)\n Stark v Duncan 4UP (12)\n 2UP Ciganda v Kupcho (11)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (11)Europe 11-10 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)\n 3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (14)\n 2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)\n 1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)\n 4UP Woad v Kim (11)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (11)\n Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (9)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (8)Europe 10-10 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)\n Rhodes v Korda 3UP (15)\n 3UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (14)\n 2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (13)\n 1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (12)\n 4UP Woad v Kim (11)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (9)\n Stark v Duncan 3UP (10)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (8)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (7)Europe 10-9 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)\n 4&3 Grant v Yin (F)\n Rhodes v Korda 4UP (13)\n 2UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (12)\n 2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (11)\n 2UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (11)\n 4UP Woad v Kim (9)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (8)\n Stark v Duncan 2UP (8)\n 4UP Ciganda v Kupcho (7)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (6)Europe 10-8 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)\n 1UP Henseleit v Al. Lee (15)\n 4UP Grant v Yin (13)\n Rhodes v Korda 4UP (12)\n 1UP Koerstz Madsen v Corpuz (11)\n 2UP Nadaud v An. Lee (10)\n 1UP Lopez Ramirez v Noh (9)\n 3UP Woad v Kim (8)\n Maguire v Coughlin 3UP (7)\n Stark v Duncan 1UP (7)\n 3UP Ciganda v Kupcho (6)\n Boutier A/S Zhang (5)Europe 9-8 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 Khang10:22am: Esther Henseleit v Alison Lee10:34am: Linn Grant v Angel Yin10:46am: Mimi Rhodes v Nelly Korda10:58am: Nanna Koerstz Madsen v Allisen Corpuz11:10am: Nastasia Nadaud v Andrea Lee11:22am: Julia López Ramírez v Yealimi Noh11:34am: Lottie Woad v Auston Kim11:46am: Leona Maguire v Lauren Coughlin11:58am: Maja Stark v Lindy Duncan12:10pm: Carlota Ciganda v Jennifer Kupcho12:22pm: Celine Boutier v Rose Zhang
Key events
- 50m agoFINAL SCORE: Europe 15-13 USA
- 1h agoEurope 15-12 USA
- 1h agoEurope 15-11 USA: Europe win the Solheim Cup!
- 1h agoEurope 14-11 USA
- 1h agoEurope win the Solheim Cup (effectively, if not officially)!
- 2h agoEurope 14-10 USA
- 2h agoEurope 13-10 USA
- 2h agoEurope 12-10 USA
- 2h agoEurope 11-10 USA
- 3h agoEurope 10-10 USA
- 3h agoEurope 10-9 USA
- 3h agoEurope 10-8 USA
- 4h agoEurope 9-8 USA
- 8h agoPreamble: Europe 8-8 USA
It’s time for every golf fan in Europe to concentrate on their celebrations – and not only that, but Ewan Murray’s report from Bernardus has landed – 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.

Carlota Ciganda of Team Europe celebrates. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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 KhangEsther Henseleit v Alison Lee 1UP4&3 Linn Grant v Angel YinMimi Rhodes v Nelly Korda 4&22&1 Nanna Koerstz Madsen v Allisen Corpuz3&2 Nastasia Nadaud v Andrea Lee3&2 Julia López Ramírez v Yealimi Noh2&1 Lottie Woad v Auston KimLeona Maguire v Lauren Coughlin 2&1Maja Stark v Lindy Duncan 3&14&2 Carlota Ciganda v Jennifer KupchoCeline 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.
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

Julia Lopez Ramirez of Team Europe celebrates her match victory on the 16th green. Photograph: Kate McShane/Getty Images
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
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
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
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