U.S. beats Europe to win Solheim Cup for first time since 2017

Lilia Vu stuffed her approach to a foot at the par-4 18th hole, and when Albane Valenzuela couldn’t quite curl in her 30-footer for birdie, Vu tapped in her birdie putt for the clinching half-point.

Maja Stark ran her birdie putt 12 feet by at No. 18, but after Lauren Coughlin missed her 15-footer for a chance to win the Solheim Cup, Stark rolled in the comebacker for a half-point.

With Leona Maguire winning her match earlier, there are three matches left on the course – and the Americans needs just a half-point to win it all.

Jennifer Kupcho leads Linn Grant 1 up through 14 holes.

After Lexi Thompson misses a 12-footer for birdie at No. 18 in what would’ve been the winning point, Europe’s Celine Boutier caps her comeback – 3 down through 11 holes – by sinking a 5-footer for the 1-up win.

Andrea Lee battles back from 2 down with five holes to play to earn a half-point against Esther Henseleit, who had about a 15-footer for birdie at No. 18 to win the match.

Four of the six remaining matches are currently tied.

Not only was Esther Henseleit distracted by a bug before attempting a lengthy birdie put at No. 17, but the European also left herself a good 10 feet for par.

However, she clutched up to hole that one, and after Andrea Lee missed a decent look at birdie, the hole was tied. Both players head to the last tied in their match.

Andrea Lee sinks a 12-footer to tie up Esther Henseleit through 16 holes.

That is the first of four tied matches out on the golf course right now. Europe leads the other three.

The U.S. leads overall 13-8.

With Celine Boutier pulling even with Lexi Thompson through 15 holes, the Americans don’t lead any matches still on the course.

That said, with three matches tied, that would be just enough for the U.S. win.

Rose Zhang won 28 of her 36 holes player this week while going 4-0. That’s a 20-hole win/loss differential, easily the best mark of the last decade and six better than Jessica Korda in 2019.

After two hole-outs from off the green, Sarah Schmelzel drains a long putt to tie her match against Madelene Sagstrom through 12 holes.

Fans are chanting Lexi Thompson’s name after she finds the green in two at the par-5 14th hole.

She is 1 up against Celine Boutier with the Americans needing 1 1/2 points.

Linn Grant birdies No. 10 to move back to 1 down against Jennifer Kupcho in the anchor match.

The Americans need just 1 1/2 points, but only lead in two matches and are tied in another. This one is getting tight!

The U.S. needs just 1 1/2 points, but the Europeans can see a path to victory.

There are seven matches on the course, and the visitors lead four of them.

Celine Boutier is now just 1 down to Lexi Thompson after winning Nos. 12 and 13. Albane Valenzuela just sank a birdie putt at No. 12 to pull back even with Lilia Vu. Jennifer Kupcho leads just 2 up against Europe’s Linn Grant in the anchor match.

Rose Zhang moves to 4-0 with a 6-and-4 win over Carlota Ciganda, who led after the first hole before Zhang turned on the heat.

Zhang capped the match with a beautiful second shot into the green at the par-5 14th, which she won with eagle.

Soon after, Allisen Corpuz earned the Americans their 13th point with a 4-and-3 triumph over Anna Nordqvist.

Two 3-up American leads are now 2 up as Lexi Thompson misses a birdie putt at the par-5 12th hole to let Celine Boutier within two holes and Linn Grant gets one back against Jennifer Kupcho in the anchor match.

Georgia Hall beats Alison Lee, 4 and 3, for Europe’s second singles point.

Though with leads in just four matches on the golf course, Europe needs to flip two more to retain the cup.

Sarah Schmelzel holes out from the bunker at No. 7 while turning a 2-up deficit to Madelene Sagstrom into a tied match.

However, Sagstrom has since won back-to-back holes and leads 2 up again.

The Americans are ahead in just five matches now after leading in as many as seven.

The biggest European flip in the last hour or so has been Esther Henseleit, who has won four straight holes against Andrea Lee and is 2 up through 11 holes.

Megan Khang makes quick work of Emily Pedersen, 6 and 5.

The U.S. lead is now 11-7, with the Americans 3 1/2 points away from the cup.

Charley Hull complete a 6-and-4 drubbing of world No. 1 Nelly Korda.

“I played my a – my heart out,” Hull said.

Korda had been 3-0 this week.

Europe now trails 10-7.

Alison Lee chips in at the par-5 12th to get a hole back against Georgia Hall, who still is 3 up.

Remember, Lee was the one who also holed a wedge shot for eagle early in her Saturday fourball match.

Carlota Ciganda wins her first hole since the first to get back to 2 down at the turn against American Rose Zhang

Of the 12 matches, only two are 1 up – American Allisen Corpuz over Anna Nordqvist, and Europe’s Leona Maguire over Ally Ewing.

No matches are tied.

The U.S. is up in seven matches, only needing 4 1/2 points to win the cup.

Charley Hull leads world No. 1 Nelly Korda 4 up through 11 holes after Korda misses a 10-footer for birdie.

Hull has out-birdied Korda 3-1 while Korda has bogeyed two of her last five holes.

Korda is 2-1 in her Solheim singles career.

With all 12 matches through at least a hole, the two sides lead in five matches apiece.

The U.S. only needs to earn 4 1/2 points to win.

Jennifer Kupcho goes 1 up in the anchor match after Linn Grant yanks her tee ball way left and eventually can’t get a lengthy par putt to drop.

After sitting both Saturday sessions, a struggling Leona Maguire birdies the first hole to go 1 up on American Ally Ewing.

Maguire hadn’t missed a session in two previous Solheim Cups.

“Unfortunately up until now, Leona hasn’t kind of been, I don’t know, the rock that I kind of was hoping for,” said European captain Suzann Pettersen on Saturday evening.

Lexi Thompson wins her third straight hole and takes a 2-up lead on Celine Boutier by draining a 40-foot birdie bomb at the par-3 fourth.

Following her bogey to lose the opening hole, Lexi Thompson has now won two straight holes after rolling in a 7-footer at the par-4 third to go 1 up on Celine Boutier.

Big shot and big win for the veteran, who cuts her deficit to Allisen Corpuz to 1 down through 5.

The U.S. only needs 4 1/2 points to win the cup. Allisen Corpuz (through 4) and Megan Khang (through 5) are both 2 up early in their matches.

They are breezing through the opening nine holes. Hull won the second and Korda just grabbed the fifth with this birdie. Korda has won 10 of the 13 par 5s she’s played this week.

Hall ties Lee on the third hole to remain 2 up.

But Charley Hull doesn’t. She claims the second hole to go 1 up as Nelly’s sister, Jessica, and nephew, Greyson, are following along (with Nelly’s mom and dad there as always).

Birdie at the first to lead her match against Emily Pedersen, 1 up. Almost every match is a must-win for Europe, but few will swing the emotional tide more than this one.

She and Charley Hull, in the opening match, are tied after 1.

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In St. Leon-Rot, Germany, Europe led, 10-6, entering singles at home. The U.S. won 8 1/2 of the available 12 singles points to keep the cup.

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