Maja Stark and Linn Grant snapped the flawless run of Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz, propelling Team Europe to a 7‑5 advantage over Team USA after Saturday's foursomes session, even as Charley Hull and Lottie Woad endured a record‑tying loss. The opening day at Bernardus Golf saw the two sides deadlocked, marking only the second time in Solheim Cup history that both sessions ended in a tie. Europe, however, seized the initiative on Saturday morning by capturing three of the four points on offer, thereby turning the tide in their favour.
Korda and Corpuz entered the day with an unbeaten 100‑percent record in foursomes, having won five consecutive matches together. Their streak was halted by the determined pairing of Stark and Grant, who opened the European side and secured the first point with a commanding 3&2 victory. Anna Nordqvist’s much‑talked‑about partnership of Hull and Woad failed to deliver once again.
Alison Lee, riding a wave of confidence, notched her third consecutive win, teaming with Lauren Coughlin to post a 6&5 triumph – the joint‑largest margin ever recorded in Solheim Cup foursomes. The rookie duo of Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud continued their flawless start, dispatching Andrea Lee and Austom Kim 4&3. In the final match of the session, Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit clinched a dramatic win on the last hole, ensuring Europe swept the entire foursomes block.
Nordqvist’s decision to field an all‑Swedish pair was immediately vindicated. The Swedes took the first hole, matched the Americans’ birdie on the second, and after dropping the third hole, responded by winning the fourth and never looking back. They added a birdie on the seventh, and Stark later chipped in an eagle from just off the eighth‑green, extending Europe’s lead to four points at the turn.
Korda and Corpuz attempted a comeback, winning the 10th and 11th holes to halve the deficit. Their momentum was halted when Stark holed an eight‑foot birdie putt on the 16th, sealing the end of the Americans’ perfect foursomes record. "It’s the best feeling ever," Stark said after the match. "We played solid golf both today and yesterday – it’s hard to beat when you’re not making any bogeys." Hull and Woad were kept together despite only earning half a point from two matches on Friday.
The English pair fell behind early as Lee and Coughlin captured four consecutive holes starting on the fourth. Woad managed a close‑range birdie on the eighth to level, but Lee and Coughlin responded with back‑to‑back birdies on the back nine, sealing an emphatic win with a par on the 13th. "I feel like we both just hit it so solid," Lee remarked after securing her third point of the week.
"All I had to do was watch Lauren [Coughlin] play. She hit incredible shots into the green and sank some amazing putts." Rhodes and Nadaud made history as the first rookie pair to win two matches together in a single Solheim Cup. Their partnership never fell behind and they recorded the largest margin of victory by a debutant duo in a foursomes match.
"We didn’t really expect to play this morning," Nadaud admitted. "Yesterday was a great surprise. We played very sensibly – we hit lots of fairways and held the greens, giving ourselves plenty of chances." In another roller‑coaster encounter, the team of Kupcho and Zhang surged two up after six holes.
Henseleit missed three short putts, but the pair rebounded when she and Maguire seized three of the first four holes on the back nine, pulling back into contention. Team USA fought back, winning successive holes from the 14th onward. Maguire leveled the match on the 16th, but Europe clinched the final point when Zhang’s approach struck the lip of a bunker on the last hole and resulted in a closing bogey.
"We knew we weren’t doing anything terribly wrong," Maguire reflected. "We got off to a great start, just like yesterday, and they answered with a birdie on three. We had to stay patient and keep creating chances. Holes 10, 11 and 12 were pivotal turning points." As the competition moves toward the final day, the question remains: who will lift the Solheim Cup?
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