Maja Stark and Linn Grant broke the unbeaten 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 drubbing. The opening day at Bernardus Golf had produced a dead‑heat, the first time in Solheim Cup history that both sessions ended level, but the European side seized the momentum on Saturday morning by capturing three of the four points on offer.
Korda and Corpuz entered the day with a flawless 100 percent record in foursomes, having won five consecutive matches together. Their streak was snapped when Stark and Grant, who opened the European lineup, produced a commanding 3&2 victory, securing the first point of the day and setting the tone for the rest of the morning. Anna Nordqvist’s much‑talked‑about partnership of Hull and Woad failed to deliver once more.
Alison Lee, riding a wave of confidence after winning her previous two sessions, teamed up with Lauren Coughlin to post a 6&5 triumph – the joint‑largest margin ever recorded in Solheim Cup foursomes play. The English pair could not find a rhythm, and the Americans ran away with the match. Meanwhile, the rookie duo of Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud continued their flawless start, dispatching Andrea Lee and Austom Kim 4&3. Their performance marked the first time a first‑time pairing had won two matches in a single Solheim Cup, and they did so with a comfortable margin that underscored their chemistry.
Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit then delivered a dramatic finish, clinching a final‑hole win that ensured Europe took the entire session. Nordqvist’s decision to field an all‑Swedish pair proved prescient; the Swedes opened strong, matched an American birdie on the next hole, recovered from a brief setback, and then pulled ahead with a series of birdies and a spectacular eagle chip by Stark from just off the eighth green. By the turn, Europe was four holes up. Korda and Corpuz attempted a comeback, winning back‑to‑back holes from the 10th onward to halve the deficit, but Stark answered with 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 win. "We played solid golf both today and yesterday – it’s hard to lose when you’re not making any bogeys." Hull and Woad were kept together despite only earning a half‑point from two matches on Friday. The English duo fell behind early as Lee and Coughlin seized four consecutive holes from the fourth onward. Woad managed a close‑range birdie on the eighth to level temporarily, but Lee and Coughlin responded with back‑to‑back birdies on the back nine and sealed the victory with a par on the 13th.
"We both hit it so solidly," Lee commented, reflecting on her third point of the week. "All I had to do was watch Lauren [Coughlin] work her magic. She hit incredible shots into the green and made some amazing putts." Rhodes and Nadaud’s performance was historic: they became the first rookie pair to win two matches together in a single Solheim Cup, and they did so without ever trailing, achieving the largest margin of victory by a debutant pairing in foursomes.
"We didn’t expect to play this morning," Nadaud admitted. "Yesterday was a great surprise. We played very sensibly – we found a lot of fairways and hit good greens, giving ourselves plenty of chances." In another match that swung back and forth, the Korean pair of Kim Kaufman and Zhang moved two up after six holes, while Henseleit missed three short putts from inside five feet.
However, she and Maguire rallied, winning three of the first four holes on the back nine to regain the lead. Team USA fought back, taking successive holes from the 14th onward, but Maguire leveled the match on the 16th. Europe ultimately secured the win when Zhang’s approach clipped the lip of a bunker on the final hole and resulted in a closing bogey. "We knew we weren’t doing anything terribly wrong," Maguire reflected.
"We got off to a strong 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." The Solheim Cup now heads into its final day on Sunday, with the opening singles match slated for 10:10 am on Sky Sports Golf. Fans can follow the action live from 9 am, catch the latest Sky Sports offers, or stream without a contract on NOW.
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