Maja Stark and Linn Grant broke the flawless run of Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz, propelling Team Europe to a 7‑5 advantage over Team USA after Saturday's foursomes matches, even as Charley Hull and Lottie Woad endured a loss that matched the tournament’s worst margin. The opening day at Bernardus Golf produced a rare dead‑heat, with both sessions ending in a tie – only the second occurrence of such a result in Solheim Cup history.
The European side, however, seized the initiative on Saturday morning by securing three of the four points up for grabs. Korda and Corpuz had entered the day with a perfect 100‑percent record in foursomes, having won five straight matches together. Their streak was halted when Stark and Grant, who opened the European line‑up, clinched the first point of the day with a decisive 3&2 victory. Anna Nordqvist’s much‑talked‑about pairing of Hull and Woad failed to deliver once again.
Alison Lee, playing her third consecutive session, teamed with Lauren Coughlin to post a 6&5 win – the joint‑largest margin ever recorded in Solheim Cup foursomes play. The rookie combination 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 secured a dramatic win on the last hole, ensuring Europe walked away with the session victory. Nordqvist’s decision to field an all‑Swedish duo was instantly vindicated.
The pair opened by taking the first hole and matching the Americans’ birdie on the next. After dropping the third hole to a birdie, they responded by winning the fourth and never relinquishing the lead again.
They added a birdie on the seventh and extended the gap when Stark executed a spectacular chip‑in for eagle just off the eighth green. A par on the ninth gave Europe a third consecutive hole win, pushing the lead to four at the turn. Korda and Corpuz attempted a comeback, winning back‑to‑back holes from the 10th onward to halve the deficit. Their hopes were dashed 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 her triumph. "We played solid golf both today and yesterday – it’s hard to beat when you’re not making any bogeys." Hull and Woad remained paired despite only earning half a point from two matches on Friday. The English pair fell behind early when Lee and Coughlin captured four consecutive holes starting at 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 victory 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 sit back and watch Lauren [Coughlin] play.
She hit incredible shots into the green and made some amazing putts." Rhodes and Nadaud made history as the first rookie duo to win two matches together in a single Solheim Cup. Their partnership never fell behind and they recorded the largest margin of victory ever by a debutant pairing 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 found plenty of fairways and greens and gave ourselves opportunities." In another unpredictable contest, Kupcho and Zhang surged two up after six holes, despite Henseleit missing three short putts. The tide turned when Henseleit and Maguire captured three of the first four holes on the back nine, regaining the lead. Team USA fought back, winning consecutive holes from the 14th onward, but Maguire leveled the match on the 16th.
Europe ultimately clinched the win when Zhang’s approach clipped the bunker lip 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 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." The Solheim Cup now heads into its final day, with the singles matches set to begin at 10:10 a.m. on Sunday.
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