Europe hosts the Solheim Cup from 11 September. Home teams won half since 2011.
Anna Nordqvist's Europe plays Angela Stanford's United States at Bernardus in the Netherlands from 11 to 13 September. The Americans hold the Cup.
What happened
Angela Stanford completed the United States’ Solheim Cup team with Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and Lindy Duncan as captain’s picks for the 11- match at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands, where Europe’s side under Anna Nordqvist was finalised earlier in August.
Europe hosts the United States from 11 to at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands, and wants the trophy back. The Americans hold it after a 15.5-12.5 win in Virginia in 2024, their first since 2017.
Europe won 6.5 points in the Sunday singles that year, the one-on-one matches on the last day. It was not enough to keep the trophy for a fourth time.
The United States completed their team of twelve on Monday . Nelly Korda, Angel Yin, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh, Auston Kim, Lauren Coughlin and Allisen Corpuz qualified through the points list. Andrea Lee and Alison Lee got in through the world rankings after the CPKC Women’s Open.
Angela Stanford then added Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and Lindy Duncan as her own picks. Duncan, 35, and Kim, 26, are the only rookies, players at their first Solheim Cup.
Europe’s captain Anna Nordqvist had already completed her team. She picked Leona Maguire, who has 8.5 points from 12 matches in three Solheim Cups, and three rookies: Julia Lopez Ramirez, Nastasia Nadaud and Mimi Rhodes.
They join the players who qualified automatically. Charley Hull topped the Ladies European Tour points list and plays her eighth Cup in a row. Lottie Woad is a debutant and the highest-ranked European in the world. Esther Henseleit, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, Celine Boutier, Carlota Ciganda and Nanna Koerstz Madsen complete the team, which has four debutants.
Sources: Sky Sports (2, 3)
The Pattern
The home team won four of the last eight Solheim Cups. It lost three, and one was a tie. We looked at every Cup from 2011 to 2024, using Sky Sports’ report of each, and noted where it was played and whether the home team won.
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The Read
History gives Europe about an even chance. Six of the last eight Cups were close and decided on the Sunday. Home teams won four of the eight outright, and the Americans arrive as holders, with the better recent record in matches that had a clear winner. Europe’s edge is the home course, and a team built around Hull’s eighth Cup and Woad’s first as the highest-ranked European.
Playing at home has not always mattered. Europe won in America in 2013 and 2021 by margins that had nothing to do with the course, and the Americans won at home by five points in 2017. Only two of the eight were won by four points or more, so a big margin would be unusual.
The Sunday singles are likely to decide it again. Europe could lose if its four debutants struggle over three days against a US team with only two debutants.
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