September 10-11
Kingโs Course, Gleneagles
Day 1
Day 2 Scores
Team USA held off a spirited fightback from Team Europe to claim their fourth consecutive victory in the PING Junior Solheim Cup.
The visitors took a 7ยฝ-4ยฝ lead into Wednesdayโs singles session after drawing the foursomes 3-3 and then convincingly winning the fourballs 4ยฝ-1ยฝ on Tuesday, and closed out the win when Brianna Navarrosa beat Mimi Rhodes 1 up.
Earlier in the day, Hannah Darling, out first, grabbed a half point against Lucy Li, and wins for Annabell Fuller, Amalie Leth-Nissen and Pia Babnik, who birdied four straight holes to win 2&1, narrowed the gap.
However, Rose Zhang stemmed the tide in match two, and triumphs for Amanda Sambach,Briana Chacon and then Navarrosa took the USA to the all-important 12 points needed to retain the trophy, and Christine Wang made it 13 points when she beat Paula Shulz-Hanssen in match 10.
โItโs not just about the golf, itโs really about their friendships."
โ The 2019 Solheim Cup (@2019solheimcup) September 11, 2019
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American Captain Mary Bea Porter-King said: โโIt was quite the victory, very close, it went up and down all day, they were ahead, then behind. Iโm exhausted and I didnโt hit a shot.
โIโm very proud of my team, there wasnโt a whole lot I could do to help them, these young ladies are so talented, on both sides. I am so impressed to see the golf swings and how they play the game, which makes me feel good about the future of the game.โ
Mickey Walker, the European Captain, said: โIโm incredibly proud of the European team. Theyโre very, very talented and weโve had a wonderful time here. Itโs been just amazing, one of the best experiences of my life.
โI think we were good enough to win, but we just missed out by virtue of a poor session in the after yesterday. Thatโs what did for us. If you took the singles as a standalone competition, we won today.
โBut we knew we needed to get eight and a half points and we came up just short. Itโs wrong to mention individuals because we really are a team, but Pia Babnik is the first ever junior to play in this from Slovenia and beat Rachel Heck today โ an incredible scalp. Rachelโs one of the best American golfers and Pia is relatively inexperienced. The same for Lucie Malchirand beating Alexa Pano in the final match.
โSo it augers very well for the future, and a lot of our team will still be young enough to play in two yearsโ time.โ
Europe 11 |
Scores |
USA 13 |
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Wednesday Singles |
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Hannah Darling |
A/S |
Lucy Li |
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Annabell Fuller |
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3&1 |
Michaela Morard |
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Alessia Nobilio |
1 up |
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Rose Zhang |
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Amalie Leth Nissen |
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2&1 |
Sadie Englemann |
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Pia Babnik |
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2&1 |
Rachel Heck |
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Lilas Pinthier |
3&1 |
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Amanda Sambach |
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Lily May Humphreys |
6&4 |
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Briana Chacon |
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Mimi Rhodes |
1 up |
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Brianna Navarrosa |
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Anne Normann |
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1 up |
Zoe Antoinette Campos |
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Paula Schulz-Hansen |
3&2 |
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Christine Wang |
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Benedetta Moresco |
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3&2 |
Phoebe Brinker |
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Lucie Malchirand |
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1 up |
Alexa Pano |