There will be 12 finals on the road to glory, 12 individual matches between the best golfers in Europe and the United States, which will decide this Sunday (from 11:00 a.m. on Movistar Golf and Teledeporte) the winning team of the Solheim Cup, which will be called The first one that will be there took place in Spain (in the Finca Cortesín, Málaga). This Saturday, the European team made a comeback worthy of Seve’s best spirit, leveling by eight points a tournament that began with a resounding 4-0 defeat on Friday.
The distances were maintained in the foursome round (alternating strokes in each pair) in the morning compared to the end of Friday. The European captain, the Norwegian Suzann Pettersen, this time chose the starting eleven of Carlota Ciganda, who is very excited with the sixth Solheim race she has taken part in her career and is already a veteran at 33 years. The Spanish had led the continental response when the Europeans began this 4-0 drubbing, the worst start in history. And he delivered right from the start.
Together with Emily Pedersen, Navarrese gave her team another point, 2&1 (two holes ahead and one to play) against Lilia Vu and Jennifer Kupcho. The most unequal game was the overwhelming victory of Korda and Corpuz against Hall and Boutier with 5&3, while in the other two duels of the morning round the balance was overturned once in two very even games for each side. Europe gave in with Maguire and Nordqvist, a priori one of their most reliable duos, and the attempt to close the gap ended in a draw that allowed the American troops to hold the gap (7:5).
The afternoon fourballs (one ball per player) brought Carlota Ciganda back into the ring, this time with Linn Grant, her partner from Friday. And again full for the Spaniards, 2&1 against Kang and Vu. Europe even allowed themselves a comfortable win, namely that of Hull and Maguire with 4&3 against Korda and Ewing. The scoreboard again showed 3-1 in this modality, ushering in the exciting finale this Sunday. Europe aims for a third consecutive title in Solheim; United States, recapturing enemy territory.
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