Europe Reclaims Solheim Cup with Decisive Singles Performance Over U.S.

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands -- The Solheim Cup is back in the hands of the Europeans.

The blue wave came early in the Sunday singles at Bernardus Golf and never really went away, with Lottie Woad holing a putt from 2 feet on No. 17 to guarantee Team Europe will reach the 14½ points needed to beat the United States.

Woad's 2-and-1 victory over Auston Kim left the official score at 14-10, but Carlota Ciganda was assured of at least a half-point against Jennifer Kupcho from the next-to-last match. That was one of four matches still out on the course, and the winning point was clinched by Ciganda about 10 minutes later.

Ciganda also won the point that retained the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2023.

The Europeans have now won three of the past five editions, the only loss in that stretch coming in Virginia two years ago. The U.S. team didn't have possession of the crystal trophy for long.

The teams were tied at 8-8 after two days and set out Sunday in heavy rain for the singles, with Europe going out fast and putting blue all over the scoreboard.

Early wins for Charley Hull and Linn Grant laid the platform for victory, the only wobble coming when U.S. player Alison Lee came from 4 down after 11 holes to beat Esther Henseleit 1 up for the greatest comeback in Solheim Cup history.

_Originally reported by [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/49927743/team-europe-reclaims-solheim-cup-sunday-splash-us)._