Thanks for reading today’s blog. Scott will be looking after the singles tomorrow and it should be an absolutely terrific occasion. The last four Solheim Cups in Europe have gone right to the wire and there looks to be every chance of something similar happening this year – if, of course, the Europeans rebound from Jennifer Kupcho’s left and right hook combo.

The Sunday singles line-up:

11:10 Megan Khang v Charley Hull
11:22 Alison Lee v Esther Henseleit
11:34 Angel Yin v Linn Grant
11:46 Nelly Korda v Mimi Rhodes
11:58 Allisen Corpuz v Nanna Koerstz Madsen
12:10 Andrea Lee v Nastasia Nadaud
12:22 Yealimi Noh v Julia Lopez Ramirez
12:34 Austin Kim v Lottie Woad
12:46 Lauren Coughlin v Leona Maguire
12:58 Lindy Duncan v Maja Stark
13:10 Jennifer Kupcho v Carlota Ciganda
13:22 Rose Zhang v Celine Boutier

An intriguing observation from the US team captain Angela Stanford: the American team has never led Europe ahead of the singles prior to the Sunday singles. In being tied they have equalled the best position.

She came into this week believing that being neck and neck on Saturday night would be a great result and she has it.

Angela Stanford on her team: “I love this team, but they have not been as free this week as they were in practice. I think this finish tonight is what will free them for tomorrow.”

Jennifer Kupcho speaking to the press about the experience of converting her putt on 17th and regaining her composure: “The fact that the walk from the 17th green to the 18th tee is a little long gave me the chance to calm down. I knew I needed to do that. I even more or less said to the team as they celebrated around me that I needed to bring my heart rate down.”

The two captains have one hour from the end of the fourballs to come up with their singles line ups. There will be 12 of them and the whisper is that they will head off at 11. We will have confirmation with the announcement of the rosters.

We thought yesterday’s finish was dramatic. We hadn’t got a clue really.

Session: Europe 1-3 USA
Match: Europe 8-8 USA

Three potential factors heading into tomorrow.

The mind factor: How do the Europeans react to those devastating late upper cuts delivered by Jennifer Kupcho? And how do the Americans ride that enormous boost of adrenalin?

The singles factor: The Americans typically dominate the singles, winning 122.5 points to 97.5 through the match history.

The tie factor: the Americans will retain the Solheim Cup with a tie tomorrow.

TV showed an excellent angle on 17 which captured the response of both captains to Jennifer Kupcho’s putt. The American skipper Angela Stanford was understandably pumped and raced towards her team. As she did so she passed Europe’s leader Anna Nordqvist who was absolutely still except for the merest hint of a rueful Mona Lisa smile.

Kupcho’s putt looked good the second she struck it. Good pace, good committment, and it turned a good 9 inches late in its journey.

Yes! Sensational scenes. Pure drama. Absolutely outrageous.

Jennifer Kupcho has just just blown the overnight situation to smithereens.

Jennifer Kupcho drained from 90 feet on 17. Can she do so from 30 feet on 18?

Lindy Duncan’s turn – and it’s not a great effort. She was given the line by Carlota Ciganda and didn’t take the hint. One more chance.

Carlota Ciganda up first - and it’s a good putt but it settles just wide of the hole at dead pace. Europe secures a par. Two chances for America to pinch the point.

Classic Solheim Cup scene: both teams surrounding the green – players, captains, vice captains, back room staff. High tension. Silence.

The scenario

If Europe win the hole, they win the match and lead 9-7.

If USA win the hole, they win the match and the score is 8-8.

If the hole is halved, the match is and Europe lead 8.5-7.5.

A big 120 seconds coming up.

Jennifer Kupcho will putt for birdie – but only from around 25 feet. Not a great shot.

Can Lindy Duncan do any better? No. She’s got about 28 feet but she will be given the line by Carlota Ciganda.

Carlota Ciganda has been very, very lucky. She’s missed the heather and the sand – and found scruffy grass on an upslope.

On the other side of the fairway, Boutier has taken a drop and will be playing three into the green. With a fairway wood it’s a decent strike to about 12 feet.

But what can Ciganda do? It’s a blind shot, with a 5-iron, and she pulls away from it …

Take two and it’s a solid blow to a familiar spot about 30-feet short of the hole.

Over to you America.

The heart rates on the 18th tee could probably fuel the Netherlands through the winter. Lindy Duncan finds the fairway and now Jennifer Kupcho has to restore her equilibrium – she does it by finding the short grass.

How do the punch drunk Europeans fare? Celine Boutier is up first and pulls a 3-wood into the ditch, looking bereft after doing so. Carlota Ciganda has a huge weight on her shoulders and cannot carry it. She flails her ball wide right towards heather and sand.

Replays of Jennifer Kupcho’s celebrations are rather wonderful. There was exhiliration but there was a also a touch of not knowing what to do which always raises a celebration up a notch or two.

We’ve had two excellent days of action but that was the big moment these occasions need. Utterly bonkers. A long, loooping putt that went uphill, downhill, left-to-right, right-to-left and, crucually, in the hole.

Celine Boutier misses! It’s all square and the match – and the Solheim Cup – has switched in two minutes.

And now Carlota Ciganda misses her birdie putt. This is getting very twitchy.

RIDICULOUS! Jennifer Kupcho has nailed her putt from 90 feet for birdie.

To the approach shots at 17. Kupcho found only the fluffiest of heather but got a flier and her ball scuttled through the green. Boutier pounced by knocking her approach to ten feet and Ciganda did the same. Big pressure on Duncan who will feel she needs to find birdie just to take the match down 18.

She can only land it 20 feet past the pin where it stops but does not close on the hole. The good news is that she’ll get to go first and possibly reverse the anxiety on to the Europeans, but it’s a big ask.

The 17th tee. Lindy Duncan is up first and finds the short grass. Jennifer Kupcho does not join her, squeezing her ball into the heather on the right. No mistake from Celine Boutier who threads the ball down the middle and Carlota Ciganda flirts with the heather before trickling into safety in the fringe.

Europe remain 1UP. Stay that way and they will lead by two overnight. But the Americans are sniffing the chance to close the gap.

Yealimi Noh on winning: “It feels so good. We had a great match and it means so much to not only represent my country but to play such good golf too.”

The focus of attention moves to the 16th green and a match that has become a little bit messy (in fact, the last hour has felt that way after a lot of fine golf before then). After both Europeans found water on 15, Jennifer Kupcho has done so on this par-five. Her partner Lindy Duncan has a 60 foot eagle putt and she plays it magnificently to the hole’s edge. Birdie for America.

But can Carlota Ciganda pinch it with an eagle of her own? No and she doesn’t leave it near the hole either. She has three feet to retain a 1UP lead going up 17. Big moment. She makes it. Just.

Can Yealimi Noh polish off her match in style? She’s been the elite performer this afternoon and finds the heart of the 18th green, just inside Lottie Woad who will give her the line from around 25 feet. Charley Hull, after a drop, bunts her ball to 10 feet. Andrea Lee could only hack out of the fairway bunker. The Americans, remember, only need to half the final hole to win the match.

At 18 Lottie Woad finds the fairway, but Charley Hull (for a second day running) finds the creeks down the left. Yealimi Noh joins Woad in the fairway and Andrea Lee finds a fairway bunker. The English duo need to win the hole to grab a half. We’re set for a nervy finale in this contest.

After splashing two balls in the water at 15 Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier cannot save the situation and make a sad journey to the 16th tee. They are now just 1UP with three to play.

Yealimi Noh has a chip to win – and it’s a bit speedy! Now Hull putts for a winning birdie – and it swings across the front of the hole.

Lottie Woad’s turn. She has 12 feet for a birdie to extend the match – and she makes it. Tough as nails.

Euro disaster at 15. Celine Boutier finds water from the tee at the par-three and Carlota Ciganda follows her in. They are 2UP with four to play but surely about to go 1UP with three to play.

Charley Hull is centimetres from slam dunking her approach to 17. It kicks on to about 15 feet and Lottie Woad is in similar range. They have a chance to win the hole because Andrea Lee has missed the green and Yealimi Noh found trouble from the tee … but she stubs her ball from heather to the fringe. The two Brits will needs to hole one of the putts at the very least.

VAMOS! Carlota Ciganda has had a sensational afternoon and another birdie putt drops at 14, this one from 12 feet to send her and Celine Boutier 2UP with four to play. She drops her putter and raises her arms to the galleries. Among those cheering is her English husband Jamie, hugging another member of the European back room team.

Nastasia Nadaud knocked her tee shot at the par-three 15th to eight feet and drains the birdie putt to extend the third match into the final three holes. She and Leona Maguire are now 3DOWN, but have a little momentum to play with. It’s an odd business but, sometimes in a Solheim Cup, when a big lead starts to fritter away the chasers begin to look far more confident than the pair leading.

At 16 the American duo of Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee have made solid birdies. Lottie Woad almost did by finding water and then clattering the flag stick (after a drop) with her fourth. But Charley Hull has 25 feet for a winning eagle. Can she find the cup? Oh no! It dies across the front of the hole.

Noh and Lee remain 2UP with only 17 and 18 to play.

How good were Linn Grant and Maja Stark? They have just ended two significant streaks. Megan Khang had won six matches in a row - and the all-time winning streak record is seven. Khang had also won or tied nine matches in a row. The all-time unbeaten streak record is ten. And Lauren Coughlin had won or tied each of her seven career matches, the second-longest unbeaten streak to start a Cup career. They were no match for the Swedes.

“Oh man, it’s so nice to know that Linn’s not freaking out and she knows I’m not freaking out. We don’t have to baby each other,” says Maja Stark of her 3-0-0 partnership with Linn Grant this week.

Carlota Ciganda has drained another birdie putt, this time at 13. She and Celine Boutier go 1UP with five to play.

Lottie Woad converts her birdie chance at 15 to keep on the heels of the Americans Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee. The latter remain 2UP and there are only three holes to play, but Woad has hung tough there.

She and Hull continue to be something of an enigma. There’s no evident rapport but surely they must have something that the skipper believes in as they seek a first win in their fourth game.

The Americans are looking in good shape right now - and Yealimi Noh has just knocked her tee shot at the par-three 15th to eight feet. Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are also close, however. The second match is not a given yet.

1UP Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin (16)
Woad/Hull v Noh/An. Lee 2UP (14)
Nadaud/Maguire v Zhang/Kim 4UP (12)
Ciganda/Boutier A/S Kupcho/Duncan (12)

To the 16th green. Megan Khang’s eagle putt doesn’t drop, stays close-ish and isn’t given. Linn Grant putts from off the back of the putting surface and pulls up eight feet short.

This has turning point written all over it.

What can Lauren Coughlin do? She putts through the fringe to the hole side. Birdie assured, but can Grant equal it and maintain the Swedish duo’s 2UP lead? No! Squeaky bum time up 17 and 18 now.

Back at 12 Lindy Duncan wins her first hole of the day to draw her and Jennifer Kupcho level with Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier in the bottom match.

Yealimi Noh, the best player on show this afternoon, knocks her approach at 13 to 12 feet. She ticked nine birdies in 13 holes earlier in the round. Not one golfer has achieved that on the LPGA this season. That’s how hot her golf has been today.

The par-five 16th was highlighted as a key hole this week. It’s a par-five with water in front of the green. Maja Stark has just avoided heather with her drive and has a risky thrash with her second. It finds that water.

Now Megan Khang. Her blow just about finds the putting surface and gives her playing partner, Lauren Coughlin, freedom. She makes the most of it by taking aim at the flag and leaing herself about 20-feet for eagle. What can Linn Grant respond with? She goes through the green. Not bad, but the Americans, 2DOWN, have a chance of extending the match.

Andrea Lee has joined Yealimi Noh at the party. Her 15 foot birdie at 13 takes the US pair 2UP on Lottie Woad and Charley Hull. It’s only the third counting score made by Lee today and the first that has won a hole.

Maja Stark has drained another sensational shot. “Awesome,” cries team mate Julia Lopez Ramirez as the Swede’s rollercoaster putt at 15 drops. Lauren Coughlin matches her birdie from four feet. The match is hurrying to a conclusion.

2UP Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin (15)
Woad/Hull v Noh/An. Lee 1UP (12)
Nadaud/Maguire v Zhang/Kim 3UP (11)
1UP Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan (11)

Linn Grant loves a home Solheim Cup. She went 3-2-0 on debut in Spain, 0-4-0 in Virginia in 2024, and now she’s firing again. 2-0-0 until lunchtime, 2UP in the top match and she’s played a great shot into the par-three 15th. Huge smile on her face and entirely justified in a noisy corner of the course.

The party feel here in Den Bosch is appropriate. The city has a famous annual carnival which transforms it into a village called Oeteldonk. Yes, for one week it has a completely different name.

The carnival history stretches back to the Middle Ages. The Solheim Cup is a little younger - it was first held in 1990.

Can Lottie Woad add to the vibe? She has a birdie putt at 12 to pull level with Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee … but it hits the hole and spins out. Carnival cancelled. Only briefly. Celine Boutier chips in for birdie at 10. It’s giddy stuff.

There is a lot of noise on the course currently. And Morgan Pressel notes that the holes are very tight at this point on the back nine. I was out there earlier and it’s true. There are vantage points that allow you to watch two holes at once. The fans are thriving on it.

Rose Zhang slams a 10 foot birdie putt at 11 into the hole. She’s now 3UP with Auston Kim on Europe’s Irish-French combo of Leona Maguire and Nastasia Nadaud.

An eagle-3 for Rose Zhang allows her and Auston Kim to edge 2UP on Leona Maguire and Nastasia Nadaud. Zhang has struggled a little this week, perhaps being a little careful having come into the week with injury concerns.

The other injury concern of the week was Angel Yin who has played just once and is currently on the range trying to find something for the singles.

Maja Stark makes birdie at 13, the third in a row for the Swedes. Big roars. And plenty, too, when the Americans cannot match it. She and Linn Grant now lead 2UP in the top match.

There’s a lovely sense of the Surrey heathland about Bernardus Golf. Nowhere more so than the par-three 11th hole. The trees, the heather, the little ditch, the grass colour. Lottie Woad’s family know it. “It’s like Hankley Common,” they said this morning. But she hasn’t quite clicked on land that ought to make her feel right at home.

On the green, Woad and Charley Hull miss birdie putts. So does Andrea Lee. Can Yealimi Noh convert from seven feet? No, she lips out!

At the par-three 11th Yealimi Noh doesn’t think much of her tee shot - and yet it settles only 8 feet from the flag. She’s not been becalmed for long.

Every match has only one hole in it. The next three hours promise to be dramatic. Europe could build a significant lead. America could pull level. And the visitors could even sneak clear ahead of the singles. It’s game on.

1UP Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin (12)
Woad/Hull v Noh/An. Lee 1UP (10)
Nadaud/Maguire v Zhang/Kim 1UP (9)
1UP Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan (8)

Turnaround at the top. Linn Grant’s approach to 12 is conceded and the birdie earns a win. The Swedes hit the 11th tee 1DOWN and they leave the 12th green 1UP.

Meanwhile Lottie Woad reduces her deficit in match two. She and Charley Hull are now only 1DOWN up against the becalmed Yealimi Noh.

If Yealimi Noh is a match play machine, Leona Maguire is a match play machine. Her Cup record reads 10-3-1 and this morning she became the fastest to 10 wins in matches played (13). The previous best was 15 by Nelly Korda and Dottie Pepper.

Maguire now makes a short birdie putt at 9 to win the hole. Added to her eagle-2 at 8, the deficit in match three is down to one hole.

Stark/Grant A/S Khang/Coughlin (11)
Woad/Hull v Noh/An. Lee 2UP (9)
Nadaud/Maguire v Zhang/Kim 1UP (9)
1UP Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan (8)

The top match is all square again. Linn Grant drains a 10 foot birdie putt at the par-three 11th. It’s a tremendous scrap there between two excellent and in-form combinations: Grant and Maja Stark, Lauren Coughlin and Megan Khang.

Stark told me earlier this week: “Ahead of my first Solheim Cup I had played lots of team sports and I thought I was a quiet competitor. Then all of a sudden I was playing in the Solheim Cup and I didn’t really recognise myself. I was screaming, and shouting, and reacting to every shot I hit or my partner hit. It was not just an adrenalin rush like I’ve never experienced before, it actually transformed me.

“I asked myself why it happens and I think it’s because you’re not just playing for yourself, you’re playing for the continent, your team and also for the wider LET staff because I was chatting to them earlier today and learning how hard they work all week.

“Some of them are sleeping only two or three hours a night – and they’re doing that to make our life easier this week. I’ll be thinking of them this week – and playing for them, too.”

Playing rather well for them.

By the way, Charley Hull and Lottie Woad are the first ever Solheim Cup combination to play four sessions together. If that’s surprising, the fact they’ve only claimed half a point thus far makes it all the more so. They need to stop the Yealimi Noh birdie train to change that situation.

Yealimi Noh made 11 birdies in 16 holes to defeat Miyu Yamashita in last year’s LPGA International Crown. She has now added another birdie at 9. That’s six today and another five in her last nine holes yesterday.

She’s a match play machine.

She is now 2UP on Charley Hull and Lottie Woad. In practice, of course, Andrea Lee is also in that position. But, as yesterday, Noh is more or less playing the English pair on her own – and doing it very well.

Leona Maguire delivers a Katie Taylor combination in response to a drained pitch. A swift one-two flattens fresh air and secures the eagle-2 at the short par-four 8th – and with it the hole is won. She and Nastasia nadaud are now 2DOWN in the third match. Tremendous excitement among the many Irish in the galleries.

Eagle-2 for Yealimi Noh at 8. It’s almost getting silly how well she’s playing. At the 274-yard par-four she drove the green and then her putt tracked unerringly towards the pin, hit it, and plopped down into the cup. A far more restrained reaction from the Californian valley girl – at least in comparison with the feisty Carlota Ciganda.

Noh is now 10-under through her last 17 holes.

Carlota Ciganda, not content with draining a big winning birdie putt at 5, does it again at 6. This one is from 35 feet, and drops down a level into a bowl area of the green. It takes Europe 2UP in the final match of the day. Fist pump from the Spaniard.

The first fourball has hit the turn. The Swedish combination of Linn Grant and Maja Stark have secured par – and Lauren Coughlin joins them to remain 1UP alongside Megan Khang.

US captain Angel Stanford received a lot of criticism for handing Khang a wildcard. Her form was undoubtedly poor, but she has yet again proved herself a transformed golfer when wearing Team USA uniform.

Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin 1UP (9)
Woad/Hull A/S Noh/An. Lee (7)
Nadaud/Maguire A.S Zhang/Kim 3UP (6)
1UP Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan (5)

Lottie Woad drains a 10 foot birdie putt at 7 – and Yealimi Noh follows her in for the half. It’s Noh’s fourth par breaker of the day (and 10th in her last 17 holes).

Meanwhile Carlota Ciganda buries a 28 foot birdie putt at 5. It wins the hole. She and Celine Boutier move 1UP on Jennifer Kupcho and Lindy Duncan.

Rose Zhang has joined Auston Kim in making birdies in match three. A birdie at 5 sent the pair 3UP against Leona Maguire and Nastasia Nadaud. But can they make if five in a row at 6? They both have 10 feet tries but they slip past the hole.

They remain in control of that match, however.

Esther Henseleit played two magnificent chips and one outrageously good approach to help Europe win a foursomes point this morning. But her close putting was poor and she’s currently on the practice putting green doing her best to sort out her strike ahead of the singles.

Who doesn’t love a short par-four? The 274-yard 8th is a cracker and Lauren Coughlin finds the green with a terrific strike in the top match. But Linn Grant betters it, running her ball through and along the contours.

Back on 6 Charley Hull drains a winning birdie from 10 feet. She and Lottie Woad are now all square in the second match.

This is only her second match of the week but Yealimi Noh is one of the stars of this week. She was superb yesterday, pinching a half with Hull and Woad when her partner Angel Yin was all over the shop. She’s made three birdies in five holes today to take a 1UP lead with Andrea Lee over Hull and Woad (again). Sophie Walker on TV says Noh is “striping it”.

We’ve talked her up far too much, of course. At the par-three 6th she double crosses herself and finds the bunker back left. Sorry about that Yealimi.

Team USA badly need a strong comeback from a weak third session which left Europe leading 7-5.

Since 1998, teams that lead at the end of third session have an overall Solheim Cup record of 11-1-1. That’s significant. Mesnwhile, a Carlota Ciganda birdie in the bottom match has pulled that match all square.

Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin 1UP (6)
Woad/Hull A/S Noh/An. Lee (4)
Nadaud/Maguire v Zhang/Kim 2UP (4)
Ciganda/Boutier A/S Kupcho/Duncan (3)

Chip in time for Auston Kim. The big hitter proves that she has touch around the green with a delicately played pitch over the edge of a bunker and across the green. Lots of noise from the American galleries and that’s two birdies in a row for Kim. She and Rose Zhang lead Leona Maguire and Nastasia Nadaud 2UP.

“The real Charley Hull has just stood up,” cried Alison Whitaker on commentary. She’s finally drained a putt, to win the 4th and bring the second match all square. A smile from the English veteran which is a welcome sight given that she’s been so introverted all week.

The pressure is on the Swedes in the top match. At the par-five 5th they both find the green in three blows and have outside chances of birdie. But the Americans Megan Khang and Lauren Coughlin are inside both of them so favourite to move further clear.

Maja Stark misses with a bold bid from 20 feet then Linn Grant makes no mistake from 10 feet. Pressure withstood. Moreover, Khang fails to match her so it’s up to Coughlin again … and she makes no mistake.

Lauren Coughlin, by the way, has become the first American to play all five sessions since Paula Creamer in 2011. This week’s host course – Bernardus – is a Kyle Phillips design and Coughlin has been a winner of the Scottish Open on his redesign as Dundonald Links.

Lauren Coughlin wins the par-three 4th with a birdie to kick clear in the top match. Then Yealimi Noh drains an 18 foot birdie putt to win the 3rd in the second game. An early advantage for Team USA and the galleries are the quietest they’ve been all day.

Stark/Grant A/S Khang/Coughlin 1UP (4)
Woad/Hull A/S Noh/An. Lee 1UP (3)
Nadaud/Maguire A.S Zhang/Kim (2)
Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan 1UP (1)

Can the US team edge clear on 1? Yes! Jennifer Kupcho drains a 12 foot birdie putt and they gain an early lead. On commentary Morgan Pressel approves. “That’s the first fist pump we’ve seen from Jennifer this week,” she says. There’s more than a touch of a disapproving teacher in the manner of Pressel.

Carlota Ciganda is in the last fourball out again. It’s no coincidence because she’s slow. It makes plenty of watchers … twitchy, shall we say?

Stark/Grant A/S Khang/Coughlin (3)
Woad/Hull A/S Noh/An. Lee (2)
Nadaud/Maguire A.S Zhang/Kim (1)
Ciganda/Boutier v Kupcho/Duncan

Two chances for the Americans at 3 after both Swedes fail to make birdie. First up is Megan Khang from five feet. It slips by the hole. No mistake from Lauren Coughlin, however. The match is now all square.

Meanwhile back at the 1st tee, final action for the big crowds there as they cheer on Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier for Europe, and Lindy Duncan and Jennifer Kupcho for the Americans.

Nastasia Nadaud and Leona Maguire are up against Rose Zhang and Auston Kim in the 3rd match out. None of them scaring the hole with their approach shots, however. Up ahead at 3, the American duo of Lauren Coughlin and Megan Khang are both in close with Maja Stark just outside them.

Yealimi Noh and Charley Hull set up short range birdie opportunities at the 1st, peppering the flag. It’s a duel between the pair and Hull is up first from 7 feet – but she guns it past the hole. So to Noh, who more or less took this English pair on single handedly in yesterday’s halved match (her partner Angel Yin struggled after the first few holes). She also misses, from 6 feet, so the hole is halved.

1UP Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin (2)
Woad/Hull v Noh/An. Lee (1)

Back on the 1st tee. Lottie Woad and Charley Hull, the misfiring English duo, are delighted when they spot team mates Esther Henseleit and Mimi Rhodes in among the singing galleries in the grandstand. It’s just about the first time Charley Hull has been smiling this week. She’s been very subdued. The obvious explanation is that she’s not A1. But there’s also a sense that she’s trying to keep everything under control and actually just inhibiting herself.

They’re up against Yealimi Noh – a star of yesterday afternoon – and Andrea Lee. Hull thrashes her ball down the fairway – can she shed those inhibitions and play to her potential?

Wow. Team USA’s Lauren Coughlin knocks her approach to kick in range at the 1st and then Europe’s Maja Stark then pops her approach in the hole on the third bounce. Sensational. What a start to the afternoon.

1UP Stark/Grant v Khang/Coughlin (1)

The first three players in the opening afternoon fourball finds the fairway from the raucous tee. Linn Grant is the exception as she tugs her drive to the left, but it might offer a good angle into a front right pin position.

Megan Khang loves the 1st tee. Singing, dancing, pointing, prancing. Her first five Solheim Cup matches reaped two halves and three defeats. Since then? Eight wins and one half. Her team-mate Lauren Coughlin has an even finer record. Three wins and a half on debut two years ago. Two wins and a half so far this week.

“Revel in the Rivalry,” cry the words on the back of the 1st tee grandstand. “We will rock you,” blares from the sound system. The fans quietly cook in the late Dutch summer sun. And now Sweden’s Linn Grant and Maja Stark – two from two this week – enter the stage with big smiles on their faces. They will lead Europe into the afternoon, against Megan Khang and Lauren Coughlin.

The first golfer on the range this lunch time? It was Nelly Korda who has been benched for this fourth session. She also pinched 10 minutes on the range in the last of the light after her second match last night. The World No. 1’s week has gone backwards through the four sessions: win, half, defeat, rested.

Thanks Scott. It’s been a terrific morning. Not just the brightest and sunniest weather this week in Den Bosch, but also the brightest and sunniest golf, too. The galleries are as international as Team Europe and they had plenty to cheer about.

I might have witnessed the moment when Lottie Woad discovered that she was playing this afternoon. She was watching Esther Henseleit play her superb chip from the edge of the 16th green and had been chatting with her captain Anna Nordqvist. Nordqvist left and I saw her chatting to Woad’s caddie in isolation. The bagman then approached Woad, whispered something in her ear, she turned witha big smile on her face and the pair fist bumped.

She’ll play with Charley Hull again which has surprised many after they’ve laboured to just half a point through three matches so far. A big call from the skipper, but may of her others have been inspired as her team has built that 7-5 lead.

That was quite the morning for Team Europe. They go into the afternoon leading 7-5 after this …

Maja Stark and Linn Grant beat Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda 3&2
Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit beat Jennifer Kupcho and Rose Zhang 1UP
Mimi Rhodes and Natasia Nadaud beat Andrea Lee and Auston Kim 4&3
Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin beat Charley Hull and Lottie Woad 6&5

… and you’ll be guided through all of the action by your friend and mine, Matt Cooper, who is already on point, and celebrates that last European victory thus: “Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit’s win this morning is Maguire’s 10th career Solheim Cup win in her 14th match. She breaks the record for the fastest to ten wins in terms of matches played. The fewest number of matches previously needed to reach ten wins was 15; a record shared by Nelly Korda and Dottie Pepper.”

That should whet the appetite for the fourballs. Can Maguire make it 11 this afternoon? Over to you, Matt. See you all tomorrow for the singles.

… and here are the tee times for those fourballs. The world number one Nelly Korda is given a rest by the USA. No action today for Nanna Madsen, Julia Lopez Ramirez or Angel Yin.

12.05pm (BST): Maja Stark and Linn Grant v Megan Khang and Lauren Coughlin
12.20pm: Lottie Woad and Charley Hull v Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee
12.35pm: Nastasia Nadaud and Leona Maguire v Rose Zhang and Auston Kim
12.50pm: Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier v Jennfier Kupcho and Lindy Duncan

Europe are further away from the hole. Can Esther Henseleit work wonders with her wedge again? Yes she most certainly can! She lands a crisp wedge over the bank and onto the edge of the green, the ball rolling out and nearly dropping! It’s a pick-up par, and now Rose Zhang has to hole her chip for half a point …

Rose Zhang is far enough back from the lip of the bunker to take a shy for the green … but she doesn’t get enough elevation on the shot. Her ball clips the face, and though it pops up and out of the trap, it only nestles on the shoulder, and now Jennifer Kupcho has to take the USA’s third before Europe hit next. Her approach is short and left. Leona Maguire has the opportunity to turn the screw … and doesn’t do a particularly good job of it, landing her iron on the green, but long and left, the ball toppling off down a swale. It’s still advantage Europe, but the US duo aren’t out of this yet.

… and Henseleit sends a gentle draw down the left-hand side of the fairway. Jennifer Kupcho then skelps her drive down the right-hand side of the hole … and into the fairway bunker on the right. Will Rose Zhang be able to go for the green from there? It’s not yet clear. Either way, it’s advantage Europe.

There’s quite a long walk from the 17th green to the 18th tee. Time for everyone to consider the enormity of the next ten to 15 minutes. Or the next one or two, because it’s all about the tee shot on this final hole, with trouble down both sides, water on the left, a bunker to the right. Esther Henseleit will hit first …

Leona Maguire leaves her 20-foot birdie chance three short. That’s unlike her. It leaves Esther Henseleit with some work to do, and she’s missed a couple of short ones already today. But the 27-year-old German is up to this task. In it goes for par. Two putts for Rose Zhang and Jennifer Kupcho, too, and we head to the 18th all square.

This match is huge now. The difference between a handy European lead, a small but not insignificant European lead, or parity. Leona Maguire sends the tee shot on 17 to the right of the fairway, so Esther Henseleit will have to go over some hilly vegetation … but it’s on short grass and there’s a route to the green. Rose Zhang splits the fairway. As the British Open runner-up sizes up the situation, the gallery break into song, her name chanted to the tune of popular terrace anthem Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag. Henseleit can’t fight a smile. She’s really enjoying herself. Then she whips a gentle fade over the tree and into the heart of the green. Jennifer Kupcho also finds the dancefloor, but doesn’t get any closer. More of that song from the gallery, and another smile plays across their hero’s face. ♫ Doo doo doo do-doo doo, Est-her-Hense-leit! ♪♫ Fun is contagious.

Jennifer Kupcho’s wedge from 80 yards on 16 isn’t particularly well struck. A little thin, and the ball skates 30 feet past the flag. That’s given Europe the chance of staying in the hole, and Leona Maguire’s second – which stayed dry atop a mound to the right of the green – is bumped down elegantly by Esther Henseleit to four feet. That’s an astonishing recovery, and yet another entry to Henseleit’s 2026 showreel! Rose Zhang can’t make her long putt, Maguire tidies up for birdie, and the final match left on the course is guaranteed to go up 18!

Maguire/Henseleit A/S Kupcho/Zhang (16)
Europe 6-5 USA

Nastasia Nadaud throws a dart at the flag on the par-three 15th. Pin high to ten feet. What a moment to pull that one out! Andrea Lee’s response is pretty good, but she’s at least twice the distance away, and with holes running out, that might not be good enough. Meanwhile up on 16, Rose Zhang lays up, while Leona Maguire takes a wild slash at the ball and sends it carving wide right of the green, towards the gallery. Into the creek? The cameras don’t reveal the answer just yet. News when we have it!

Nastasia Nadaud has a putt on 14 to go dormie four. But the gentle right-to-left slider stays stubbornly on terra firma. It’s a half, though, and the 21-year-old French rookie has nudged Europe one hole closer to the clubhouse. Meanwhile on 16, Jennifer Kupcho and the freshly dried Esther Henseleit take turns to send their drives into the semi-rough down the left. Time to decide whether to lay up or take on the creek guarding the front of the green.

Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (15)
3UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (14)
Europe 5-5 USA

Leona Maguire doesn’t catch her tee shot at the par-three 15th particularly well. The ball hits the bank to the left of the green, and drops back into the water. But only just, and half of the ball is sticking out. So Esther Henseleit takes off her shoes, calls for some waterproof gear, and channels her inner Jean van de Velde! One foot in the water, a big splash, and … well, it doesn’t work out, the ball flying into the air and hitting the bank again, toppling back into the drink. With the Americans on the green, the hole’s conceded. That entertained the gallery, though, and hats off for ambition. Throw in her putt on 18 at the British Open, and Henseleit has provided her fair share of memorable moments this season!

Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (15)
3UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (13)
Europe 5-5 USA

Match two is level again. A gift for the USA, as Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit chop their way up the right-hand side of 14, from bunker to heather to the back of the green. But a precious sandy par for Nastasia Nadaud and Mimi Rhodes on 13, the former splashing out to a couple of feet, the latter tidying up, and Europe are one hole closer to home.

Maguire/Henseleit A/S Kupcho/Zhang (14)
3UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (13)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 6UP (12)
Europe 5-4 USA

Nelly Korda drops from the water on 16, then clips a wonder wedge to six feet. A chance to salvage a half and keep the match alive. But Maja Stark has a putt from 12 feet to seal the deal …

Linn Grant wedging in from 60 yards on 16. She screeches the ball pin high, 12 feet from the flag. The US duo in all sorts now. Meanwhile back on 12, Charley Hull arrows her approach straight at the flag, five feet short. But then Alison Lee drains a monster putt for par, shaking Lottie Woad into missing the birdie putt. A half that puts the USA dormie six. It’s been a complete rout.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (15)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (13)
3UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (12)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 6UP (12)

The USA are up against it in the lead match, two down with three to play. Europe lay up in front of the creek at the par-five 16th … but Allisen Corpuz is forced to go for it with America’s second, and finds the creek. This is getting critical for Corpuz and Nelly Korda, who have a perfect five-and-zero record in Solheim Cup foursomes. That record might not survive much longer.

Andrea Lee and Auston Kim get out of position on 12. Then get desperate on the green, asking the European rookies of Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud to use up their two putts for the hole from close range. All it does is give the crowd something to cheer as Rhodes dribbles in the first putt from four feet. Europe take control of the third match. And they also go ahead in match two, Leona Maguire winning a putting contest with Rose Zhang on 13. Europe were 2DOWN at the turn, but have won three holes in four since!

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (15)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (13)
3UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (12)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 6UP (11)

Alison Lee knocks her tee shot at 11 to ten feet. Lauren Coughlin rolls in the putt, and the US pair are toying with the Charley Hull and Lottie Woad in the cat/ball-of-wool style. But Linn Grant bundles her chip from the front of 15 to a couple of feet, and Europe make it out of dodge with another half. One hole closer to dormie!

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (15)
Maguire/Henseleit A/S Kupcho/Zhang (12)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (11)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 6UP (11)

Maja Stark’s head drops upon hitting her tee shot at the par-three 15th. She’s not in the water to the left, but she is short of the green, in a little depression to the front right, and Allisen Corpuz is pin high. Stark and Linn Grant did well to scramble their par on 14 to secure the half, and they’ve done well to stall the USA’s momentum after Corpuz and Nelly Korda went birdie-birdie just after the turn. But with the finishing tape in sight, they’ll be desperate to get up and down from here. And even then, Korda will have a look at birdie from 15 feet.

Leona Maguire whips a long bunker shot from 50 yards to a couple of feet. Esther Henseleit’s putter has been stone cold, but she’s not missing this one. All square in the second game. But Europe are all at sea in the anchor game, Lauren Coughlin’s approach at 10 spinning to a halt four feet from the cup. Alison Lee tidies up, and Charley Hull and Lottie Woad will be dreaming of the clubhouse.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (14)
Maguire/Henseleit A/S Kupcho/Zhang (12)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (11)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 5UP (10)

Here’s what happens next: Andrea Lee knifes her ball clean out of the aforementioned bunker on 10, air-mailing the green. Auston Kim duffs the chip coming back, and that’s a fairly farcical journey up 10 by the US pair. Hole conceded. Meanwhile another missed short one by Esther Henseleit, this time at 11. Her putter has betrayed her badly today. It costs Europe the chance of levelling the second match.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (13)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (11)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (10)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (9)

That super-volatile third match, then. Auston Kim drives into a bunker on 10; Andrea Lee slams into the face of it; Kim whistles America’s third into more sand. Europe will have to go some if they’re not to re-establish their two-hole lead here. But what next?

Leona Maguire steps up to the plate on 10, holing a left-to-right swinger for birdie. Rose Zhang feels the pressure, and pushes her short putt wide right. A smash and grab for Europe. And in the lead match, Maja Stark dumps her approach into sand, but Linn Grant splashes out to a couple of feet, salvaging a half and denying the usually unstoppable pair of Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz a third hole in a row. That sandy save could be huge.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (12)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (10)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (9)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (9)

Match three is getting increasingly volatile. Andrea Lee has the chance to win 9 from six feet but leaves her putt up on the high side. Mimi Rhodes can salvage a half from a very similar position, but learns nothing from Lee’s putt. Hole to the USA, and there’s a palpable sense of momentum slipping away from Europe. The hosts could do with someone winning a hole somewhere, just to shift things back on track.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (11)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (9)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (9)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (8)

The comeback is on! Oh it’s on! Nelly Korda walks in a 30-foot right-to-left slider on 11, and that’s a birdie-birdie start to the back nine for the five-and-o pair of Korda and Allisen Corpuz. Europe’s huge lead sliced in half in a matter of minutes!

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (11)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (9)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (8)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (8)

Not for the first time this morning, Esther Henseleit makes a mess of a short putt. She misses to the right by the width of a ball from three feet on 9, and it costs Europe the chance to reduce the USA’s lead. Still no splitting these teams, with the projected score currently 6-6.

3UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (10)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (9)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (8)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (7)

Mimi Rhodes re-establishes Europe’s two-hole lead in the third match with birdie at 8. Meanwhile Allisen Corpuz walks in a ten-footer on 10, and is the comeback on? They couldn’t, could they? Well, they never lose. They always win. Imagine if they keep it up!

3UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (10)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (8)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (8)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (7)

Europe’s star pair of Charley Hull and Lottie Woad continue to suffer. Another hole goes by the wayside, Alison Lee making a six-foot birdie putt on 7. Hull and Woad have faced of players in form so far this week, but there’s now a fair chance Anna Nordqvist will split this pairing up in the afternoon.

4UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (9)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (8)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (7)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 4UP (7)

Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz are unbeaten in Solheim Cup history. That five-and-zero record is in serious danger now, as the former hoicks her approach at 9 wide right of the green. Corpuz chips up to six feet, but Korda’s putt horseshoes out, and the USA are in all sorts in the lead match. Meanwhile some good matchplay back-and-forth on 7, as Auston Kim wedges to a couple of feet, only for Mimi Rhodes to match her, the hole halved. And on 8, Leona Maguire catches her ball clean from a bunker, flying the green, but Esther Henseleit chips to kick-in distance to salvage the half. Excitement all over the show!

4UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (9)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (8)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (7)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 3UP (6)

Lottie Woad’s mistake on 6 costs Europe another hole in the anchor match. Lauren Coughlin went close with her tee shot, and Charley Hull effectively had to hole out from the drop zone if Europe were to have any chance. She wedged close, but let’s be realistic.

3UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (8)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (7)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (6)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 3UP (6)

Lottie Woad’s tee shot at 6 finds the fringe at the front of the green … but topples back down the bank and into the drink. Kind of unlucky, but she only just got over the water in the first place; it wasn’t her cleanest strike. Just beforehand, Nastasia Nadaud, on the downslope in the bunker at 6, splashed out close, but though Mimi Rhodes made the resulting par putt, Andrea Lee wasn’t missing from close range for birdie. It’s all happening … as it always does at the Solheim Cup.

3UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (8)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (7)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (6)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 2UP (5)

Lauren Coughlin walks in a 25-footer on 5, and the USA are taking control of the anchor match. But never mind that! Because on the drivable 8, Maja Stark chips in from greenside rough for eagle – the ball trundling on an inexorable journey to the cup, always going in – and Allisen Corpuz, Nelly Korda having driven the green, can’t make her long putt for the half. Corpuz and Korda, with a five-and-zero blemish-free record in the Solheim Cup, are in all sorts of bother now!

Auston Kim really has turned things around quicksmart. She follows up that hole-saving putt on 5 by knocking her tee shot at 6 to four feet. Mimi Rhodes could only find the bunker front right. Big advantage to the USA, who could feasibly be four holes down – Kim’s saver on 5, Nastasia Nadaud’s missed tiddler on 3 – but are now odds-on to reduce their deficit to one.

Esther Henseleit’s par putt shaves the hole at 6, but it’s not enough. Jennifer Kupcho tidies up and the USA go 2UP in the second match. But Europe do the same thing in the lead match, Maja Stark making a putt from ten feet that messes with Allisen Corpuz’s head; she pulls from close range to concede the hole. And on 5, Auston Kim puts her team in trouble by carving a shot into the drink, but then makes a long-range putt to salvage a half. This morning’s action is all over the shop, in the best sense. Some magnificent golf, very little of it predictable.

2UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (7)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 2UP (6)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (5)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 1UP (4)

Jennifer Kupcho and Esther Henseleit take turns to send their tee shots at the par-three 6th over the back, down a swale. Leona Maguire gets a bit hot with her chip up, sending the ball ten feet past; Rose Zhang opts to putt up the slope, and goes close. Advantage USA.

Charley Hull with a dreadful misread from the fringe at the back of 4. Her putt kinks off wildly to the right, leaving Lottie Woad with too much to do to salvage par. Woad, who made several clutch putts yesterday, gives it a good go from six feet, but the ball horseshoes out and the USA take the lead in the anchor match.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (6)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (5)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (4)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin 1UP (4)

Nelly Korda sends her tee shot at the par-three 6th to 12 feet. Linn Grant only just gets over the water, her ball ending up in the bunker front-right of the green. But Maja Stark splashes out to a couple of feet, and suddenly Allisen Corpuz’s birdie chance looks a lot longer than before. She can’t make it, and Europe escape with a half. See also events on 5, where Rose Zhang only just clears the bunker to the right of the green, but Jennifer Kupcho can’t take advantage from ten feet. After that early flurry of birdies, we’re in a holding pattern.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (6)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (5)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (4)
Hull/Woad A/S Al. Lee/Coughlin (3)

No quarter given as putts shave holes hither and yon. The matches mooch on.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (5)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (4)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (4)
Hull/Woad A/S Al. Lee/Coughlin (3)

Charley Hull skelps Europe’s second onto the front of the green at the par-five 2nd. But Lottie Woad leaves her long eagle putt eight feet short. No matter, because Hull makes the next one, much to Woad’s obvious relief. A huge smile after a look of frustration and worry. But Nastasia Nadaud can’t make her short birdie putt on 3, a nervous pull from close range, while Esther Henseleit errs similarly at 4, and the USA put their first splash of red on the scoreboard. A promising couple of minutes for the defending champs.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (4)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang 1UP (4)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (3)
Hull/Woad A/S Al. Lee/Coughlin (2)

Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud were the only Europeans to win a match yesterday afternoon. The two debutants appear well in sync, and on 3, Nadaud crushes a drive down the middle, then Rhodes screeches her wedge to a couple of feet. A real possibility of a third birdie in three holes.

Rose Zhang makes another putt, this time from distance on 3, and the USA take some blue off the board. But Nastasia Nadaud throws similar shapes on 2, doubling Europe’s lead in the third match, while Maja Stark and Linn Grant carefully take two putts on 4 to re-establish their advantage in the lead match. There’s nothing between these two teams at the moment, and there’s a real sense of to-and-fro that could go on for quite a while. The distance, perhaps.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (4)
Maguire/Henseleit A/S Kupcho/Zhang (3)
2UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (2)
Hull/Woad A/S Al. Lee/Coughlin (1)

Nelly Korda chops an awful tee shot wide right of the par-three 4th green. Team USA’s ball in deep heather. A big problem for Allisen Corpuz, who decides to punch out and hope the back-stop will bring her ball back towards the flag. But she knifes it through the green, and the ball stops inches short of a bunker on the other side. It might have been better going in. Korda can’t get close with her chip, and Europe will have two putts for the hole. Meanwhile the anchor match halves the 1st.

Jennifer Kupcho goes close with her approach at 2; Esther Henseleit goes even closer. That’s a gimme for Europe, so Rose Zhang does well to hold her nerve and make the putt from six feet to secure the half. Meanwhile Allisen Corpuz sinks a ten-footer on 3 to level the lead match, while Charley Hull and Alison Lee get the anchor game underway by trading fairway finders. It’s all happening now.

Stark/Grant A/S Corpuz/Korda (3)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (2)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (1)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin

Auston Kim has to hack out sideways from the bush down the right of 1. It puts the American pairing on the back foot, and though Andrea Lee sends a decent third into the heart of the green, it’s all a waste of time, because Nastasia Nadaud drains a 20-footer for birdie – Europe’s third out of three attempts on this hole this morning – and the hosts are off to a flyer.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (2)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
1UP Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim (1)
Hull/Woad v Al. Lee/Coughlin

No Sun Ra, I was wide of the mark there. I’ll make it up to you. Meanwhile the third match takes to the tee, and Andrea Lee sends a wild drive down the right towards a bush. It’s not been a banner start for Team USA, but then there was a lot of blue on the board early on yesterday morning, and it didn’t quite pan out in the way Europe desired. Meanwhile the first match ties the 2nd in birdie.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (2)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim

Eye of the Tiger now on the wheels of steel. It’s a sonic smorgasbord. Esther Henseleit and Jennifer Kupcho take turns to throw darts at the pin on 1. Putting competition coming up. And Leona Maguire wins it! It’s foggy early in the Netherlands, but sunny for Europe. As for the music, if we’re skipping back through the decades in any sort of regimented order, the next track will be something from the 1950s. I’m going with something from Jazz in Silhouette by Sun Ra and his Arkestra.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (1)
1UP Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang (1)
Rhodes/Nadaud v An. Lee/Kim

Corpuz’s opening putt is uncharacteristically off-beam. Wide right and four feet past. It’s still the USA’s turn. Korda tidies up for par. But the damage has already been done. Stark makes the birdie putt, and Europe put some blue on the board in short order. Meanwhile back on the tee, Rose Zhang splits the fairway to get the second match underway, and Leona Maguire does likewise. Why stand Maguire down yesterday afternoon? Not sure. Not sure.

1UP Stark/Grant v Corpuz/Korda (1)
Maguire/Henseleit v Kupcho/Zhang

As they’ve been doing all week, the DJ is making a right old racket. LIV Golf has so much to answer for. Taylor Swift getting an airing in the cool morning breeze. Nevertheless, the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and Nelly Korda finds the centre of the green. A decent start for the USA, but Linn Grant takes it up a notch by screeching her approach to three feet. Very early advantage to the hosts!

One stat that most certainly benefits Team USA: Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda have an all-time five-and-zero record as a partnership in the foursomes, the most winningest (let’s hold hands across the ocean) pairing in Solheim Cup history. Corpuz blasts the first tee shot of day two down the fairway, and Maja Stark wastes little time in following her. It’s happening again, my golf-crazed friends!

… and so it begins again. The teams are level after slugging it out on day one, and the USA as holders have the tie in their pocket, but there is one way in which Europe have the advantage. Every player has seen some action already, and only two Europeans are pointless: Celine Boutier and Nanna Madsen, who were strangely sent out for a second match yesterday afternoon after their out-of-sorts display in the morning. The USA have five players still to make their mark, and four of them – Jennifer Kupcho, Rose Zhang, Andrea Lee and Auston Kim – will play in these upcoming foursomes. Again, good luck guessing how this is going to go.