Second- rated Lilia Vu recorded the making a choice half-point and the United States beat Europe on Sunday to win the Solheim Cup for the very first time as a result of 2017.
Vu birdied to win the seventeenth opening and made a tap-in birdie to take 18 and connection Swiss novice Albane Valenzuela, offering the Americans 14.5 point out safe triumph at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club with final fits nonetheless on the coaching course.
“This is a dream of mine and so happy that I was able to do that,” Vu claimed after dropping her approach inches from the opening to ascertain her successful putt. “It meant the world.”
The Americans, that lead the all-time competitors 11-7 with one draw, began Sunday’s 12 wrapping up songs matches with a 10-6 profit, requiring simply 4 victories and a draw to redeem the Cup.
Europe stopped working to match one of the best last-day Solheim resurgence, requiring to catch 8 songs matches on United States grime for the very first time, and missed out on the chance to take the prize for an unmatched 4th successive time.
World main Nelly Korda, a six-time LPGA victor this yr, acquired on her very first Solheim Cup victor.
“It has been a dream come true,” Korda claimed. “It has been such an amazing week. We all bonded really well.”
England’s Charley Hull downed Korda 6&& 4 and England’s Georgia Hall beat Alison Lee 4&& 3 very early.
But the Americans responded to as Megan Khang transmitted Dane Emily Pedersen 6&& 5, Allisen Corpuz beat Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist 4&& 3 and Rose Zhang downed Spain’s Carlota Ciganda 6&& 4.(* )resisted as
Europe bordered France’s Celine Boutier 1-up and Lexi Thompson beat Ireland’s Leona Maguire 4&& 3.Ally Ewing the United States hosts took the final elements they required on the very first connections of the week with
But ending up diploma with Andrea Lee and Germany’s Esther Henseleit attracting with Lauren Coughlin, establishing the section for Sweden’s Maja Stark securing half-point.Vu’s js/dmc
