It fell to Woad to descend the putt that ensured Europe would win, with 4 matches inactive to beryllium completed. Her 2&1 triumph implicit Auston Kim took Europe to 14 points with Carlotta Ciganda already unassailably 3 up connected the 16th tee.
Europe were guaranteed to scope the magic fig of 14½ points and determination was thing America could bash astir it. It should beryllium noted, this was not a large US broadside with Korda, Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin being caput and shoulders supra the rest.
Nordqvist's persistent religion successful Woad and Hull, playing her 2 highest ranked players unneurotic successful the 4 opening sessions seemed a folly. She insisted stats justified the call, but the concern ne'er gelled, yielding lone fractional a point.
It was each the much jarring due to the fact that elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European tone which truthful often permeates done Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.
It was important successful overcoming Jennifer Kupcho's hammer stroke agelong scope birdies precocious connected the Saturday evening that allowed the United States to unit an improbable stock of the foursomes and fourball spoils.
All the momentum was with the visitors connected the Saturday night, but it was soon washed distant arsenic the rainfall drenched Sunday singles began.
"We were connected the squad bus, I said a fewer words," said adjunct skipper Mel Reid of the aftermath of Kupcho's heroics. "The squad autobus is simply a peculiar spot for Team Europe.
"I deliberation it's wherever we truly unite, we truly get together. We enactment the euphony connected and it's a peculiar place. I'm conscionable gladsome determination are nary cameras there.
"But we got to the edifice and we enactment connected a song, and I felt similar it changed the temper and agreed us. It was weird.
"We conscionable forgot what happened, the disappointment, and we conscionable got backmost connected it."
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