Eight matches played. Four points for the United States. Four points for the Europeans. If there’s anything we learned after Friday’s first-day play at the Solheim Cup, it’s that the next two days should be good at Bernardus Golf course in the Netherlands.
The biggest drama on Friday was saved for the very end.
On the par-4 18, the European duo of Carlota Ciganda and Julia Lopez Ramirez and Americans Nelly Korda and Lauren Coughlin were all square in their four-ball match — and Ciganda’s clubface on the tee wasn’t square. She went right. On her second shot, she played up the adjacent first hole. From right of the green with her third shot, she pitched to 10 feet. Ahead of her, the Americans were in with a par, and Lopez Ramirez bogeyed.
Then came Friday’s final stroke.
Ciganda made her par putt.
Each side won a half-point. And the Europeans and the Americans will enter Saturday knotted at 4.
“I love this week,” Ciganda said on Golf Channel afterward. “I just love playing for the team, for my teammates. Anna [captain Anna Nordqvist] is a good friend of mine, so I just want to win for her. So I’ve been playing alongside Julia, my good Spanish friend. It’s been amazing.
“We had a tough match against Nelly and Lauren, very consistent, but we fought hard and at least we got half a point, which I think is really important.”
TV coverage of the 2026 Solheim Cup will be provided by Golf Channel.
Here’s the full Solheim Cup TV schedule for the weekend:
Saturday, Sept. 12: 1:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Sunday, Sept. 13: 5 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
You can watch streaming coverage of the 2026 Solheim Cup via Golfchannel.com and the Golf Channel app, including live simulcasts of Golf Channel’s coverage starting at 1:30 a.m. ET on Saturday and 5 a.m. ET on Sunday.
Foursomes (alternate shot)
1:40 a.m. – Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda (USA) vs. Maja Stark and Linn Grant (Europe)
1:52 a.m. – Jennifer Kupcho and Rose Zhang (USA) vs. Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit (Europe)
2:04 a.m. – Andrea Lee and Auston Kim (USA) vs. Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud (Europe)
2:16 a.m. – Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin (USA) vs. Charley Hull and Lottie Woad (Europe)
Four-ball (best ball)
TBD
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