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Solheim Cup Standings day 2 scores for Team USA vs Team Europe
The United States held a commanding 6-2 lead over Europe at the end of the first day’s play at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.
Team USA head into day two of the 2024 Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia with a commanding lead 6-2 over Europe after comfortably winning both sessions on Friday.
Bidding to win the women’s team golf tournament for the first time in seven years, the Americans dominated in Friday morning’s foursomes matches, winning all but one to lead 3-1 at halfway on the opening day. In the afternoon’s fourballs clashes, Stacy Lewis’s team then triumphed by the same scoreline to move 6-2 ahead.
Play resumes on Saturday morning with another foursomes session, made up of four matches.
2024 Solheim Cup day 2: Saturday morning foursomes scores
Overall score: Team USA 6-2 Europe
7:05am ET: match 9
Allisen Corpuz & Nelly Korda (USA) vs Emily Pedersen & Carlota Ciganda (EUR) - Europe 2up thru 8
7:17am ET: match 10
Ally Ewing & Jennifer Kupcho (USA) vs Esther Henseleit & Charley Hull (EUR) - Europe 3up thru 8
7:29am ET: match 11
Lexi Thompson & Lauren Coughlin (USA) vs Maja Stark & Georgia Hall (EUR) - USA 1up thru 7
7:41am ET: match 12
Lilia Vu & Sarah Schmelzel (USA) vs Anna Nordqvist & Celine Boutier (EUR) - Europe 4up thru 6
As was the case on Friday, there will be a fourballs session on Saturday afternoon, which is due to begin at 1:05pm ET. The pairings and matchups will be announced towards the end of play in the morning.
2024 Solheim Cup schedule
The 19th edition of the tournament, the 2024 Solheim Cup runs until Sunday, September 15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Team USA, who have won 10 of the Solheim Cup’s 18 previous editions, have not triumphed in the event since captain Juli Inkster led the Americans to a 16.5-11.5 success in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2017.
The two teams are to face each other across five separate sessions, with 28 points on offer over the three days.
Day 1
Friday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches
Friday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches
Day 2
Saturday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches
Saturday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches
Day 3
Sunday: 12 singles matches
The United States must clinch 14.5 points to regain the Solheim Cup, while Europe need 14 to retain the trophy with a tie.
The Solheim Cup: a brief history
While Team USA came out on top in five of the first seven Solheim Cups after its foundation in 1990, the tide has turned in recent years. Since triumphing at Rich Harvest Farms in 2009, the United States have lifted the trophy only twice. The Americans won each of the first six editions that took place in the U.S., but since have lost two of the last three, including at Inverness Club in Ohio in 2021.