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What are the Friday morning pairings at the 2024 Solheim Cup?
Team USA welcome Team Europe to the Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia and the Stars and Stripes are needing a home advantage boost.
Team USA, just like all American fans, is gearing up for another golfing showdown against Team Europe as the 2024 Solheim Cup comes to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. Three days of action gets underway on Friday, September 13 culminating in the expected excitement on Sunday as the trophy is handed over. With Stacy Lewis leading the charge as captain, the US team is hungry to bring the trophy back, having last won it in 2017. A tie in Spain last year meant Europe held onto the famous cup.
Talking of that, you likely know that this event is usually held every two years, but this year’s will be the second time since 2000 that it is played back-to-back. The schedule was first thrown off by the 9/11 attacks, which also impacted the Ryder Cup, and then covid-19 caused its own disruptions. Assuming no major incidents in the offing, the Solheim Cup is back to even-numbered years and the men’s equivalent in odd-numbered years.
Solheim Cup 2024: Day 1 - Friday tee times
Note that all tee times below are ET. The pairings for Friday’s four fourball matches are to be announced during the foursomes session.
7:05am: foursomes match 1
Esther Henseleit and Charley Hull vs Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz
7:17am: foursomes match 2
Celine Boutier and Albane Valenzuela vs Rose Zhang and Lauren Coughlin
7:29am: foursomes match 3
Emily Pedersen and Maja Stark vs Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho
7:41am: foursomes match 4
Linn Grant and Carlota Ciganda vs Lilia Vu and Sarah Schmelzel
12:05pm: fourball match 1
TBC
12:20pm: fourball match 2
TBC
12:35pm: fourball match 3
TBC
12:50pm: fourball match 4
TBC
Note that Saturday will see another battle of foursomes and fourballs before Sunday’s singles showdown.
Team USA’s 2024 Solheim Cup line-ups
Nelly Korda (Bradenton, Florida)
Lilia Vu (Fountain Valley, California)
Lauren Coughlin (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Ally Ewing (Fulton, Mississippi)
Allisen Corpuz (Kapolei, Hawaii)
Megan Khang (Rockland, Massachusetts)
Andrea Lee (Hermosa Beach, California)
Rose Zhang (Irvine, California)
Alison Lee (Los Angeles, California)
Sarah Schmelzel (Phoenix, Arizona), captain's pick
Jennifer Kupcho (Westminster, Colorado), captain's pick
Lexi Thompson (Delray Beach, Florida), captain's pick
Team Europe’s 2024 Solheim Cup lineup
Charley Hull (England)
Esther Henseleit (Germany)
Celine Boutier (France)
Maja Stark (Sweden)
Linn Grant (Sweden)
Leona Maguire (Ireland)
Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
Madelene Sagstrom (Sweden)
Georgia Hall (England), captain's pick
Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), captain's pick
Emily Kristine Pedersen (Denmark), captain's pick
Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland), captain's pick
Team USA or Team Europe: the all-time Solheim Cup record
Out of interest, did you know that the first Solheim Cup was held in 1990 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Florida? Team USA came out on top then, and there have been 17 more matches since, with the US leading the all-time series 10-8. Europe’s momentum, however, has seen them win two of the last three on US soil, including their 15-13 victory at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.