{"id":262054,"date":"2026-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/nelly-korda-lottie-woad-headline-20th-edition-of-the-solheim-cup-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:00:00","slug":"nelly-korda-lottie-woad-headline-20th-edition-of-the-solheim-cup-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/nelly-korda-lottie-woad-headline-20th-edition-of-the-solheim-cup-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelly Korda, Lottie Woad headline 20th edition of the Solheim Cup | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.thegistsports.com\/article\/the-history-of-the-solheim-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">20th edition of the Solheim Cup<\/a> teed off early this morning from Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands. One of women\u2019s golf\u2019s most anticipated tourneys, the biennial event pits Team USA against Team Europe, with bragging rights \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfcompendium.com\/2019\/08\/solheim-cup-trophy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the coveted crystal trophy<\/a> \u2014 on the line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2699\ufe0f How it works: <\/strong>The Solheim Cup is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solheimcup.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a three-day match-play competition<\/a>, where teams earn one point for a win and half a point for a tie. The first two days are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glenmuir.com\/news\/what-is-foursome-golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> foursome<\/a> (alternate shot, using one shared ball between two teammates) and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solheimcup.com\/about.html#:~:text=ABOUT%20MATCH%20PLAY%20FORMATS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> four-ball<\/a> (aka best ball) matches. The final day is the spiciest, featuring one-on-one singles matches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each team rosters 12 players, with team captains, Europe\u2019s Anna Nordqvist and the US\u2019s Angela Stanford, deciding the competition order. The team with the most points is named the winner, and if it ends in a tie, the reigning champ Americans will retain the cup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u2b50 The superstars: <\/strong>World No. 1 Nelly Korda headlines an American contingent hunting for its first victory on European soil in more than a decade. The 28-year-old\u2019s Day 1 partner is No. 32 Allisen Corpuz, and the red, white, and blue\u2013clad duo is a perfect 4-0 together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their undefeated streak continued early this morning as Korda and Corpuz topped two of Europe\u2019s best: Solheim debutant No. 7 Lottie Woad and No. 8 Charley Hull. But Europe won two of the remaining three matches, leaving the overall score tied 2\u20132 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpga.com\/news\/2026\/friday-foursomes-preview-2026-solheim-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday\u2019s opening session<\/a>. BRB, turning on the Golf Channel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/20th-edition-of-the-solheim-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: The 20th edition of the Solheim Cup teed off early this morning from Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands. One of women\u2019s golf\u2019s most anticipated tourneys, the biennial event pits Team USA against Team Europe, with bragging rights \u2014 and the coveted crystal trophy \u2014 on the line. \u2699\ufe0f How it works: The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}