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Leona Maguire earns point for Europe alongside Esther Henseleit in foursomes before four-ball defeat
Leona Maguire earns point for Europe alongside Esther Henseleit in foursomes before four-ball defeat USA's Jennifer Kupcho celebrates after winning her four-ball match alongside Lindy Duncan against Europe's Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier.
Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesJennifer Kupcho summoned a pair of superb last-gasp putts to drag the United States back all square at 8-8 after a riveting second day of, winning alongside Esther Henseleit in the morning foursomes before a 3&2 defeat with Nastasia Nadaud in the four balls. Europe had built a two-point lead after Saturday’s foursomes at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands and the hosts looked strong favourites to retain that advantage as the final quartet approached the closing holes.
But Kupcho had other ideas, draining a birdie putt from 91 feet on the 17th to bring her and team-mate Lindy Duncan level against Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier going to the 18th. Ciganda had been the hero of the opening day for Europe when she emerged from the rough to somehow secure a half on the final hole and ensure the two teams would be locked at 4-4 overnight.
Irish Open: Shane Lowry claims title with emphatic final round in Doonbeg – as it happenedBut she failed to repeat the feat on Saturday, missing a birdie putt to keep Europe’s hard-earned lead intact, before Kupcho produced another mighty putt from the edge of the green to snatch an improbable victory for the US pair. Europe had made a big move in the morning session, with Maja Stark and Linn Grant teaming up to beat Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda 3&2 before Maguire and Henseleit won two of the final three holes to claim another point for Europe.
A third home point came from Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud, who dominated Andrea Lee and Auston Kim 4&3, but the woes of Europe’s high-profile pair Charley Hull and Lottie Woad continued as they crashed 6&5 to Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin. Questions may be asked about European captain Anna Nordqvist’s persistence with Hull and Woad as a partnership after they also fell in the four balls, losing 1UP to Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee.
With Rose Zhang and Kim beating Maguire and Nadaud, what turned out to be Europe’s only point of the afternoon session was carved out by Stark and Grant, who beat Megan Khang and Lauren Coughlin 2&1. Attention swung to the increasingly dramatic finale being played in the remaining match, and Kupcho’s pair of monster putts that sent her team-mates dancing across the green in celebration.
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