Biennial battle between Europe and US always delivers drama and deserves a bigger audience – and will get it this year
Team Europe's Laura Davies, Anna Nordqvist, Suzann Pettersen, Caroline Martens and Mel Reid at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Tuesday. Photograph: Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesThe Solheim Cup’s propensity to deliver drama remains its most endearing attribute. There was European rage in 2000 as Annika Sörenstam was accused of playing out of turn at Loch Lomond. Alison Lee was reduced to tears after an infamous clash with Suzann Pettersen in 2015.
Close contests also set this apart from the Ryder Cup. When the women of the United States and Europe meet, the outcome tends to be defined by small margins. In four of the last five Solheim Cup stagings, the biggest victory was by two points. In the Ryder Cup, comprehensive home wins have become the mundane norm behind the noise attached to that event.
“But it had to start somewhere. The foresight of the Solheim family, how they thought of it. It was an obvious fit with the Ryder Cup getting stronger and stronger but they were the ones that stepped up. They’ve created a monster and it’s great fun to be involved in it.” In respect of the broader scene, this Solheim Cup is almost certain to be an improvement on Finca Cortesin a year ago. In Spain, awful logistics for spectators would have become a bigger story had action inside the ropes not been so breathtaking.
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