Ireland’s Leona Maguire and German partner Esther Henseleit’s late rally in their Foursomes match has seen Europe surge two points clear at 7 to 5 over the American rivals after the morning session on day two of the Solheim Cup.
After having both Friday sessions to end the day four points apiece, there was once again little between the sides on day three at the host Bernadus Golf Course in the Netherlands.
And didn’t the huge crowd appreciate it.
MAGUIRE ANSWERS THE CHALLENGE ….
When the pressure’s on the namesake @leona_maguire again delivers
In her 16 matches Maguire extends her decorated @TheSolheimCup record to wins 3⃣ loses & 1⃣ half
Well done Leona. Well done @SolheimCupEuro
✅ @TOURMISS (Bernie… https://t.co/OAiNYbnI4B
— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) September 12, 2026
Maja Stark and Lin Grant got the hosts off to the perfect start, defeating Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda 3&2.
Mimi Rhodes and Natasia Nadaud got the better of Andrea Lee and Auston Kim 4&3, while the biggest winning margin on Saturday morning came with Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin (6&5) utterly dominant against an out-of-sorts English pair Charley Hull and Lottie Woad.
It meant that Jennifer Kupcho and Rose Zhang were bidding to take the point for USA that would make it 6-6 going into the afternoon fourballs.
Heading to the 16th they were on course for that, 1UP on Maguire and Henseleit, but the European pair delivered coming down the stretch to put daylight between the teams for the first time.
And Maguire proudly extends her decorated Solheim Cup record to 10 wins, 3 loses and the one half.
