Team Europe reclaims Solheim Cup with Sunday splash over U.S. - ESPN

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Lottie Woad assured it. Carlota Ciganda sealed it.

The Solheim Cup is back in the hands of Team Europe.

The blue wave came early in the Sunday singles at Bernardus Golf and never really went away, with Woad holing a putt from 2 feet on No. 17 to win her match and guarantee the Europeans would reach the 14½ points needed to reclaim the crystal trophy from the United States.

Woad punched the air and jumped into the arms of her teammates, who flooded onto the green in celebration.

Victory was official about 10 minutes later, when Ciganda, who had the decisive point when Europe retained the Solheim Cup in 2023, got her team past the winning target three years later. She completed a 4-and-2 victory over Jennifer Kupcho, the feisty American who had roared "Vamos!" («Let's go!») when holing an outrageous 93-foot putt on the way to beating Ciganda in the four-balls Saturday.

«Today I was really motivated to beat her,» Ciganda said, «because I knew it was going to be important.»

Strains of «Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé» drifted across the course as the last matches finished and the European team and staff celebrated with Champagne. Captain Anna Nordqvist, her assistants as well as the players and their caddies formed a line, put their arms over one another's shoulders, and walked as one up the 18th fairway toward the green where Celine Boutier — the remaining European player on the course — was wrapping up her match.

When Boutier finished, she piled into the mass celebrations.

The final score: Europe 15, the United States 13.

THE MOMENT TEAM EUROPE RECLAIMED THE SOLHEIM CUP!