Sports · 11 September, 2026 · 3 min read
Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz Secure First Point as Solheim Cup Opens 4-4
Korda and Corpuz won Friday foursomes, extending their perfect 100% Team USA record. Ciganda and Julia López earned Europe a half point in Friday fourballs.
Which duo to foreground in the opening-day narrative.
5 of 9 outlets skipped it: korda and Corpuz win 4-3 in foursomes over Hull and Woad.
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BBC
“Carlota Ciganda once again stole the show after Europe's top pairing of Charley Hull and Lottie Woad failed to ignite”Read the original ↗
Sky Sports
“Korda and Corpuz created Solheim Cup history with their statement victory over Charley Hull and Lottie Woad”Read the original ↗
BBC leads with Ciganda’s late heroics, while Sky leads with Korda and Corpuz making Solheim history.
Solheim Cup Tied
The 2026 Solheim Cup, the twentieth edition, is being played at Bernardus Golf course in the Netherlands from 11-13 September 2026, with Europe and the United States locked at 4-4 after the opening day’s foursomes and four-ball sessions.
“both teams locked on four points apiece after the foursomes and four-ball sessions”
World No.1 Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz beat Charley Hull and Lottie Woad 4&3 to secure the first point for Team USA, before Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin defeated Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Celine Boutier 3-2.
Team Europe responded with Maja Stark and Linn Grant beating Rose Zhang and Jennifer Kupcho 3&2, and Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit edging out Andrea Lee and Lindy Duncan 2up to leave the opening session tied at 2-2.
In the afternoon four-ball, Golf Monthly described Hull and Woad’s match against Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin swinging after Woad’s 20-foot birdie putt at the fourth, while the overall day ended with Europe and the United States on 3.5 points each after the final halving sequence.
Sky Sports reported that “Korda and Corpuz created Solheim Cup history” by becoming the first American pair in Solheim Cup history to win five foursomes matches together and the first from either side to win five matches in a row.S
Europe’s Response
MARCA said Europe prevented the United States from taking another significant lead after the Americans won the first two morning foursomes at Bernardus Golf, with Anna Nordqvist’s team reacting in time to reach the afternoon fourballs tied at 2-2.
The same report described Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz as delivering the first American point and “punished virtually every error” by Charley Hull and Lottie Woad, as the match stretched before Hull and Woad ultimately fell 4&3.
Golf Monthly’s account of the afternoon session highlighted a 20-foot birdie putt at the 12th from Coughlin that tied match four, and it also noted that Lee and Khang completed a dominant 4&3 win over Boutier and Madsen.
In the final match described by Golf Monthly, it said Korda and Coughlin missed chances to win it at the 18th, leaving Carlota Ciganda to “come to the rescue again” with a 20-footer for par to halve the match.
Sky Sports added that “This whole morning we just played super consistent,” quoting Alison Lee after her foursomes win with Lauren Coughlin over Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Celine Boutier 3-2.S
Debut and Stakes
The Solheim Cup’s setting is Bernardus Golf in Croimvort (North Brabant, Netherlands), and Mundo Deportivo said the United States seeks its twelfth Solheim Trophy while Europe pursues its ninth.
“The United States seeks its twelfth Solheim Trophy, while Europe pursues its ninth”
Mundo Deportivo also said the United States will feature world No. 1 Nelly Korda, while Europe is led by Anna Nordqvist in the captain’s role, with Carlota Ciganda contesting her eighth Solheim Cup and debutante Julia López Ramírez among Europe’s two Spaniards.
The News-Item’s AP dateline placed the event at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands, and it listed Friday results from the Solheim Cup with UNITED STATES 2, EUROPE 2.
In the afternoon session preview, MARCA said the Spanish representation would debut in fourball with Carlota Ciganda partnering Julia López Ramírez against Nelly Korda and Lauren Coughlin, while Charley Hull and Lottie Woad would again team up against Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin.
Looking ahead to the weekend, Golf Monthly framed the match as “with nothing between the teams,” after day one ended with both sides on 3.5 points and the next sessions set to decide who gains the upper hand.