Key events
The fastest of starts for the USA! Leona Maguire’s wedge is a wee bit tentative, while Rose Zhang’s chip from the Bermuda grass at the back of the green is delicate and delicious. She dinks it down to a couple of feet, and after Maguire leaves her 15-foot putt short, tidies up for the win. The Americans have flung the gauntlet down all right.
Grant v Khang 1UP (1)
Maguire v Zhang 1UP (1)
A reminder of the winning line: Europe will retain the trophy with 14 points, but will need 14½ to win it; the USA need 14½ to win. Next up, Rose Zhang, who takes driver and sends it into the thick rough to the right of the green. She’s going round today with Leona Maguire, who sends a 3-wood down the fairway to the right of the water. Nice and safe on the short stuff.
Grant v Khang 1UP (1)
Maguire v Zhang
It’s windy today, so Megan Khang does well to wedge to 15 feet; Linn Grant doesn’t really commit to her chip from the back and leaves herself 25 feet short. Grant sends a left-to-right swinging putt down the green, and if she’d given it a couple more joules of energy, it’d be a birdie. But it’s a pick-up par. Over to Khang, who has the opportunity to hit the lead early … and in it goes. A flying start for the USA!
Grant v Khang 1UP (1)
Excited? Yes, us too. So take that feeling, multiply it by a thousand, then a million, put it on the end of a stick, and fire the whole lot off into the sun. That should give you a rough idea of the atmosphere on the 1st tee right now. It’s absolute bedlam. No wonder, the way this tournament has unfolded, and how precariously it stands right now. Megan Khang will hit the first shot of this super Sunday shootout. Silence suddenly falls … and she whips a 3-wood down the right of the hole. No going for the green in the singl… hold on! Her opponent Linn Grant smashes her 3-wood over the water and straight at the pin! Her ball bounces on the green, then off the back. She smiled contentedly the nanosecond it cleared the pond. Up for the fight? I think so.
Preamble
Europe are going for an unprecedented third Solheim Cup in a row. Nobody would have given them a chance of completing the trifecta after being whitewashed in the morning foursomes on Friday. But now look …
Europe 8-8 USA
… and it really is all to play for. The tee times and pairings for the Sunday singles are below. (Ladies Europe first, all times BST.) If 2019 and 2021 are anything to go by, it’s going to be one heck of a ride. It’s on!
10.10 am: Linn Grant v Megan Khang
10.22 am: Leona Maguire v Rose Zhang
10.34 am: Charley Hull v Danielle Kang
10.46 am: Anna Nordqvist v Jennifer Kupcho
10.58 am: Georgia Hall v Andrea Lee
11.10 am: Gemma Dryburgh v Cheyenne Knight
11.22 am: Celine Boutier v Angel Yin
11.34 am: Caroline Hedwall v Ally Ewing
11.46 am: Madelene Sagstrom v Lilia Vu
11.58 am: Maja Stark v Allisen Corpuz
12.10 am: Carlota Ciganda v Nelly Korda
12.22 am: Emily Pedersen v Lexi Thompson
