"It's massive for women's golf, it's massive for Solheim Cup, for us to be historical and win on American soil, in Colorado, in front of pretty much an All-American crowd,” Suzann Pettersen said of the victory. “We took it to them and they couldn't answer.”
Those words pretty well summed up this Solheim Cup, as Team Europe, leading 10 1/2 -5 1/2 going into the singles today were just too good. USA tried hard to rally, but ended up soundly beaten 18-10.
For the first time in the history of the Solheim Cup, a European Team captured the Cup on American soil. Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall sank a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at Colorado Golf Club to capture a 1-up victory over Michelle Wie assuring the Europeans would retain the Cup for the first time since the biennial event began in 1990.
Less than 20 minutes later, veteran Catriona Matthew sank a par putt on the 18th hole to halve her match with Gerina Piller and earn the half-point that gave the Europeans back-to-back victories.
It had been a goal of the Europeans heading into this week to make history by winning on U.S. soil but they did more than that. The young group of Europeans, with six rookies, delivered a dominating performance, as their 18-10 win marked the largest margin of victory in the history of the Solheim Cup.
LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR - SOLHEIM CUP
COURSE: Colorado Golf Club (7,066 yards, par 72).
FORMAT: Team match play. Friday and Saturday, four morning foursome (alternate-shot) and four afternoon fourball (best-ball) matches; Sunday, 12 singles matches.
UNITED STATES: Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, c-Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Lizette Salas, Angela Stanford, Lexi Thompson, c-Michelle Wie. Captain: Meg Mallon. Assistant captains: Dottie Pepper, Laura Diaz. (c-captain’s pick)
EUROPE: Carlota Ciganda, Spain; c-Caroline Hedwall, Sweden; c-Charley Hull, England; Karine Icher, France; Caroline Masson, Germany; Catriona Matthew, Scotland; Azahara Munoz, Spain; Anna Nordqvist, Sweden; Suzann Pettersen, Norway; Beatriz Recari, Spain; c-Giulia Sergas, Italy; c-Jodi Ewart Shadoff, England. Captain: Liselotte Neumann, Sweden. Assistant captains: Annika Sorenstam, Sweden; Carin Koch, Sweden. (c-captain’s pick)
****Friday Morning foursomes
* Two of the morning matches complete in the Solheim Cup books. Europe has two points on the board Pettersen/Recari defeats Lang/Stanford 2&1
* USA wins first point of the morning. Pressel/Korda def Matthew/Ewart-Shadoff 3&2
* Team Europe has added another point lead the morning 3-1. Munoz/Icher defeats Kerr/Creamer 2&
****Friday afternoon fourballs
* After capturing three points in the Friday morning foursomes, Team Europe won two more matches in the afternoon four-ball session to take a 5-3 lead over the U.S. Team heading into Saturday’s second day of play
* first match of the afternoon belonged to Suzann Pettersen. While her partner, Ciganda, struggled to get anything going, Pettersen very nearly won the match entirely on her own. After Pettersen gave the team a 1-up lead with a birdie on the 16th, the Norwegian made a short par putt on the 18th to seal the 1-up victory vs Stacy Lewis and Lexi Tompson
* The Americans tried to get a half point in the second match of the afternoon. Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller birdied three straight holes from 14 to 16 to put them within striking distance of taking control of the match. Taking the match to the par-3 17th hole down two to the Europeans, Piller missed a 5-foot putt which would have saved par to halve the hole with Caroline Hedwall and Caroline Masson who won 2&1
* The third match of the afternoon seemed to be decided at the turn when momentum really shifted the way of the Americans. Brittany Lang holed a bunker shot on the par-4 14th which took her and Brittany Lincicome to 3-up with four left to play. They won 4&3 over Guila Sergas and Anna Nordqvist
* The fourth and final match saw Captain’s pick Michelle Wie, who sat in the morning matches, provide a lift when she chipped in on the 12th hole for birdie to extend the lead in her match to 2 up with five holes left to play. Paired with Cristie Kerr, the pair were able to hold off a European run by Catriona Matthew and Charley Hull and ended the match in the 17th hole, 2&1
****Saturday morning 4somes
* The first day of the 2013 Solheim Cup belonged to the Europeans but Saturday morning’s foursomes matches brought out a different U.S. Team, as they fought to earn 2 ½ points and now trail Europe 6 ½-5 ½ entering the afternoon four-ball matches.
Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall, known as the “Swedish Vikings,” opened up for the European Team again on Saturday and improved their foursomes record to 2-0 after defeating Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda with a dramatic finish. The Euros were 1-up with two holes to play when Nordqvist carded a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole to earn the first point of the morning matches.
The first match point went to Europe but for most of the morning, the leaderboard was covered in red as the United States led every match at one time during the foursomes session.
The first match point went to Europe but for most of the morning, the leaderboard was covered in red as the United States led every match at one time during the foursomes session.
****Saturday 4balls
Saturday afternoon belonged to Europe.
Saturday afternoon belonged to Europe.
It was clear early on in the session that Europe may be on its way to a rout. When all four matches reached the turn, the Americans didn’t hold a lead in a single one and trailed in three of them. They didn’t hold a lead in any match on the back nine en route to getting swept in the four-ball session
Europe leads 10 1/2 - 5 1/2.....The Europeans now need to earn only 3 ½ points out of the 12 singles matches on Sunday to retain the Cup
The first match of the afternoon proved to be a teenage shootout, as 18-year-old Lexi Thompson dueled with 17-year-old Charley Hull....The Europeans went on to win the 18th and capture a 2-up victory to put the first point on the board in the afternoon
Match two saw Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall continue to be a stalwart for Europe, leading herself and partner Caroline Masson to a 2&1 victory over Jessica Korda and Michelle Wie
In Match three European Solheim Cup rookie Carlota Ciganda came up with a clutch birdie putt on the 18th hole to capture a 1-up victory with fellow Spaniard Azahara Munoz over Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller.
The final match was between Beatriz Recari/Karine Icher and Morgan Pressel/Cristie Kerr. The Americans were two down with three holes to play but battled back to head into the 18th with a chance to halve the match by winning the final hole, but Icher caused a massive celebration with her European teammates when she drained the putt to ensure Europe of the afternoon sweep
Solheim Cup pairings http://www.solheimcupusa.com/golf/news/2013/8/solheim-cup-pairings.aspx
Live leaderboard http://www.solheimcupusa.com/
PGA TOUR - WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club (7,127 yards, par 70).
PURSE: $5.3 million. Winner’s share: $954,000.
CANADIANS: Mike Weir MC 72 72, Stephen Ames MC 69 75, Brad Fritsch MC 75 71
Round 4
Patrick Reed won the Wyndham Championship for his first title, beating Jordan Spieth with a most improbable birdie on the second hole of a playoff.
Reed recovered from a drive on the par-4 10th that came a few feet from going out of bounds and stopped in some pine needles in the woods near a television cable. He pulled out his 7-iron, uncorked a baseball swing from an uphill lie and sent the ball under a tree branch yet away from the tree trunk to land his second shot 7 feet from the pin.
"It was the best shot of my life, that's for sure," Reed said.
Spieth, who called it "one of the best shots I've ever witnessed," had reached the green in two strokes, but his 10-foot birdie putt trickled wide of the cup.
Next week, the FedExCup Playoffs will begin with the top 125 in the standings competing at The Barclays. The four-event Playoffs will be contested over the next five weeks with the FedExCup champion being crowned at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in September
Live scoring... http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html
CHAMPIONS TOUR - DICK’S SPORTING GOODS OPEN
COURSE: En-Joie Golf Course (6,974 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.
CANADIANS: Jim Rutledge -2 77 68 69, Rod Spittle T7 -12 69 66 69
Round 3
It has been 33 years since the Champions Tour was born, and its newest champion is somebody special: 50-year-old rookie Bart Bryant is the Tour's 1,000th winner.
Bryant, who shot a tournament record-tying 10-under 62 in the second round to build a four-shot lead, closed with a 72 on Sunday and finished at 16-under 200 to beat Russ Cochran (67) and Corey Pavin (69) by one shot.
For, Bryant, who won in just his 14th start on the circuit, it was his first victory since winning the 2005 Tour Championship, ending a drought of 7 years, 9 months, 11 days. He also won the 2005 Memorial and the 2004 Valero Texas Open on the PGA TOUR.
That was before two surgeries on his left wrist relegated him to spectator status for nearly three years and left him wondering if he'd ever play again, let alone win
Live leaderboard click http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/dick-s-sporting-goods-open/tee-times.html
WEB.COM TOUR - NEWS SENTINEL OPEN
COURSE: Fox Den Country Club (7,110 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $550,000. Winner’s share: $99,000.
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CANADIANS: Richard Scott 9th -12 67 66 70 69, Roger Sloan MC 78, Matt Hill MC 71, Adam Hadwin T25 -8 69 68 68 71
Round 4
After a bogey-bogey start to begin his News Sentinel Open final round, Peter Malnati found himself not panicking and actually walking to the third tee as he said, “feeling good.” There was good reason. Malnati made a birdie on the fourth hole and off he went, making seven more birdies, including birdies on four of his final five holes, 65 -16, to win his first Web.com Tour event by a stroke over a quartet of players in front of a loud and appreciative crowd
His victory that moved him from 80th to 16th on the money list and all but assured him his PGA TOUR playing privileges for the 2013-14 season.
Live scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/leaderboard.html
USGA - U.S. AMATEUR
COURSE: The Country Club (7,310 yards, par 70).
Brookline, Mass...
CANADIANS Justin Shin, Charlie Hughes, Corey Conners, Blair Hamilton, Brendan Leonard, Turner Southey-Gordon, Garrett Rank, Chris Hemmerich, Brian Jung, Doug Hoppe, Brennan Smith,
Final
Matthew Fitzpatrick, 18, of England, curled in a par putt on the 33rd hole to clinch a 4-and-3 decision over Oliver Goss, 19, of Australia, on Sunday and win the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship at 7,310-yard, par-70 The Country Club.
Fitzpatrick became the first Englishman since 1911 to hoist the Havemeyer Trophy as U.S. Amateur champion. Harold Hilton won the championship 102 years ago at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y. Fitzpatrick also joins a group of English players who have won recent USGA championships, including current U.S. Open champion Justin Rose.
By reaching the U.S. Amateur Championship final, Fitzpatrick and Goss have each earned an exemption into the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. – provided they remain amateurs – and a likely invitation to next year’s Masters Tournament. Fitzpatrick is also exempt from qualifying for the 2014 British Open
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Live leaderboard click here http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869326&year=2013&type=match2
SYMETRA TOUR - EAGLE CLASSIC
COURSE: Richmond Country Club (6,292 yards, par 72)
CANADIANS: Izzy Beisiegel, Angela Buzminski, Kirby Dreher, Natalie Gleadall, Sue Kim, Danielle Mills, Samantha Richdale, Alena Sharp, Ashley Sholer, Jessica Wallace
Round 3
Katy Harris followed the directions given by her 6-year-old son Owen and fired a final-round 3-under 69 to bring home the trophy at the inaugural IOA Golf Classic.
“He (Owen) always says ‘mom, why don’t you win a trophy at a tournament because I want a trophy’,” said Harris. “I’m glad I can bring a trophy home for him.”
The Louisiana State University graduate entered Sunday’s final-round tied for the lead and never looked back as she notched five birdies and two bogeys to become the 12th different winner on the Symetra Tour this season
Live leaderboard click here http://www.symetrascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR - RIVER HILLS CLASSIC
COURSE: River Hills Country Club (6,780 yards, par 72)
CANADIANS: Cam Burke MC, Mackenzie Hughes T2 -3 73 72 70 70
Round 4
eGolf Tour leading money winner Bruce Woodall of Yanceyville, NC entered Saturday’s final round of the River Hills Classic with a two-shot lead, looking to capture win No. 2 in what has been a breakthrough season.
With Mother Nature pelting down rain throughout the round, Woodall persevered, posting a workmanlike 16 pars and two bogeys to survive the tour’s most demanding venue of the year en route to a two-shot win and the event’s $15,000 first-place prize.
Woodall, in his first full season on the eGolf Tour, entered the week at arduous River Hills Country Club with five top-5 finishes on the year, including his first professional win at June’s Spring Creek Classic. With just under $50,000 in season-long earnings and a seat atop the tour’s money list, Woodall set out to add win No. 2, and more than delivered in horrific conditions
Live leaderboard click here http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel13/event/tarheel139/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
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(notes from europeantour.com, lpga.com, pgatour.com, BBC, Reuters )
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