Solheim Cup Standings day 2 scores for Team USA vs Team Europe

Team USA maintain their commanding lead after the morning session on day two of the 2024 Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia with a dominant lead 8-4 advantage over Europe after comfortably winning both sessions on Friday to secure the advatage.

Bidding to win the women’s team golf tournament for the first time in seven years, the Americans dominated in Friday morning’s foursomes matches, winning all but one to lead 3-1 at halfway on the opening day. In the afternoon’s fourballs clashes, Stacy Lewis’s team then triumphed by the same scoreline to move 6-2 ahead.

Anna Nordqvist/Celine Boutier won the last match (1up) to secure an invaluable point for Europe to make it 8-4 after Lexi Thompson/Lauren Coughlin previously overcame Europe’s Maja Stark/Georgia Hall (4&3). Earlier on Saturday morning Esther Henseleit/Charley Hull secured a point for the Europeans with the opening round being won by America’s Allisen Corpuz/Nelly Korda.

Saturday afternoon’s play:

2024 Solheim Cup day 2: Saturday afternoon fourball pairings

12:05am ET: match 13

Anna Nordqvist / Madelene Sagstrom (EUR) vs Alison Lee / Megan Khang (USA)

12:20am ET: match 14

Linn Grant / Celine Boutier (EUR) vs Andrea Lee / Rose Zhang (USA)

12:35am ET: match 15

Carlota Ciganda / Emily Pedersen (EUR) vs Ally Ewing / Lexi Thompson (USA)

12:50 am ET: match 16

Charley Hull / Georgia Hall (EUR) vs Allisen Corpuz / Lilia Vu (USA)

Play resumes on Saturday morning with another foursomes session, made up of four matches.

2024 Solheim Cup day 2: Saturday morning foursomes scores

Overall score: Team USA 8-4 Europe

7:05am ET: match 9

Allisen Corpuz & Nelly Korda (USA) vs Emily Pedersen & Carlota Ciganda (EUR) – USA 1up thru 17 (F)

7:17am ET: match 10

Ally Ewing & Jennifer Kupcho (USA) vs Esther Henseleit & Charley Hull (EUR) – Europe 1up thru 17 (F)

7:29am ET: match 11

Lexi Thompson & Lauren Coughlin (USA) vs Maja Stark & Georgia Hall (EUR) – USA win 4&3

7:41am ET: match 12

Lilia Vu & Sarah Schmelzel (USA) vs Anna Nordqvist & Celine Boutier (EUR) – Europe win 4&3

Like Friday, Team USA continues to extend its lead after the Saturday morning foursomes session. In one of the most exciting matches of the morning session, Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz staged a remarkable comeback, with one of the key moments being Corpuz’s hybrid shot on the 13th hole that defied the probabilities and rolled onto the green, like a ghost. Despite the challenge of an eagle putt, her teammate Korda made it look effortless, propelling the US into the lead after trailing since the second.

Team USA currently has a 4-point lead, allowing them to be more comfortable during today’s afternoon session.

2024 Solheim Cup schedule

The 19th edition of the tournament, the 2024 Solheim Cup runs until Sunday, September 15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Team USA, who have won 10 of the Solheim Cup’s 18 previous editions, have not triumphed in the event since captain Juli Inkster led the Americans to a 16.5-11.5 success in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2017.

The two teams are to face each other across five separate sessions, with 28 points on offer over the three days.

Day 1

Friday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches

Friday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches

Day 2

Saturday morning: 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches

Saturday afternoon: 4 fourball (better ball) matches

Day 3

Sunday: 12 singles matches

The United States must clinch 14.5 points to regain the Solheim Cup, while Europe need 14 to retain the trophy with a tie.

The Solheim Cup: a brief history

While Team USA came out on top in five of the first seven Solheim Cups after its foundation in 1990, the tide has turned in recent years. Since triumphing at Rich Harvest Farms in 2009, the United States have lifted the trophy only twice. The Americans won each of the first six editions that took place in the U.S., but since have lost two of the last three, including at Inverness Club in Ohio in 2021.