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Sunday 15 September 2024Team cupsYear in Review
United States wins Solheim Cup
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia, United States (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September 2024 · 19th Solheim Cup, played in back-to-back years (2023, 2024) to move the event to even years (Wikipedia; AP)
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- Europe · 12½Trailed 6–2 after Friday and 10–6 entering singles; Europe won the singles 6½–5½ and denied the U.S. on the 18th in three straight matches before Lilia Vu's birdie halved her match with Albane Valenzuela for the winning half-point Lilia Vu clinches United States' first Solheim Cup since 2017 (AP via ESPN, 15 Sep 2024)
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Solheim Cup
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia, United States
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Winner
United States
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From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 September 2024
Yeah, I honestly think it's the experience of last year and knowing what half a point means. They were on the wrong side of things last year and knew what that felt like.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 September 2024
Well, I just think we gave them a good run for their money today. At 2:25 we were still out there having a chance at this remarkable comeback that it would have been,
Associated Press (via ESPN)
15 September 2024
This week was kind of hard for me. I felt like I wasn't physically 100%, and I almost felt guilty taking that spot from someone else,
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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