2024 Solheim Cup leaderboard, scores: United States beats Europe for first time in seven years
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Lilia Vu's clinching point put the cup back in the United States' hands ending a drought dating back to 2017
The United States has finally broken through after a seven-year drought in international competition by winning the 2024 Solheim Cup over Europe on Sunday. After three straight defeats in the biannual event, the U.S. prevailed with a 15.5 to 12.5 victory at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia. 2024 United States Gainesville, Virginia 2023 Europe Andalusia, Spain 2021 Europe Toledo, Ohio 2019 Europe Perthshire, Scotland 2017 United States West Des Moines, Iowa 2015 United States Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
The United States' Lilia Vu finished birdie-birdie to tie Albane Valenzuela and earn a half point that gave the Americans the clinching point they needed to bring home the Solheim Cup for the first time in the last four holdings of the event.
"I can't even put it into words," Vu told NBC. "I felt like I didn't do my part this week, and I wanted to get something done. I said to my caddie on 16, 'I feel like I haven't done anything for this team.'"
