Team USA look to retain the Solheim Cup in the Netherlands this month, live on Sky Sports, with Angela Stanford’s experienced side eyeing a rare away win over Team Europe. Stanford has just two rookies in her line-up at Bernardus Golf from September 11-13, with the other 10 having played in at least one previous Solheim Cup and eight returning from their impressive 15.5-12.5 win on home soil two years ago. Four-time major winner Nelly Korda is the headline name involved and topped the two-year qualification campaign, which ran from the 2024 FM Championship to the 2026 CPKC Women's Open last month.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player The top seven players on the Solheim Cup points list at the end of the qualification campaign all earned automatic spots, with Korda joined by Angel Yin, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh, Auston Kim, Lauren Coughlin and Allisen Corpuz. Andrea Lee and Alison Lee automatically qualified as the next two available players in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, before Lindy Duncan, Megan Khang, Rose Zhang took Stanford's three captain's picks. We take a closer look at the American players chasing a first away win over Team Europe since 2015 and how they secured their spots… Solheim Cup appearances: Four (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) Solheim Cup points: 10.5 points from 16 matches (10 wins, one tie, five losses) Korda has been the dominant force in the women's game in recent seasons, with the world No 1 having her fifth consecutive Solheim Cup appearance wrapped up with months to spare after four wins during the first half of the year.
She has won at least two points from all of her previous four appearances, including an unbeaten debut at Gleneagles in 2019 and three points - before being thrashed by Charley Hull in the singles - during Team USA's win in 2024. Solheim Cup appearances: Three (2017, 2019, 2023) Solheim Cup points: 5.5 points from nine matches (Five wins, one tie, three losses) Yin was part of the joint-biggest fourballs win in Solheim Cup history when her and Ally Ewing beat Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall 7&5 in 2019, while she holds an unbeaten singles record against Team Europe. The two-time LPGA Tour has qualified via the points list for the first time, having secured her spot via the world rankings in 2019 and a captain's pick the other appearances, although sat out of the final two months of the qualification campaign due to illness.
Solheim Cup appearances: Three (2021, 2023, 2024) Solheim Cup points: Four points from 10 matches (three wins, two tied, five losses) Kupcho was joint-top scorer for Team USA on her debut in 2021, posting 2.5 points before being thrashed by Leona Maguire in the singles, then beat Linn Grant on the final day of Team USA's win in 2024. She won the Shoprite LPGA Classic last June and added three top-10s in majors this season, including a share of eighth at the US Women's Open, with Kupcho now an automatic qualifier for a fourth consecutive Solheim Cup appearance. Solheim Cup points: Two points from three matches (two wins and one loss) Noh returns after a five-year absence and faces a first Solheim Cup on European soil, having played in both fourballs sessions and defeated Mel Reid in the singles during Team USA's 2021 defeat.
She claimed her maiden LPGA Tour title at the 2025 Founders Cup and has four top-20 finishes in the majors during the two-year qualification campaign, including third at the AIG Women's Open. Kim was in her LPGA Tour rookie year during the last Solheim Cup but will debut for Team USA this time around, having enjoyed two consistent seasons during the qualification campaign. She followed her runner-up finish at last year's KPMG Women's PGA Championship by earning second at the HSBC Women's World Championship earlier this year, where she then added two top-10s in majors to secure her automatic spot.
Solheim Cup points: 3.5 points from four matches (Three wins, one tie) Coughlin returns for her second appearance after finishing undefeated in her 2024 debut, winning both foursomes matches and claiming victory with Sarah Schmelzel in fourballs before tying her Sunday singles clash with Maja Stark. The three-time LPGA Tour winner also featured for Team USA at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown last year and won the Aramco Championship in April, with Coughlin finding form late in the summer. Solheim Cup appearances: Two (2023, 2024) Solheim Cup points: 5.5 points from eight matches (Five wins, one tie, two losses) Corpuz secured her qualification via the points standings for the third consecutive Solheim Cup, having racked up two top-eight finishes in majors among six top-10s on the LPGA Tour this season.
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