The 2026 Solheim Cup was the 20th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held 11–13 September at Bernardus Golf in North Brabant, Netherlands. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. It returned to even-numbered years in 2024 after the Ryder Cup returned to an odd-year schedule after 2020. Format The competition is a three-day match play event between teams of 12 players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:

Day 1 (Friday): Four foursomes (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and four fourball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate in each session. Day 2 (Saturday): Four foursomes matches in a morning session and four fourball matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate in each session. Day 3 (Sunday): 12 singles matches. All 12 players from each team participate.

With a total of 28 points, 14 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half point.

Venue

Bernardus Golf, designed by Kyle Phillips, opened in 2018 and has hosted three editions of the Dutch Open on the European Tour (2021−2023).

Team qualification and selection Team Europe In order to be eligible to be a member of the European team, players are required to: be current members of the Ladies European Tour in any category or membership; have played in eight Ranking Events (excluding the Excluded Championships) during the Qualifying Period as a member of the LET, unless the relevant player has been selected by the captain; be a "European national". To be a "European national", the player must satisfy the criteria set out in the "Nationality Policy" issued by the International Golf Federation.

Team Europe is made up of eight automatic qualifiers – the top two players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top six LET members on the Women's World Golf Rankings who were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings – and four captain's selections.

Team USA In order to be eligible to be a member of the United States team, players are required to be current members of the LPGA Tour and meet one of these three citizenship criteria: U.S. citizens by birth, regardless of their birthplace. Those who were naturalized as U.S. citizens before age 18. Those who became U.S. citizens by adoption before age 13.

Team USA is made up of nine automatic qualifiers – the leading seven players from the LPGA Solheim Cup points rankings and the top two players in the Women's World Golf Rankings not already qualified via the points rankings – and three chosen by the team captain. LPGA Solheim Cup points were earned for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period.

Teams In February 2025, Anna Nordqvist was announced as the European captain, after serving as a playing vice-captain in 2023 and 2024. Caroline Hedwall and Mel Reid were named vice–captains in April. Anne van Dam was named as the third vice–captain at the end of September.

Team EuropePlayerCountryAgePointsrankRolexrankingPreviousappearancesMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentage 30 1 6 7 27 15–9–3 27 2 19 1 3 1–1–1 22 5 5 0Rookie 26 8 27 2 8 3–3–2 32 28 33 4 14 7–6–1 36 10 50 7 27 12–11–4 27 58 54 2 9 3–6–0 31 32 70 1 3 1–1–1 (P) 31 13 83 3 12 8–3–1 (P) 23 59 86 0Rookie (P) 21 16 88 0Rookie (P) 24 12 91 0Rookie

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In March 2025, Angela Stanford was announced as the Team USA captain, after serving as a vice-captain in 2021, 2023, and 2024. On 15 April 2025, Stanford announced Kristy McPherson as her first assistant captain. On 29 April 2025, Stanford announced Paula Creamer as her second assistant captain. On 3 June 2025, Stanford announced Brittany Lang as her third assistant captain.

Team USAPlayerAgePointsrankRolexrankingPreviousappearancesMatchesW–L–HWinningpercentage 28 1 1 4 16 10–5–1 27 2 25 3 9 5–3–1 29 3 31 3 10 3–5–2 25 4 39 1 3 2–1–0 26 5 22 0Rookie 33 6 18 1 4 3–0–1 28 7 45 2 8 5–2–1 28 8 40 2 7 3–2–2 31 15 55 2 7 2–5–0 (P) 35 9 63 0Rookie (P) 23 13 66 2 7 4–2–1 (P) 28 11 85 4 13 7–3–3 Source:

Angel Yin returned to competition at the FM Championship on 27 August after a two-month injury layoff, and said she would withdraw from the U.S. team if she felt it was in the team's best interests. Lilia Vu travelled with the U.S. team as an alternate in case Yin was unable to play. Once the U.S. confirmed it would field the team as originally selected, Vu flew home on the morning of 11 September to attend her best friend's wedding.

Ages on first day of matches, 13 September; Rolex rankings at team selection. Captain's picks (P) shown in yellow.

Day one Friday, September 11, 2026

Morning foursomes Results Hull/Woad 4 & 3 Corpuz/Korda Koerstz Madsen/Boutier 3 & 2 Al. Lee/Coughlin Maguire/Henseleit 2 up An. Lee/Duncan Grant/Stark 3 & 2 Zhang/Kupcho 2 Session 2 2 Overall 2

Afternoon four-ball Results Hull/Woadhalved Noh/Yin Koerstz Madsen/Boutier 5 & 3 Khang/Al. Lee Rhodes/Nadaud 2 & 1 Corpuz/Kim Ciganda/López Ramírezhalved Korda/Coughlin 2 Session 2 4 Overall 4

Day two Saturday, September 12, 2026

Morning foursomes Results Stark/Grant 3 & 2 Corpuz/Korda Maguire/Henseleit 1 up Kupcho/Zhang Rhodes/Nadaud 4 & 3 An. Lee/Kim Hull/Woad 6 & 5Al. Lee/Coughlin 3 Session 1 7 Overall 5

Afternoon four-ball Results Stark/Grant 2 & 1 Khang/Coughlin Hull/Woad 1 up Noh/An. Lee Maguire/Nadaud 3 & 2 Zhang/Kim Ciganda/Boutier 1 up Kupcho/Duncan 1 Session 3 8 Overall 8

Day three Sunday, September 13, 2026

Singles Results Charley Hull 3 & 2 Megan Khang Esther Henseleit 1 up Alison Lee Linn Grant 4 & 3 Angel Yin Mimi Rhodes 4 & 2 Nelly Korda Nanna Koerstz Madsen 2 & 1 Allisen Corpuz Nastasia Nadaud 3 & 2 Andrea Lee Julia López Ramírez 3 & 2 Yealimi Noh Lottie Woad 2 & 1 Auston Kim Leona Maguire 2 & 1 Lauren Coughlin Maja Stark 3 & 1 Lindy Duncan Carlota Ciganda 4 & 2 Jennifer Kupcho Céline Boutier 2 up Rose Zhang 7 Session 5 15 Overall 13

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Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Europe Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsCéline Boutier 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0Carlota Ciganda 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1Linn Grant 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0Esther Henseleit 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0Charley Hull 1.5 1–3–1 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–1Nanna Koerstz Madsen 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0Julia López Ramírez 1.5 1–0–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–1Leona Maguire 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Nastasia Nadaud 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0Mimi Rhodes 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Maja Stark 3 3–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–0–0Lottie Woad 1.5 1–3–1 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–1–1

United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsAllisen Corpuz 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Lauren Coughlin 3.5 3–1–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–1Lindy Duncan 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Megan Khang 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0Auston Kim 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0Nelly Korda 2.5 2–1–1 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–1Jennifer Kupcho 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–0–0Alison Lee 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0Andrea Lee 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 1–0–0Yealimi Noh 1.5 1–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–0–1Angel Yin 0.5 0–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–1Rose Zhang 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–0

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