Who will win the Solheim Cup? Pundit predictions and have your say! — SkimNews
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- The 2026 Solheim Cup gets under way Friday at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands, with Team USA defending and chasing their first away win since 2015.
- Team Europe, captained by Anna Nordqvist, is led by Charley Hull (making her 8th consecutive Solheim Cup appearance) and four rookies including Lottie Woad, with six players returning from the dramatic 14-14 tie at the 2023 edition in Spain.
- Team USA, captained by Angela Stanford, features world No 1 Nelly Korda among a lineup containing 10 players with past Solheim Cup experience.
- The pundit consensus is lopsided: 12 of 13 Sky Sports and Golf Channel experts predict a Europe victory, with Morgan Pressel the lone dissenter calling a 13-15 USA win.
- Historical margins are razor-thin — each of the last four Solheim Cups on European soil (plus 2021 in America) was decided by two points or fewer, and five of Europe's seven wins have come at home.
- Europe's rookie tradition adds another wrinkle: both prior occasions a captain named three rookies as picks (Europe in 2011 and 2021), that side won — a streak Nordqvist's side now looks to extend with four debutants.
Why it matters: The US hasn't won a Solheim Cup on European soil since 2015, and five of Europe's seven wins have come at home — but every recent European edition has been decided by two points or fewer. For captain Angela Stanford's experienced USA lineup, including world No 1 Nelly Korda, the consensus verdict is a loss, yet that historical narrow-margin pattern means Sunday's singles could realistically swing either way.
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