Georgia Hall had just been told that in the century-plus history of transatlantic tussles the golf powerhouse of America has never been denied four times in succession and suddenly this Solheim Cup week became yet more enticing.
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GeorgiaHallisrelishingcompetinginfrontofapartisanhomecrowdattheSolheimCup–GettyImages/ScottTaetschGeorgiaHallhadjustbeentoldthatinthecentury-plushistoryoftransatlantictusslesthegolfpowerhouseofAmericahasneverbeendeniedfourtimesinsuccessionandsuddenlythisSolheimCupweekbecameyetmoreenticing.
“Ididnotknowthat,”Hallsaid.“Soitwouldbeevenmorespecialifweweretowinagain.EspeciallyonUSsoil.”
The28-year-oldfromBournemouthhassharedinthestaggeringEuropesuccessstoryinthelastthreematches,whichculminatedinthe2024drawinSpainthatsawSuzannPettersen’steamretainthetrophyandsethistoryinthisparticularbiennialdust-up.
ButstartingFridayinWashingtonDC,thehostnation’scapital,thechallengeistoforgeanevenbiggerachievement.
TheWalkerCupis102yearsold,theRyderCupis97,theCurtisCupis92andineachofthesethelon
