ST LEON-ROT, Germany — U.S. captain Juli Inkster had urged her players to "stomp on" Europe's golfers and they carried out the instructions to a tee, fighting back to win a hugely controversial Solheim Cup match on Sunday.
The home team went into the last 12 singles holding a 10-6 lead, following unsavoury scenes over the non-concession of a short American putt in the fourballs carried over from Saturday, but the U.S. rallied spectacularly to triumph by 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 points.
The Americans were enraged when Alison Lee and Brittany Lincicome lost to Charley Hull and Suzann Pettersen by two holes on a sunny day at the St Leon-Rot Golf Club in south-west Germany.