Europe retain the Solheim Cup with 10 team members trusting Titleist

Spain’s  Carlota Ciganda  stuck her  Pro V1x golf ball to two feet on the par-3 17th  Sunday at Finca Cortesin, setting up the birdie that clinched her singles victory and the Solheim Cup for Team Europe. 

Ciganda’s point was the sixth and final point of the day for Europe, bringing their total to 14 – enough to retain the cup. 

Titleist golf ball players secured all six European points on Sunday with  Leona Maguire  (Pro V1),  Anna Nordqvist  (Pro V1),  Caroline Hedwall  (Pro V1),  Maja Stark  (Pro V1) and Ciganda all winning their matches outright.  Georgia Hall  (Pro V1x) and  Gemma Drybrugh (Pro V1x) each secured half points. 

All square after the 15th, Ciganda made consecutive birdies on 16 and 17 to win her match, 2 up. No one earned more points over the three days than Ciganda, who went a perfect 4-0-0 on home soil. 

“I'm very happy to win the four points in Spain in front of the home crowd. … I think there is nothing like this,” Ciganda said. “To play in Spain in front of your home crowd on Spanish soil, and to have my name being chanted, it's really amazing, very special and just something that I won't forget. 

Hedwall also provided Europe a crucial point late Sunday, having been 3-down with six holes to play before making birdies on Nos. 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 to win, 2 up. 

In total, 10 ½ of the 12 points earned Sunday were by Pro V1 and Pro V1x players, including U.S. match winners  Meghan Khang  (Pro V1),  Danielle Kang  (Pro V1x),  Angel Yin  (Pro V1) and  Lilia Vu  (Pro V1x).  Cheyenne Knight (Pro V1) earned a half point. 

Titleist was the overwhelming most played golf ball this week in Spain, with 18 competitors (75%) across both teams teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x. Ten of the 12 players on Team Europe played a Pro V1 or Pro V1x en route to retaining the Solheim Cup. 

Pro V1 player Carlota Ciganda, the Cup’s leading point-getter, won all four of her matches playing a Pro V1x. Pro V1 players Meghan Khang (3-0-1) and Cheyenne Knight (2-0-1) also went undefeated. 

Team Europe (10) 

Celine Boutier – Pro V1x 

Carlota Ciganda – Pro V1x 

Gemma Dryburgh – Pro V1x 

Linn Grant – Pro V1 

Georgia Hall – Pro V1x 

Caroline Hedwall – Pro V1 

Leona Maguire – Pro V1 

Anna Nordqvist – Pro V1 

Emily Kristine Pedersen – Pro V1 

Maja Stark – Pro V1  

Team U.S.A. (8) 

Allisen Corpuz – Pro V1 

Ally Ewing – Pro V1x 

Danielle Kang – Pro V1x 

Megan Khang – Pro V1 

Cheyenne Knight – Pro V1 

Jennifer Kupcho – Pro V1 

Lilia Vu – Pro V1x 

Angel Yin – Pro V1 

Titleist Brand ambassador Emily Kristine Pedersen aced the par-3 12th hole during Friday’s fourball matches for just the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history.  

Faced with a 178-yard shot from an elevated tee, Pedersen pulled her NEW T100 7-iron and aimed for the left side of the green. Her Pro V1 landed just off the edge of the putting surface, taking a soft hop before rolling down the slope and into the cup. 

WITB | Emily K Pedersen 

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