After falling down by a record 6-2 on the first day of play on Friday, Europe bravely rallied to win the single matches on Sunday 6½–5½, and at one time, it looked as though they could tie the record for the most consecutive wins—14 points.
After choosing to exclude Ireland’s Leona Maguire, a star of the previous two editions, from Saturday’s foursomes and fourballs matches, where the US had a 10-6 lead before the final day of play, Norwegian Pettersen faced criticism for her decisions.
You don’t always get things right.
Perhaps we could have used different players, who might have faced different opponents and altered the result.
While it’s always possible to look back, I don’t believe that as a team we regret any of the things we accomplished. We gave it our all.”
Maguire of Ireland, who finished first in her first two competitions with seven and a half points, missed three sessions in all. She participated in the Friday fourballs alongside Georgia Hall of England, but Nelly Korda and Megan Khang defeated them 6&4.
