Other tournaments this weekend included the women’s Solheim Cup, which is a biennial tournament featuring the Europeans and Americans. It is basically the women’s Ryder Cup, occuring the years in which the Ryder Cup isn’t played. This year’s cup took place in Halmstad, Sweden. The U.S. team was playing with what many might have called a chip on their shoulder after analyst Dottie Pepper called the U.S. team “Chokin’ freakin’ dogs”, after a disappointing Saturday and trailing the Europeans. The U.S. team bounced back from several disappointing ties on Saturday, to dominate singles play on Sunday. The Americans did it despite rain, wind, and cold weather that had made the conditions tough. Leading their charge on Sunday was Morgan Pressel’s impressive upset over Annika Sorenstam. Other winners for the U.S. yesterday included Juli Inkster, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Nicole Castrale.

The Americans won the last Solheim Cup in 2005, but this was only the second time they have won the Solheim Cup on foreign soil. The Soheim Cup began in 1990.