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The first Solheim Cup
Europe and the United States met in a new team competition for women professionals. The Solheim Cup grew into one of golf’s fiercest and most beloved rivalries.
The first contest took place at Lake Nona in Florida, where the United States defeated Europe. Its match-play format and national identities gave women professionals a stage for team rivalries, dramatic singles and enduring partnerships.
The competition gave women the kind of transatlantic team stage that had become essential to men's golf. Its later editions made the rivalry one of the sport's great events.