Alison Lee started the 2026 LPGA Tour season within the broadcast sales space whereas on maternity depart after giving delivery to her son in April of final yr. The 31-year-old incomes a spot on the U.S. Solheim Cup workforce was outstanding in and of itself, however what she completed for the crimson, white, and blue towards the Europeans within the Netherlands was beautiful.
Lee teed it up in three of the primary 4 classes on the biennial occasion, and cruised to victories in her two foursome matches and one fourball match throughout the opening two days. She was the second American to tee off to start Sunday’s singles session, and whereas it shortly appeared she had run out of steam, she reminded the world that issues are usually not at all times as they seem.
Lee performed her first 11 holes at 1-over par and stepped onto the twelfth tee 4-down in her match towards Europe’s Esther Henseleit at Bernardus Golf. No participant within the 36-year historical past of the competitors had erased a deficit of that measurement in a singles match, but someway, a way, the “Crew Mother” discovered a unique gear and rewrote the historical past books.
Alison Lee of Crew United States tees off on the fifth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Solheim Cup 2026 at Bernardus Golf on September 11, 2026 in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. (Picture by Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs) (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)
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Henseleit taking part in the ultimate seven holes of Sunday’s match at 2-over helped Lee’s comeback effort, however the American nonetheless needed to get the ball within the gap, and that she did.
Lee performed the ultimate seven holes at 4-under, and didn’t simply go on to tie the match and safe a half level for the U.S., however she earned a full level with birdies on two of her remaining three holes.
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Lee grew to become the primary participant to robotically qualify for the U.S. Solheim Cup workforce after giving delivery since Corridor of Famer Juli Inkster did the identical in 2011.
Alison Lee of Crew United States have fun after winnig her match on the 18th inexperienced in the course of the Sunday singles matches of the Solheim Cup 2026 at Bernardus Golf on September 13, 2026 in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. (Picture by Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs) (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)
The previous UCLA star didn’t make her first begin on the LPGA Tour till mid-April, upon her return from maternity depart, leaving her a really tight window of alternative to build up factors and even get on the radar of U.S. captain Angela Stanford.
Throughout her 12 begins on the LPGA Tour main as much as the Solheim Cup, Lee earned three top-10 finishes, together with a T-5 end on the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship in June.
Alison Lee of Crew United States celebrates a degree on the tenth inexperienced in the course of the Friday afternoon four-balls matches of the Solheim Cup 2026 at Bernardus Golf on September 11, 2026 in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. (Picture by Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs) (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)
Lee’s early victory on Sunday was one among only some shiny spots for the People on the ultimate day as Crew Europe in the end secured the victory due to England’s Lottie Woad defeating Auston Kim 2&1 within the eighth match of the afternoon.
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Lee was within the early levels of her being pregnant on the 2024 Solheim Cup, with solely U.S. captain Stacy Lewis, her four-ball accomplice Megan Khang, and her caddie being conscious of the foremost life information at first of the competitors. She earned one level for the People to assist safe a 15.5-12.5 victory.
Previous to Lee teeing it up in 2026, Suzann Pettersen, a captain’s choose for Crew Europe in 2019, was the final mother to play for both facet within the occasion. She received the cup for the Europeans in dramatic vogue and instantly retired.
