TOLEDO, Ohio – As controversy swirled around the Inverness Club on Saturday afternoon, a feeling of familiarity followed. These spats and flaps are as much a part of the Solheim Cup as high-fives and first-tee jitters.
As Nelly Korda and Madelene Sagstrom wrapped up their controversial four-ball match, Beth Daniel reminisced about an episode that took place in 1992 at Dalmahoy in Scotland, when she and Betsy King called for a squeegee from just off the green. Laura Davies and Alison Nicholas said that wasn’t allowed, that they needed to be on the green.
As Daniel and King waited for a second opinion, Laura Davies said she’d go ahead and hit, though Daniel said she wasn’t away. When Nicholas told the Americans to “shut it,” King got fiery mad at her good friend.
Daniel said it was ultimately a misunderstanding, but tempers flared.
Controversy has followed the Solheim Cup since the beginning. Here’s a closer look at some of the event’s biggest blowups:
