America's best player at Solheim Cup is lone golfer of 11 in LPGA field this week to miss the cut
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Just four days removed from a dramatic international competition there were 11 players from the Solheim Cup – eight Europeans, three Americans – teeing it up in the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship near Cincinnati.
After 36 holes, 10 of those 11 made the cut. What Solheim Cup fatigue?
The lone player to not make the weekend was the most successful one at the Solheim Cup. Rose Zhang, just the eighth different player and only the third different American in Solheim Cup history to finish 4-0-0 or better, shot 73-71 to finish even par and miss the cut by a shot. Her Friday 71 featured two eagles over the span of three holes – the par-6 sixth and the par-5 eighth – but it was a double bogey on the par-4 15th that was ultimately the deciding factor.
The other two Americans from last week’s biennial competition playing this week at TPC River’s Bend is Nelly Korda, who is tied for 15th (67-70) and Lexi Thompson, tied for 52nd (71-71). The top player from Europe so far this week is Anna Nordqvist, who shot 71-65 and is tied for eighth.
| Pos. | Golfer | Solheim Cup team | Score |
| T-8 | Anna Nordqvist | Europe | 8 under |
| T-8 | Albane Valenzuela | Europe | 8 under |
| T-15 | Nelly Korda | U.S. | 7 under |
| T-23 | Leona Maguire | Europe | 6 under |
| T-23 | Madelene Sagstrom | Europe | 6 under |
| T-33 | Charley Hull | Europe | 4 under |
| T-47 | Linn Grant | Europe | 3 under |
| T-52 | Georgia Hall | Europe | 2 under |
| T-52 | Esther Henseleit | Europe | 2 under |
| T-52 | Lexi Thompson | U.S. | 2 under |
| T-77 | Rose Zhang* | U.S. | even |
The cut was 1 under. Along with Zhang, these notables are getting the weekend off: Aditi Ashok, Danielle Kang, Mina Harigae, Emma Talley, Amy Yang, Sophia Popov and 16-year-old Gianna Clemente, an Ohio-area junior golfer who was in the field on a sponsor exemption.
