One of the best aspects of big team events like the Solheim Cup is that the score is always close until the very end. You always have at least a sliver of hope until you do not. That was true of this week's event in Des Moines, Iowa, in which the U.S. ended up winning 16.5 to 11.5 over Europe to capture its second consecutive Solheim Cup.
Early in the day, the European side put loads of blue and yellow on the scoreboard, and visions of a Medinah-like collapse for the U.S. team were in the peripheral. The thing about big Sunday comebacks (Europe trailed 10.