ST LEON-ROT, Germany, Sept 20 (Reuters) - United States captain Juli Inkster lambasted the European team over the unsavoury incident that cast a huge dark shadow over the 14th Solheim Cup on Sunday.
Controversy erupted when Alison Lee and Brittany Lincicome lost their fourball match carried over from Saturday night by two holes to Charley Hull and Suzann Pettersen at the St Leon-Rot club in south-west Germany.
With the contest all square, 20-year-old rookie Lee believed her 16-inch putt had been conceded by the European pair on the 17th green and when she scooped the ball up, the match referee had no choice but to award the hole to Hull and Pettersen.