In summary

  • Kupcho sank a 91-foot birdie putt on the 17th before another mighty putt on 18 to snatch an improbable win for the US pair over Ciganda and Boutier.
  • Europe had built a two-point lead after Saturday's morning foursomes, with Stark and Grant, Maguire and Henseleit, and Rhodes and Nadaud all winning points.
  • Charley Hull and Lottie Woad's struggles continued as they crashed 6&5 to Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin, having also lost 1up in the fourballs.

Europe had built a two-point lead after the morning foursomes on Saturday and looked strong favourites to retain that advantage as the final quartet approached the closing holes.

However, Kupcho had other ideas, draining a birdie putt from 91 feet on the 17th to bring her and team-mate Lindy Duncan level against Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier going to the 18th.

Ciganda had been the hero of the opening day for Europe when she emerged from the rough to somehow secure a half on the final hole and ensure the two teams would be locked at 4-4 overnight.

 
 
 
 
 
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However, she failed to repeat the feat on Saturday, missing a birdie putt to keep Europe's hard-earned lead intact, before Kupcho produced another mighty putt from the edge of the green to snatch an improbable victory for the US pair.

Europe had made a big move in the morning session, with Maja Stark and Linn Grant teaming up to beat Allisen Corpuz and Nelly Korda 3&2 before Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit won two of the final three holes to beat Kupcho and Rose Zhang.

A third European point came from Mimi Rhodes and Nastasia Nadaud, who dominated Andrea Lee and Auston Kim 4&3, but the woes of Europe's high-profile pairing of Charley Hull and Lottie Woad continued, as they crashed 6&5 to Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin.

Questions may be asked about European captain Anna Nordqvist's persistence with Hull and Woad as a partnership after they also fell in the fourballs, losing 1up to Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee.

Zhang and Auston Kim beat Nadaud and Leona Maguire and what turned out to be Europe's only point of the afternoon session was carved out by Stark and Grant, who beat Americans Megan Khang and Coughlin 2&1.

Attention swung to the increasingly dramatic finale being played in the remaining match and Kupcho's pair of monster putts which sent her team-mates dancing across the green in celebration.