CUP RUNNETH OVER: Italian runner Devis Licciardi

Scotland's Catriona Matthew made history as she secured the half Europe needed to win the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time with an emphatic 18-10 victory in Colorado.

DANIELLE MCVEIGH produced a brilliant singles performance in Boston last night to clinch a splendid Curtis Cup point but it was all in vain as Great Britain and Ireland’s woeful record in the bi-ennial transatlantic clash goes on.