Solheim Cup 2026 Standings: Final Qualification Points
The Solheim Cup 2026 standings are closed. Both qualification windows have shut, both captains have made their picks, and all 24 players are at Bernardus Golf for the 11 to 13 September match.
This page sets out the final qualification points standings for Team USA and Team Europe: who came through on points, who came through on world ranking, and who missed out. These are the pre event standings that decided the teams. For live match scores, use the 2026 results page.
Checked again on 9 September 2026: both official team pages still list all 24 original names. There have been no withdrawals and no replacements. Angela Stanford confirmed on 8 September that Angel Yin is playing after her summer illness, with Lilia Vu travelling as the American alternate.
Jump to: At a glance | Team USA standings | Team Europe standings | How points were earned | World ranking route | All 24 players | Who missed out | FAQ
Solheim Cup 2026 Standings at a Glance
| Item | Team USA | Team Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Points list places | Top 7 | Top 2 |
| World ranking places | Next 2 | Next 6 |
| Captain’s picks | 3 | 4 |
| Qualifying opened | 2024 FM Championship | 2024 La Sella Open |
| Qualifying closed | CPKC Women’s Open, 23 Aug 2026 | AIG Women’s Open, 2 Aug 2026 |
| Picks announced | 24 Aug 2026, Angela Stanford | 3 Aug 2026, Anna Nordqvist |
| Points list leader | Nelly Korda | Charley Hull, 264.18 points |
| Decided in the last week | Alison Lee took the second ranking place from Lindy Duncan | Esther Henseleit passed Chiara Tamburlini by 0.9 points |
The two teams do not use the same maths. The United States loads most of its automatic places onto the points list. Europe loads most of its automatic places onto the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. The qualification guide explains why the two systems diverged.
Final Team USA Solheim Cup Points Standings
Seven players took automatic places from the points list. The window ran from the 2024 FM Championship to the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open, which finished on Sunday 23 August. Angela Stanford named her three picks the following morning.
| Points place | Player | How she made the team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | Points, clinched 2 June, the first American in |
| 2 | Angel Yin | Points |
| 3 | Jennifer Kupcho | Points |
| 4 | Yealimi Noh | Points, clinched at the Standard Portland Classic |
| 5 | Auston Kim | Points, clinched at the Standard Portland Classic |
| 6 | Lauren Coughlin | Points |
| 7 | Allisen Corpuz | Points, clinched the last points place on 22 August |
| 8 | Andrea Lee | World ranking, first of the two ranking places |
| 9 | Lindy Duncan | Captain’s pick |
| 11 | Megan Khang | Captain’s pick |
| 13 | Rose Zhang | Captain’s pick |
| 15 | Alison Lee | World ranking, second of the two ranking places |
Nelly Korda led the standings from the front and clinched on 2 June, more than eleven weeks before anyone else was safe. All three of Stanford’s picks came from just outside the automatic places, at 9th, 11th and 13th, so the captain did not reach far down the list.
The genuine late drama was on the ranking route rather than the points list. Lindy Duncan held the second Rolex world ranking place for close to two months, and lost it to Alison Lee on 17 August, a week before the deadline. Stanford then picked Duncan anyway. Alison Lee is the other outlier: she was on maternity leave for the majority of the qualification period, yet still finished 15th on points and came in through that second ranking place. Full player detail is on the Team USA page.
The last full U.S. points table the LPGA published
The LPGA runs its U.S. standings live through the qualification period and does not archive a final table, so no closing point totals for American players exist in public. The most recent complete numbered table it published ran through 8 June 2026, with roughly ten weeks of the window still to play.
| Place | Player | Points through 8 June 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | 3,053.00 |
| 2 | Angel Yin | 1,563.50 |
| 3 | Jennifer Kupcho | 1,309.50 |
| 4 | Yealimi Noh | 1,157.00 |
| 5 | Auston Kim | 1,074.00 |
| 6 | Allisen Corpuz | 1,059.50 |
| 7 | Lauren Coughlin | 1,042.50 |
| 8 | Lindy Duncan | 909.50 |
| 9 | Andrea Lee | 903.50 |
| 10 | Lucy Li | 758.50 |
| 11 | Megan Khang | 749.00 |
| 12 | Jenny Bae | 687.50 |
| 13 | Sarah Schmelzel | 579.00 |
| 14 | Lexi Thompson | 554.00 |
| 15 | Rose Zhang | 541.00 |
Two changes stand out between June and the close. Coughlin and Corpuz swapped 6th and 7th, and Rose Zhang climbed from 15th to 13th, which is roughly the move that turned her from an outside case into a comfortable pick. Korda’s lead is the other headline: more than 1,400 points clear of second with the summer still to come.
One trap worth naming. Several outlets list a “Solheim Cup points” figure beside each player, such as Korda on 10.5 points. Those are career Solheim Cup match points won in previous editions, not qualification points. The two numbers are unrelated.
Final Team Europe Solheim Cup Points Standings
Europe takes only its top two from the points list, which makes the numbers unusually tense. The window ran from the 2024 La Sella Open to the 2026 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes, which finished on 2 August. Anna Nordqvist announced her four picks the next afternoon.
Unlike the American list, the Ladies European Tour publishes its Solheim Cup points list in full. These are the closing standings, with the two automatic places shaded by the first two rows.
| Place | Player | Country | Points | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Hull | England | 264.18 | Qualified on points |
| 2 | Esther Henseleit | Germany | 134.00 | Qualified on points |
| 3 | Chiara Tamburlini | Switzerland | 133.10 | Missed by 0.9, not picked |
| 4 | Helen Briem | Germany | 132.00 | Missed by 2.0, not picked |
| 5 | Lottie Woad | England | 117.25 | In the team on world ranking |
| 6 | Agathe Laisné | France | 111.00 | Not selected |
| 7 | Cara Gainer | England | 104.63 | Not selected |
| 8 | Maja Stark | Sweden | 100.75 | In the team on world ranking |
| 9 | Sara Kousková | Czechia | 95.98 | Not selected |
| 10 | Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 88.38 | In the team on world ranking |
| 11 | Pia Babnik | Slovenia | 82.50 | Not selected |
| 12 | Mimi Rhodes | England | 81.69 | Captain’s pick |
| 13 | Leona Maguire | Ireland | 75.57 | Captain’s pick |
| 14 | Noora Komulainen | Finland | 74.60 | Not selected |
| 15 | Manon De Roey | Belgium | 70.63 | Not selected |
| 16 | Nastasia Nadaud | France | 70.50 | Captain’s pick |
Hull finished with almost double the points of anyone else. The Ladies European Tour credits her total to two wins inside the qualification period, including the 2026 PIF Saudi Ladies International, plus five further top 10 finishes.
How the last fortnight decided second place
Through the Amundi Evian Championship on 15 July, Esther Henseleit was not in the top six at all. Chiara Tamburlini sat second on 133.10 points and Helen Briem third on 132.00, just 1.10 behind her.
Henseleit then produced the two weeks that mattered. The LET credits both of them: outright fourth at the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, then runner-up at the AIG Women’s Open, where she lost a sudden death playoff to Shiho Kuwaki at the second extra hole after a closing bogey. That took her to 134.00 and past Tamburlini by exactly 0.9 of a point.
Tamburlini went into that final week holding the second automatic place. She shot 75 and 74 at Royal Lytham, missed the cut, and dropped to third. Briem missed the cut in the same week and finished fourth on 132.00. Neither was given a captain’s pick. The full squad is on the Team Europe page.
How the Qualification Points Were Earned
The two tours score their lists differently, which is why American totals and European totals are not comparable.
| Rule | Team USA | Team Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Who scores points | Top 40 at each ranking event | Top 10 at LET events |
| Co-sanctioned events | Counted as ranking events | Top 20 |
| Major championships | Points doubled | Top 20 |
| Solheim Cup year | All values increase by 50 percent | 2026 points double the 2024 and 2025 values |
The five majors that carry double points on the American list are the Chevron Championship, the U.S. Women’s Open, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the Amundi Evian Championship and the AIG Women’s Open.
Two practical effects follow. On the American side a major counts for a great deal, and 2026 results were worth half as much again as 2024 and 2025 results. On the European side, the top 20 band at majors and co-sanctioned events is what allows a player who competes mostly on the LPGA Tour, such as Charley Hull, to dominate an LET based list.
One caution for anyone comparing sources. Several secondary write ups, Wikipedia included, say the American list scores only the top 20 at each event. The official LPGA release says the top 40, and Wikipedia’s own cited source is the page that says 40.
World Ranking Standings, the Second Route In
Eight of the 24 players came in on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings rather than on points. For the United States that meant the two highest ranked Americans not already qualified. For Europe it meant the six highest ranked eligible Europeans not already qualified.
| Team | Ranking qualifiers, in order |
|---|---|
| USA, two places | Andrea Lee, Alison Lee |
| Europe, six places | Lottie Woad, Maja Stark, Céline Boutier, Carlota Ciganda, Linn Grant, Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
Andrea Lee held the first American ranking place for more than two months. The second changed hands late: Lindy Duncan occupied it for close to two months before Alison Lee climbed past her after the Standard Portland Classic. On the European side Lottie Woad was the highest ranked player in the whole squad and the only European rookie to qualify automatically.
Individual world ranking numbers move week to week and different outlets quote different figures for the same player in the same week, so we publish the qualification order rather than a rank per player.
All 24 Players and Where They Finished
| Player | Team | Points place | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelly Korda | USA | 1 | Points |
| Angel Yin | USA | 2 | Points |
| Jennifer Kupcho | USA | 3 | Points |
| Yealimi Noh | USA | 4 | Points |
| Auston Kim | USA | 5 | Points |
| Lauren Coughlin | USA | 6 | Points |
| Allisen Corpuz | USA | 7 | Points |
| Andrea Lee | USA | 8 | World ranking |
| Lindy Duncan | USA | 9 | Captain’s pick |
| Megan Khang | USA | 11 | Captain’s pick |
| Rose Zhang | USA | 13 | Captain’s pick |
| Alison Lee | USA | 15 | World ranking |
| Charley Hull | Europe | 1 | Points |
| Esther Henseleit | Europe | 2 | Points |
| Lottie Woad | Europe | 5 | World ranking |
| Maja Stark | Europe | 8 | World ranking |
| Carlota Ciganda | Europe | 10 | World ranking |
| Mimi Rhodes | Europe | 12 | Captain’s pick |
| Leona Maguire | Europe | 13 | Captain’s pick |
| Nastasia Nadaud | Europe | 16 | Captain’s pick |
| Céline Boutier | Europe | 28 | World ranking |
| Nanna Koerstz Madsen | Europe | 32 | World ranking |
| Linn Grant | Europe | 58 | World ranking |
| Julia López Ramírez | Europe | 59 | Captain’s pick |
Read down the European column and the design of the system becomes obvious. Céline Boutier at 28th, Nanna Koerstz Madsen at 32nd and Linn Grant at 58th on the LET points list are all in the team, because they rank highly in the world and play most of their golf on the LPGA Tour. A points list alone would have produced a very different European twelve. Both rosters sit side by side on the 2026 teams page.
Note on sourcing: Wikipedia’s 2026 Solheim Cup table lists Mimi Rhodes at 59th on the European points list, the same figure it gives Julia López Ramírez. The Ladies European Tour’s own published list has Rhodes 12th on 81.69 points, which is consistent with her three LET wins inside the qualification window. We follow the tour.
Who Missed Out on the Final Standings
- Chiara Tamburlini, Switzerland. Held the second automatic place going into the AIG Women’s Open, missed the cut there, and finished third by 0.9 of a point. Not picked.
- Helen Briem, Germany. Fourth on 132.00, two points short. She won the Open de France Dames in May but missed the cut at Royal Lytham and made only five cuts in 11 LPGA Tour starts.
- Agathe Laisné, France, and Cara Gainer, England. Sixth and seventh on the points list, both LET winners during the season, neither selected.
- Madelene Sagström, Sweden. A four time Solheim Cup player, in 2017, 2021, 2023 and 2024, unavailable while expecting her first child in September.
- Georgia Hall, England. A five time Solheim Cup player with a 10-9-2 record. She gave birth in February and returned to competition in May, but the form did not come back in time for a pick.
- Emily Kristine Pedersen, Denmark. A broken bone in her left wrist, diagnosed in early February, cost her most of the season. She made one cut on her return before the picks were made.
- Dewi Weber, Netherlands. The one true technicality. Ladies European Tour membership is required for both automatic qualification and a captain’s pick, and Weber does not hold it, so a T3 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship counted for nothing. She would have been the second Dutch player to appear, after Anne van Dam in 2019.
- Ingrid Lindblad and Albane Valenzuela. Both lost form during the qualification period.
On the American side, Jenny Bae was the highest ranked player not selected, followed by Ryann O’Toole, Jing Yan and Lucy Li. Kiara Romero also missed out. Lilia Vu, who holed out for the winning point in 2024, is not in the twelve but has travelled to Bernardus as the American alternate. Lexi Thompson, who has played in every edition since 2013, is absent and is expecting her first child.
What the Solheim Cup 2026 Standings Mean at Bernardus
Qualification standings are not a form guide, but two signals carry into the week.
The American top of the list is genuinely current. Korda arrives having won the 2026 Chevron Championship in April and the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open in June, back to back majors. Coughlin won the Aramco Championship by five shots at Shadow Creek in April. Five of the twelve have won on the LPGA Tour since the 2024 match ended: Korda, Yin, Kupcho, Noh and Coughlin.
Europe’s shape is different. Only two places were settled on points, so ten of the twelve were chosen on world ranking or by the captain. That is a team built on ranking strength and on Nordqvist’s judgement, with four rookies in it, rather than one built by a two year points grind.
The United States hold the trophy after winning 15.5 to 12.5 in 2024 and lead the series 11 to 7 with one tie. There are 28 points on offer. Europe need 14.5 to win the cup at Bernardus and the USA need 14 to retain it. Historical context is on the records page, and session times are on the 2026 schedule page.
One note for anyone tracking the next cycle. The LPGA has confirmed that points for the 2028 U.S. team started accruing as soon as the 2026 qualification period closed, so that race is already live. The 2028 match is at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky, from 8 to 10 September 2028.
Solheim Cup 2026 Standings FAQ
What are the final Solheim Cup 2026 standings?
Both qualification windows are closed. Team USA took seven players from its points list, two from the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and three captain’s picks. Team Europe took two from its points list, six from the world rankings and four captain’s picks. Nelly Korda topped the American list and Charley Hull topped the European one with 264.18 points.
Who topped the Solheim Cup 2026 points list?
Nelly Korda finished first on the U.S. Solheim Cup points standings and clinched her place on 2 June, well before any other American. Charley Hull finished first on the Ladies European Tour list with 264.18 points, almost double the total of the player in second.
How many players qualified on points in 2026?
Nine of the 24. Seven Americans came through the U.S. points list and two Europeans came through the LET points list. Eight more places went to world ranking qualifiers and seven to captain’s picks.
Who missed the 2026 Solheim Cup team by the smallest margin?
Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland. She held the second automatic European place going into the AIG Women’s Open, missed the cut there, and finished third on 133.10 points, 0.9 behind Esther Henseleit. She was not given a captain’s pick. Helen Briem was fourth on 132.00, two points short.
How are Solheim Cup qualification points earned?
On the American list, points go to the top 40 at each ranking event, double at the five majors, and every value increased by 50 percent in the Solheim Cup year. On the European list, points go to the top 10 at Ladies European Tour events and the top 20 at both co-sanctioned events and majors, with 2026 points worth double the 2024 and 2025 values.
Why does Team Europe take only two players from its points list?
Because most of Europe’s leading players compete mainly on the LPGA Tour, so an LET points list on its own would not select the strongest team. Celine Boutier finished 28th on the European points list and Linn Grant 58th, yet both are in the team on world ranking. Europe gives six automatic places to the highest ranked eligible Europeans instead, and the captain gets four picks.
Where did the captain’s picks finish in the standings?
Angela Stanford’s three picks came from just outside the automatic places, with Lindy Duncan ninth, Megan Khang 11th and Rose Zhang 13th on the U.S. points list. Anna Nordqvist’s four picks were Mimi Rhodes 12th, Leona Maguire 13th, Nastasia Nadaud 16th and Julia Lopez Ramirez 59th on the European list.
Why are there no U.S. qualification point totals?
The LPGA publishes the U.S. Solheim Cup standings live during the qualification period and does not keep a final archived table, and the official standings page is now empty. The last full numbered table it published ran through 8 June 2026, when Nelly Korda led on 3,053 points. Only the finishing positions are documented for the close of the window.
Solheim Cup 2026 Standings in Short
The Solheim Cup 2026 standings closed with Nelly Korda on top of the American points list and Charley Hull on top of the European one with 264.18 points. Seven Americans and two Europeans qualified on points, eight more came in through the world rankings, and seven captain’s picks completed the two teams.
The tightest line in the whole race was 0.9 of a point, the gap that put Esther Henseleit in and left Chiara Tamburlini out. With qualification settled, everything now turns on the golf: follow the match on the live results and leaderboard page, check tee times, or start from the Solheim Cup 2026 hub. Official criteria and standings are published by the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA.
Last updated: 9 September 2026