This victory spreads optimism not only in European women's golf.

On Monday, the American holiday Labor Day, the European selection won the Solheim Cup against Team USA by 15:13.

It was only the second time after 2013 that the "Euros" won on American soil, this time at the Inverness Golf Club in Toledo (Ohio).

On the traditional course in the Midwest, Europe achieved its eleventh victory in the 17th edition of the female version of the Ryder Cup.

It was the fourth in the last six duels - an indication that the American dominance has ended.

The twelve women from England (3), Sweden (2), Denmark (2), Ireland, Germany, France, Spain and Finland won, although their opponents were mostly ranked higher in the world rankings.

They prevailed with a start-to-finish victory, although they had to do without any fan support due to the travel restrictions for Europeans.

The Europeans were not deterred by 130,000 American sports fans, led by two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson.

High-class golf at the spectacle

This coup should give courage to the men of the Old Continent.

They are coming to Wisconsin for the Ryder Cup competition September 26-28 and will have to defend their success under similar conditions.

There was praise from colleagues on social media.

The English Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter posted on Twitter: “It's something special to see how well your girl plays and does the job on foreign soil.

A great inspiration. "

On the three days in glorious sunshine, the women from both continents not only offered top-class golf.

The prestige duel, which has been held since 1990, has now become a spectacle thanks to the balance of the teams, which is in no way inferior to the male variant.

16 of the total of 28 matches in match play only ended on the very last hole.

It was precisely on this 18th that the Europeans sank the decisive putts. In the seventh individual, Matilda Castren pushed the ball into the hole from just under two meters, defeating the experienced American Lizette Salas with "1 up" (one more hole won). The 26-year-old Finn won the 14th point that Europe, as defending champion, would have been enough to take home with the trophy.

Two years ago, the then 38-year-old Norwegian Suzann Pettersen punched the putt to victory on the Centenary Course of the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder (Scotland). This time it was a "rookie" with Matilda Castren, one of the four newcomers to the team. She had to go the most unusual route into the team. The native New Yorker, who now lives in San Diego, won a tournament in June as a "rookie" on the LPGA Tour. To become a member of the Ladies European Tour, a condition for the nomination for the European selection, she traveled to her Finnish homeland in July. She won the Gant Ladies Open there. So the Scottish captain Catriona Matthews was able to give her one of her “captain's picks”.

Of the four European rookies, Leona Maguire, the first Irish woman to compete in the Solheim Cup, was particularly impressive. She was the only one of the 24 players to play in all five "sessions", remained undefeated and was by far the most successful player with four and a half points. Leona Maguire, who had headed the amateur rankings for a record time of 135 weeks before moving to the professional camp in 2018, won the first point for with her sovereign 5 & 4 victory (five more holes won with four still to be played) against Jennifer Kupcho on Monday Europe.

She was then celebrated by her teammates who chanted "MVP" for Most Valuable Player. "Hopefully now the whole world knows how good Leona is," said the Englishwoman Mel Reid, who had contributed to the fact that Europe was 9: 7 ahead of the singles in the joint foursome (that's the name of the doubles in Gulf). Madelene Sagström (Sweden) and Celine Boutier (France) with their wins against Ally Ewing and Mina Harigue as well as Anna Norqvist (Sweden) and the Danish Nanna Koerstz Madsen with the draw against Lexi Thompson and Austin Ernst extended the lead to 13: 9.

The foundation stone for the grand entrance was laid.

Afterwards, the Spaniard Carlotta Ciganda, the German Sophia Popov, the English Charley Hull and Mel Reid lost.

But since the Danish Emily Pedersen finished her game against world number eight Danielle Kang with a win in the final singles on the last hole, the threatened draw turned into a triumph.

For Emily Pedersen it was also a success through her fiancé Olly Brett, who works as a caddy for her opponent.

But that also shows how closely the “Euros” are now connected to the Americans.

Almost all of them live and work in the United States.

Or as Mel Reid put it: "The days when we looked at American women with awe are long gone."