2026 Solheim Cup: Dates, Golf Course

The 2026 Solheim Cup will be the 20th time this competition is played. It features two teams of women professional golfers from the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, one representing the United States, the other Europe. The tournament is played every two years, currently in even-numbered years.

The all-time standings, through the 2024 competition, are 11 wins for Team USA, seven wins for Team Europe, plus one tie.

2026 Solheim Cup dates: September 11-13, 2026
Golf course: Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, North Brabant, Netherlands
Team captains: Not yet announced
Defending champion: Team USA won the 2024 Solheim Cup over Team Europe by a score of 15.5 to 12.5.
Ticket info: Not yet available. But you can register on the official tournament website to receive updates.

• List of all previous Solheim Cup captains
• Results: Scores of every Solheim Cup match played
• What happens if the Solheim Cup ends in a tie?

Team Selection

Both teams, Europe and USA, will include 12 golfers. The roster of players won't be finalized until several weeks prior to the 2026 Solheim Cup. Both teams' rosters will be based, in part, on points lists and world rankings beginning after the conclusion of the 2024 competition.

It is up to each team to determine how, specifically, its players are selected, and the selection criteria tends to be tweaked anew for each Solheim Cup. But in 2024, this was the criteria for each side:

• Team Europe: All golfers must have Ladies European Tour membership. Team Europe was comprised of the top two golfers on the LET Solheim Cup Points list; the top six golfers in the world rankings; plus four captain's picks.
• Team USA: All golfers must be LPGA Tour members. Team USA was comprised of the top seven players on the U.S. Solheim Cup points list; the next top two golfers from the world rankings; plus three captain's picks.

(Related: Do Solheim Cup players and captains get paid?)

2026 Solheim Cup Golf Course: Bernardus Golf

Bernardus Golf, near Eindhoven, Netherlands, is the first Dutch golf course to host the Solheim Cup. The course opened recently, in 2018, with American Kyle Phillips the golf course architect. It is a par-72, heathland layout.

The Solheim Cup is the first of the golf world's premiere events (majors, international team tournaments) played at Bernardus Golf. But it was the site of the European Tour's KLM Open (aka the Dutch Open) in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The winners in those years were, respectively, Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Perez and Pablo Larrazabal.

Competition Format

Played over three days (Friday-Saturday), with specific dates still to be determined:

• Day 1: One session of four foursomes matches, and another session of four fourball matches, 8 points total at stake.
• Day 2: One session of four foursomes matches, and another session of four fourball matches, 8 points total at stake.
• Day 3: 12 singles (one vs. one) matches, 12 points at stake.

The team that won the previous Solheim Cup needs to score 14 points to hold the Cup; the team that lost the previous Solheim Cup must score 14½ points to win the Cup.