U.S. win Solheim Cup amid controversy in Germany

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By Tony Jimenez ST LEON-ROT, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. captain Juli Inkster had urged her players to "stomp on" Europe and they carried out the instructions to a tee, fighting back to win a controversial Solheim Cup match on Sunday. The home team went into the last 12 singles holding a 10-6 lead, following unsavory scenes over the non-concession of a short American putt in the fourballs carried over from Saturday, but the U.S. rallied spectacularly to triumph by 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 points. The Americans were enraged when Alison Lee and Brittany Lincicome lost to Charley Hull and Suzann Pettersen by two holes on a sunny day at the St Leon-Rot club in south-west Germany.

 

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