Europe's Laura Davies overtook Annika Sorenstam to become the all-time Solheim Cup record points scorer at Killeen Castle on Saturday.Playing in her 12th Solheim Cup, the four-time major winner teamed up with Melissa Reid in the final fourball session to beat Americans Brittany Lang and Michelle Wie 4 and 3.
"It's nice to finally get past Annika who obviously has a spectacular record," Davies said.
Davies has now won 24 1/2 points from 45 matches with 22 wins, 18 losses and five halved matches. Sorenstam won 24 points from 37 matches in eight Solheim Cups.
Juli Inkster is the record points earner for the United States with 18.
"Obviously, the more you play in it, the more points you should have," said Davies, who has played in every Solheim Cup match.
"So as I've played in all of them, if I didn't have the most points, it would be a bit embarrassing ... Now I can go out there and not worry about 'oh, I want to beat the record because I might never be here again'."
The win by Davies and Reid gave Europe an 8-5 lead before the U.S. staged a dramatic rally to win the afternoon fourball session 3-1 and tie 8-8 ahead of Sunday's 12 singles matches in the Solheim Cup.
The United States traditionally dominates the individual matches and has won eight of the previous 11 singles sessions.
"Well, we've messed up the singles so many times," Davies said. "This time we need to go out there and not worry."
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