{"id":844295,"date":"2026-09-11T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/844295\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:28:29","slug":"2026-solheim-cup-how-temporary-bridge-couldve-altered-friday-foursomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/844295\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Solheim Cup: How temporary bridge could’ve altered Friday foursomes"},"content":{"rendered":"

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands \u2013 While it ended up insignificant, Celine Boutier\u2019s T.I.O. relief at the 16th hole on Friday morning at the Solheim Cup<\/a> could\u2019ve potentially been momentous.<\/p>\n

Boutier\u2019s European teammate Nanna Koerstz Madsen had just blown her drive right of the creek that runs along the par-5 16th fairway at Bernardus Golf, and somehow her ball stayed on the bank, though in the penalty area on the gallery side of the hole.<\/p>\n

The Europeans \u2014 two down at the time \u2014 received a huge break. <\/p>\n

Boutier, playing the next shot in the foursomes format, was granted free, line-of-sight relief from a temporary pedestrian bridge constructed next to a small, permanent crossing about 170 yards from the hole. The bridge, considered a temporary immovable obstruction, had about 4-foot-high railings covered with mesh. It was a reasonable issue for Boutier, who was about 40 yards back from the bridge \u2014 down on the bank, ball above her feet, and facing a gnarly lie.<\/p>\n

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According to Model Local Rule F-23, free relief from T.I.O.\u2019s, whether by physical interference or line of sight, is available when the ball lies in a penalty area or when the T.I.O. is out of bounds. However, the relief area \u201cmust be in that \u2026 penalty area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe closest point happened to be on the other side,\u201d said Boutier, who dropped on the left side of the creek, on a much flatter lie and with her ball looking like it was almost on a tee after she was allowed to place it following unsuccessful drop attempts.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for the Europeans, they couldn\u2019t capitalize on their good fortune. Boutier still had to lay up, and Madsen later whiffed on a 5-footer for par that handed the hole and the match to their American counterparts, Lauren Coughlin and Alison Lee.<\/a><\/p>\n

The first session was split, 2-2<\/a>, though who knows what would\u2019ve happened had the Europeans tied or even won the 16th hole.<\/p>\n

Later in the lunch line in media dining, a few rules officials were bemoaning the location of the bridge, which could factor into this Solheim Cup again.<\/p>\n

Maybe then someone will take advantage.<\/p>\n

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The Solheim Cup comes to Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands as Europe and the U.S. battle for glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CROMVOIRT, Netherlands \u2013 While it ended up insignificant, Celine Boutier\u2019s T.I.O. relief at the 16th hole on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-844295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}