The USA is favored to do something this week that the country's best female golfers haven't achieved since 2017 - win the Solheim Cup.
The American team is set with favorite's odds of -135 in the opening Solheim Cup odds. You'll get a betting line of +135 if you wager on the European team to carry off the top team trophy in women's golf.
In picking the USA, the golf betting lines are counting on Europe's grip on the cup to be slipping away. European golfers won the Solheim Cup in 2019 and 2021. The most recent match in this biennial event saw the competition end in a 14-14 draw. If you happen to think another draw is in the works this year, you'll get +1200 odds on that outcome at the top golf betting sites.
The Solheim Cup is a three-day event slated for September 13-15 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia. If you're in Virginia and looking to place a wager on the Solheim Cup, check out all the best Virginia betting sites available to you to get that wager down. And if you're someone who is constantly on the go, we've still got you covered. Check out our list of the best sports betting apps that will let you get that Solheim Cup bet down no matter where you are situated during the course of your day.
Solheim Cup Format
The first two days of Solheim Cup competition consist of four sets of four-ball competition and four sets of foursomes.
First day betting markets are favoring the USA at a betting line of -105 to be leading the Solheim Cup following Day 1 action. The American team is set as the +125 chalk to win the first day foursomes and the +140 favorite to emerge with the win from the Day 1 four-ball competition.
The third and final day is all about straight up singles match play. There will be 12 separate singles matches contested.
In total, 28 points are up for grabs over the three days of golfing.
Americans Suiting Up Deep Lineup
Looking at the Women's World Golf Rankings, it's no wonder that the best bets are backing the USA in the Solheim Cup golf betting odds. The top two players in the world rankings are both Americans.
Nelly Korda (12.32) is atop the charts. Right behind her is fellow American Lilia Vu (7.97).
You have to go all the way down to the 10th place in the rankings to find the first European. That's France's Celine Boutier (4.74). However, you'll be passing by another American en route to her. Rose Zhang (4.86) sits in ninth spot.
Likewise, if you check out the money winnings list on the LPGA Tour, it's also dominated by an American presence. Korda ($3,601,630) is first, while Vu ($1,985,489) is sixth overall. Lauren Coughlin (seventh, $1,943,347) and Ally Ewing (eighth, $1,844,846) are also among the top-10 on the money-earning list.
The top European is Sweden's Maja Stark. She's 15th overall with a bankroll of $1,252,558.
Golf Betting Lines Projecting Close Competition
The last three Solheim Cups all were tight finishes. As noted above, the competition would end in a 14-14 tie when last contested in 2023.
Europe would post a close 15-13 victory in 2021. And in 2019, things would finish up even tighter. The European margin of victory in that Solheim Cup was 14.5-13.5.
Oddsmakers seem to be anticipating a similar finish in the golf odds set for this year's event. In an overall correct points prop at Bovada Sportsbook, a 14.5-13.5 USA victory is the betting co-favorite at odds of +1100. You can also access a betting line of +1100 on a 15-13 victory by the Americans.
Settling for another 14-14 tie is set at +1200 in the golf betting odds. Europe winning by 14.5-13.5 or 15-13 can both be had for odds of +1400.
The chalk in a winning margin prop at a betting line of +350 is USA by 1-3 points.
Plenty Of Solheim Cup Action On Korda
As the world's No. 1 player, naturally there's lots of available action in Solheim Cup prop betting on Korda.
She is the +1100 favorite to be the golfer who records the winning point or half point that determines the final outcome of the event. Korda is also set as the +1600 chalk to collect the maximum five points that a player can contribute to their team's cause. Second choice in this betting market at odds of +2800 is Vu.
In a hole in one prop play, it's also Korda who is favored to deliver the goods. She's set with a betting line of +10000 to record an ace during the Solheim Cup competition. Zhang, Vu and England's Charley Hull of the European team are all next in this betting market at odds of +12500.
USA Solheim Cup Best Bet
There's simply too much depth on the USA squad to doubt that this will be the year that the Americans finally bring to a halt to their Solheim Cup drought.
You can even choose to wager on the USA in a no draw play. However, this will shorten your odds to -165.
There are 19 of 24 players returning from last year's Solheim Cup. The reason it's being held in successive years is to make up for the competition that was missed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neither side has ever held possession of the Solheim Cup through four successive competitions. The Americans are talking about unfinished business. Indeed, it was Korda who lost in singles play in the final match to Spain's Carlota Ciganda, resulting in the 14-14 tie.
Look for her - and the USA - to make amends for that failure.
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