“I hit it pretty well off the tee, so I was always in the fairway and in a good position to put pressure on from the beginning,” said de la Fuente. “With how tight the scoreboard was today, one point can make a difference in winning the Cup.”

Team USA’s Anna Davis recorded a hole in one on the par-3, 175-yard 16th hole (seventh hole of Match 48) against Team International’s Paula Martín Sampedro.

“I haven’t had a hole in one since I was about eight years old,” Davis said. The 10-year drought is over!” 

Crowd favorite Mary Kelly Mulcahy used five birdies en route to her 2&1 victory over Ireland and Team International’s Kate Lanigan in Match 42.

“I got down a couple early but stayed mentally confident,” said Mulcahy. “I think that I was the strongest mentally today of the entire week.”

Mulcahy, the University of Findlay’s first Palmer Cup participant who set the program and Great Midwest Conference record for single-season scoring average in 2023-24, is the first non-Division I selection in Palmer Cup history to go undefeated (4-0).

“I’ve been working towards getting here for months and believed that I prepared the right way,” she continued. “Knowing that, I was able to come here with confidence and just enjoy the experience.” 

The win was USA’s first on international soil since 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France, and second since 2010 at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.