Champion the United States maintained its unbeaten record on American soil when it retained the Solheim Cup against Europe on Sunday with a sparkling display in the last-day singles. Needing 14 points to keep possession of the prestigious trophy, the home team secured the decisive point when Morgan Pressel beat Swede Anna Nordqvist 3&2 in the penultimate match at a sun-baked Rich Harvest Farms. Pressel never trailed in her encounter and sealed victory when Nordqvist was unable to get up and down to save par from greenside rough at the 171-yard 16th. The Americans, tied 8-8 with Europe overnight, won the first point of the day when Angela Stanford crushed Britain's Becky Brewerton 5&4 in the second match out. Stanford never trailed after winning the opening hole with a birdie three and she wrapped up victory by knocking in a six-foot birdie putt at the par-four 14th. Soon after, world No. 4 Paula Creamer earned the Americans their 10th point with a commanding 3&2 win over sixth-ranked Norwegian Suzann Pettersen in the top match. Creamer drained a 30-foot birdie putt at the par-four 10 to take the lead for the first time before tightening her grip. Creamer extended her perfect record in Cup singles matches to 3-0. Cup rookie Michelle Wie followed suit with a one-up victory over veteran Helen Alfredsson after a fluctuating battle of high quality. Britain's Catriona Matthew earned Europe's first point of the day by beating Cup rookie Kristy McPherson 3&2 before the US gained an unexpected boost when Brittany Lang halved her match with Laura Davies. Lang had been three down with eight holes remaining but held her nerve down the stretch to claw her way back, securing the half with a birdie at the last. Brittany Lincicome beat Swede Sophie Gustafson 3&2 and 49-year-old Juli Inkster came from three down after 13 holes to halve her match with Frenchwoman Gwladys Nocera and leave the US a point from retaining the trophy. Dyson wins 3-way playoff In the Netherlands, Britain's Simon Dyson claimed his second Dutch Open title in four years when he defeated Irishman Peter Lawrie and Sweden's Peter Hedblom in a sudden-death playoff Sunday. Dyson came from six strokes behind the overnight lead to card a seven-under-63 for a 15-under 265 four-round total and then birdied the first playoff hole to claim victory. While Lawrie (67) led by a stroke with just three holes to go and Hedblom (69) took a two stroke advantage into the final round, Dyson's course-record-equalling finale earned the 31-year-old Englishman the $430,000 first prize. An 18ft birdie putt when the playoff trio again played the 18th separated Dyson from his two opponents, who both missed the green and had to chip on. It was Dyson's third European Tour title and the second time he had clinched the Dutch Open by way of a playoff. In 2006 Dyson defeated Australian left-hander Richard Green. A flawless closing round in which he collected seven birdies enabled Dyson to move up the leaderboard. His eventual victory hinged on a 35ft birdie putt as late as the 17th hole but his thoughts of what seemed an unlikely success came much earlier. Garcia, Riley share lead In North Carolina, Sergio Garcia sank a 30-foot birdie putt at the 10th hole to tie Chris Riley for the lead before play was halted during the third round at the $5.1 million Wyndham Championship Saturday. Spaniard Garcia and American Riley were 13-under after 10 holes at soggy Sedgefield, which was saturated by an afternoon thunderstorm that dumped nearly an inch of rain and stopped play for three hours. Fred Couples (12 holes), Kevin Stadler (11 holes), Justin Rose (13 holes) and Steve Marino were within one stroke of the lead on 12-under. Marino, who carded seven-under-par 63, was one of 24 players who completed the round and will get to sleep in Sunday while 63 players were to resume at 0730 (1130 GMT).
