The peculiar frustration of match play is that the better it gets, the more of it you miss.

At Bernardus, Solheim Cup Radio is being used to tackle exactly that problem, with live English-language commentary following every match of the 2026 contest from 11–13 September.

For the first Solheim Cup staged in the Netherlands, the host venue is introducing the first dedicated live radio service in the event’s history. It is a modest idea on paper. On a golf course, where several matches can generate several separate dramas hundreds of yards apart, it makes rather more sense.

Eight reporters for a tournament that refuses to stand still

A 15-person team will produce the coverage, including eight reporters positioned around Bernardus. Their job is not merely to announce scores but to catch the swings in momentum that make team match play compelling — the putt that changes the mood, the mistake that suddenly matters, the roar heard two holes away.

Former Tour players Dewi-Claire Schreefel and Katie Burnett are among the on-course reporters, bringing the useful advantage of having actually played professional golf rather than merely developed strong opinions about it.

Radio presenter Robbert Meeder, whose broadcasting credits include Radio 1 and the Tour de France, will serve as the official presenter. Several members of the production team have also worked together on radio coverage from major golf tournaments.

The useful bit for spectators at Bernardus

Anyone who has followed a team event on foot knows the compromise. Stay with one match and you risk missing the wider contest; chase every development and you may spend more time walking than watching.

Bernardus is aiming to bridge that gap. Spectators can listen while moving around the course, with the broadcast relaying developments from elsewhere. The studio itself will sit in the Fan Village, where visitors can watch the production team at work.

Edwin Vermaas, Marketing Manager at Bernardus, said: “The radio allows spectators on site to stay connected to the action across the entire course, while also giving those who are unable to watch on television the opportunity to follow every match and experience the excitement from inside the ropes, live from Bernardus.”

It is also a broadcast for people nowhere near the course

The service is not limited to ticket-holders. Fans elsewhere can listen through the Solheim Cup website and Bernardus Golf website, with coverage beginning when the first match starts and continuing until play finishes each day.

That matters because radio offers something television cannot always provide: freedom from the screen. It can sit alongside a commute, a round of golf or an afternoon spent pretending to do something more productive.

The concept has already had a smaller rehearsal. Bernardus used the service during the PING Junior Solheim Cup, generating around 4,000 listening sessions, many from overseas.

A proper test arrives with the Solheim Cup

Meeder described the project as “the most exciting golf radio project I have ever worked on” and said the junior event had already attracted listeners from around the world.

Now comes the harder assignment. The senior Solheim Cup brings more scrutiny and a much larger audience. The challenge will be making a sprawling contest coherent without sanding away the chaos that gives it life.

If Bernardus gets that balance right, the most interesting part of Solheim Cup Radio may not be that it is a first. It may be that, for an event built on simultaneous pressure, golf radio feels less like a novelty than something the Solheim Cup should probably have had years ago.

To listen live, head to: bernardusgolf.com/solheimcupradio/