Afrigather Lexi Thompson, Jennifer Kupcho and Sarah Schmelzel have been introduced because the captain’s picks for Crew USA within the Solheim Cup, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Thompson is stepping again from full-time golf on the finish of this season however will characterize America towards Crew Europe.
Crew USA already incorporates the main seven gamers within the Solheim Cup factors standings, based mostly on incomes factors from LPGA Tour occasions, with the subsequent two out there gamers on this planet rankings and three captain’s picks finishing the workforce.
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Following the announcement that Georgia Corridor will characterize Crew Europe within the
Solheim Cup 2024, workforce captain Suzann Pettersen says that Corridor is ‘a superb competitor’.
“Lexi was in all probability the simplest decide to make of those three, along with her expertise. I do know what Lexi can do at a Solheim Cup and that positively helped her get a decide,” mentioned Crew USA Captain Stacy Lewis.
“She’s any person who’s going to assist the workforce out so much, on the golf course and likewise off. Together with her expertise, all people on the workforce’s going to be watching what she does to attempt to study from her. I’m very pleased to have Lexi again.”
Thompson mentioned: “It means the world to me. To have the ability to characterize my nation, it is the very best honor that you would be able to presumably have.
“To be there once more this 12 months, particularly stateside, it is a dream come true. To have the ability to play alongside my teammates and underneath my captains and assistant captains, it is every little thing I might ask for.”
World No 1 Nelly Korda has six victories on the LPGA Tour this season and is considered one of seven computerized qualifiers through the US Solheim Cup Crew factors standings, with Lilia Vu, Lauren Coughlin, Ally Ewing, Allisen Corpuz, Megan Khang and Andrea Lee finishing that record.
Rose Zhang and Alison Lee qualify through the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings.
The largest workforce event in girls’s golf takes place at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Gainesville, Virginia and begins on Friday September 13 and finishes on Sunday September 15, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
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Emily Pedersen says that representing Crew Europe on the Solheim is ‘the spotlight of my profession’.
Crew Europe nonetheless has the trophy after a dramatic 14-14 attract final September’s contest at Finca Cortes in in Spain, following on from a slender win at Gleneagles in 2019 and profitable defence on American soil in 2021.
There have been 18 editions of the Solheim Cup since its inception in 1990, with Crew USA popping out on prime on 10 events, whereas Europe have gained seven of them and the 2023 contest being the one tie.
Dream swansong for Thompson?
Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Weir: “No shock in any respect to see that Lexi Thompson was one of many picks. I believe that was a whole no-brainer. She’s been ever current within the Solheim Cup since 2013. This might be her seventh.
“It could be an ideal dream swansong for Lexi if she was to bow out having gained one other Solheim Cup.
“She’s sort of the right-hand lady for Stacy Lewis. She is any person she will depend on and can convey a lot wanted expertise.
“Jennifer Kupcho joins the workforce as effectively, she’s been within the final two groups. Strong, dependable participant, a serious champion, you recognize what you are going to get from Kupcho.
“Sarah Schmelzel might be a rookie. She turned professional eight years in the past, she got here on the radar of the US workforce a few years in the past. A extremely constant participant, glorious ball striker, a really stable regular participant.
“I believe three pretty easy picks.”
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Emily Pedersen says that representing Crew Europe on the Solheim is ‘the spotlight of my profession’.
Crew USA line up
Nelly Korda
Lilia Vu
Lauren Coughlin
Ally Ewing
Allisen Corpuz
Megan Khang
Andrea Lee
Rose Zhang
Alison Lee
Lexi Thompson
Jennifer Kupcho
Sarah Schmelzel
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