2019 Solheim Cup: Team Europe and USA profiles

Team Europe will attempt to regain the Solheim Cup when they take in Gleneagles, with Long coverage live on Sky Sports Golf.

Catriona Matthew’s negative are aiming to avoid a third consecutive defeat from Juli Inkster’s American group, who made a final-day comeback to win in 2015 and claimed a 16.5-11.5 success two years’ ago.
Europe have only won five of those 15 Solheim Cups since its inception but maintain a 100 percent record in Scotland, home of the year’s contest, together with the hosts searching for their first triumph in the event because winning with a record-breaking gross profit in 2013.
The action gets underway on Friday and now we have taken a look at both groups for its biennial contest…
Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
Age: 29
Caps: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Record: Won 5 Lost 4 Halved two
Europe’s top ranked player, Ciganda secured her place due to a consistent effort which generated seven top-10 endings, such as at AIG Women’s along with the Evian Championship British Open.
Georgia Hall (England)
Age: 23
Caps: 1 (2017)
Record: Won 2 Lost 3 Halved 0
Hall played five won a title the following year at the Women’s British Open and matches on her introduction at Des Moines.
Her single top 10 of this year came from the very first event.
Charley Hull (England)
Age: 23
Caps: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Record: Won 7 Lost 3 Halved 1
Hull produced her Solheim Cup debut as a 17-year-old wild card also has the greatest winning percentage (68.18) of some member of the European aspect, despite claiming only one win from three matches in 2017.
Caroline Hedwall (Sweden)
Age: 30
Caps: 3 (2011, 2013, 2015)
Record: Won 8 Lost Halved 1 to 4
Won seven of the nine games including five wins out of five in the victory in Colorado at 2013, in the Solheim Cup guaranteed Europe kept the trophy.
Caroline Masson (Germany)
Age: 30
Caps: 3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Record: Won 3 Lost 6 Halved 2
Masson made the cut all five championships in 2019, making the best until last with a tie for 11th in the Women’s British Open at Woburn.
2 and a half things were won by her onto her Solheim Cup debut in 2013 but just one and a half points out of her last two appearances.
Azahara Munoz (Spain)
Age: 31
Caps: 3 (2011, 2013, 2015)
Record: Won 4 Lost 6 Halved 1
As she struggled to take care of a thyroid issue, which left her low 27, the Spaniard missed out to a fourth appearance in 2017.
But she has enjoyed a effort, which comprised four top-10 finishes in her first six occasions.
Anna Nordqvist (Sweden)
Age: 32
Caps: 5 (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Record: Won 11 Lost Halved two to 7
Nordqvist is an experienced campaigner who travelled to the last qualifying event in Scotland only 0.01 points before Celine Boutier from the standings, however, made sure of her sixth look with a tie for 13th.
She had been sent out in the singles.
Anne Van Dam (Holland)
Age: 23
Caps: 0
The only newcomer to qualify automatically, the big-hitting Van Dam has won four times on the Ladies European Tour since 2016 and made certain of her place in the side with a tie for sixth in the final event.
Celine Boutier (France)
Age: 25
Caps: 0
Boutier narrowly missed out on an place but was an obvious selection given her performances in Women’s British Open and the Women’s US Open, where she finished fifth and sixth respectively.
Suzann Pettersen (Norway)
Age: 38
Caps: 8 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Record: Won 16 Lost Halved 6 to 11
Pettersen is a thing of a choice that is debatable having played – overlooking the cut both times – involving November 2017 along with the side being termed.
Despite missing through trauma, she was also the protagonist in a controversial episode in the 2015 defeat in Germany, but has experience.
Bronte Law (England)
Age: 24
Caps: 0
Ineligible because of not playing with enough LET occasions for qualification, Law won her LPGA Tour title getting lost out at a play-off inside her previous start.
She also compiled a 5-0 record at the 2016 Curtis Cup.
Jodie Ewart Shadoff (England)
Age: 31
Caps: 2 (2013, 2017)
Record: Won 3 Lost 4 Halved 0
Shadoff began this season with three top 10s in her first four starts but withdrew out of the Evian Championship using a back injury and underwent what was described as a”minor procedure” shortly before the team was announced.
Marina Alex
Age: 29
Caps: 0
Debutant Alex is brief of team competition experience besides her time at Vanderbilt University but made her way around to the group thanks largely for her first LPGA Tour win at the Cambia Portland Classic in 2018, where she finished four shots before runner-up Georgia Hall.
Brittany Altomare
Age: 28
Caps: 0
Altomare secured the berth through the US points list during the period with seven top 10s, including a runner-up finish in the 2017 Evian Championship.
She was a member of the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup team.
Danielle Kang
Age: 26
Caps: 1
Record: Won 3 Lost 1 Halved 0
Kang created an impressive Solheim Cup debut in 2017, winning three things from her four games, including a victory over Emily Pedersen in the last singles match, although the general outcome was decided by then.
Megan Khang
Age: 21
Caps: 0
Among five rookies Khang, from the group was undefeated in the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup in Germany since the United States won a contest 13-11.
She also recorded two top 10s in movies in 2019.
Jessica Korda
Age: 26
Caps: 1 )
Record: Won 1 Lost Halved 1 to 2
Korda returns into the Solheim Cup for the very first time since her debut in 2013. She was replaced by Paula Creamer and had been put to compete at Des Moines at 2017 but had been forced to withdraw because of injury.
Nelly Korda
Age: 21
Caps: 0
Nelly Korda joins her sister, Jessica, since the very first set of allies to compete to the US Solheim Cup team.
She secured a introduction in case with victories in Taiwan and Australia at the last two seasons after narrowly missing out on a wild card in 2017.
Annie Park
Age: 24
Caps: 0
Another rookie with good expertise in other group contests, Park led her team in the University of Southern California to the school’s third national championship in 2013.
She was a member of the Curtis Cup-winning club the following year.
Lizette Salas
Age: 30
Caps: 3
Record: Won 4 Lost 4 Halved two
Salas returns for the fourth consecutive Solheim Cup in exceptional form having completed runner-up in the AIG Women’s British Open and third at the CP Women’s Open.
She maintained three factors such as the winning point from the singles, at 2017.
Lexi Thompson
Age: 24
Caps: 3
Record: Won 5 Lost 2 Halved 4
Although only 24-years-old, Thompson is one of the veterans at the American side because she makes a fourth consecutive appearance, but she will require a new partner in Scotland as Cristie Kerr failed to create the team.
Angel Yin
Age: 20
Caps: 1
Record: Won 1 Lost 1 Halved 1
Yin was provided a captain’s pick in 2017 and partnered Salas to a 6&5 win over Carlota Ciganda and Emily Pedersen at the opening afternoon fourballs.
Her half line from Karine Icher from the singles ensured , because holders, the United States would maintain the trophy.
Stacy Lewis
Age: 34
Caps: 4
Record: Won 5 Lost 10 Halved 1
Wildcard Lewis was chosen for her encounter due to the number of rookies who qualified automatically.
She does not have a excellent record in the contest though and also missed the second half of the 2018 year due to the birth of her child.
Morgan Pressel
Age: 31
Caps: 5
Record: Won 10 Lost 7 Halved two
Pressel made her situation to get a wildcard with four top 10s at 2019, for example fourth place at the AIG Women’s British Open.
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