European Captain Liselotte Neumann chose to send out her \u201cSwedish Vikings\u201d in the first match of the 13th Solheim Cup as Europe defend the trophy and aim for a first win on US soil.<\/p>\n
Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall, both stars of the triumph at Killeen Castle in Ireland two years ago, will face Ricoh Women\u2019s British Open Champion Stacy Lewis and rookie Lizette Salas in an intriguing opening encounter.<\/p>\n
In the second match, Suzann Pettersen and Beatriz Recari take on Brittany Lang and Angela Stanford, while the all-British pair of Catriona Matthew and Jodi Ewart-Shadoff tackle Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda and the bottom tie is Azahara Munoz and Karine Icher versus Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer.<\/p>\n
Meg Mallon, the US Captain, stated that no one in her team will play in all five sessions, while she also intends to give everyone an outing on the opening day.<\/p>\n
Neumann was a little more reticent. \u201cWe will probably give everyone a rest, but I haven\u2019t quite decided,\u201d said the Swede. \u201cI would love to see everyone on the golf course tomorrow, but I\u2019ll wait and see what happens in the morning matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mallon has put out two of her four rookies in the opening session \u2013 Salas and Korda \u2013 while Recari and Ewart-Shadoff are two of the six European rookies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to go with some experienced players in the morning and I\u2019ve also got a couple of rookies in there,\u201d said Neumann. \u201cI\u2019m very comfortable with the pairings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Captains agreed that the form on the greens will be the key to success. \u201cThey are so undulated and so fast,\u201d commented Neumann. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn some places you can\u2019t get even close to the hole. Even with chipping you can\u2019t throw it high enough to get the ball to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
European Captain Liselotte Neumann chose to send out her \u201cSwedish Vikings\u201d in the first match of the 13th Solheim Cup as Europe defend the trophy and aim for a first win on US soil. Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall, both stars of the triumph at Killeen Castle in Ireland two years ago, will face Ricoh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t