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2013 Solheim Cup: Team Europe
HOW SWEDE IT IS: Captain Liselotte Neumann and Assistant Captains Annika Sorenstam and Carin Koch all hail from Sweden, once the Solheim Cup’s most dominant European country. The three combined for a record of 44-24-12.
Solheim Experience: 2002, ’03, ’05,’07,’09, ’11
Solheim Record: 12-8-5
A fierce and key competitor on six Solheim teams, Pettersen rocks both the LET and LPGA, winning one event on each tour this season. At the 2011 Solheim, she secured one of the most important points in the Sunday singles by defeating Michelle Wie 1-up with a three-birdie finish. “I’ve learned from Annika never to give up,” she says, “to always find a way.”
Solheim Experience: 1998, 03’, ’05, ’07, ’09, ’11
Solheim Record: 11-8-6
Matthew, who turns 44 the week after she completes her seventh Solheim Cup appearance, is playing some of the most consistent golf of her career. She forced a playoff with eventual winner Inbee Park at the Wegman’s LPGA Championship in June, and has made all but two cuts.
Solheim Experience: None
The Arizona State grad burst onto the pro scene in 2012, her debut season, winning the LET’s Order of Merit (money title), Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. This season has brought more of the same, including a victory at the Ladies German Open. She’ll be a tough draw.
Solheim Experience: None
Known as “Caro,” Masson finished second on the LET’s money list last season and has played significant tournaments on the LPGA Tour in 2013. Only the fourth German to compete for the Cup, she imagines Carlota Ciganda and she would “would work together very well” in the four-balls and foursomes.
Solheim Experience: 2009, ’11
Solheim Record: 4-4-0
The LET Rookie of the Year in 2009, when she won both the LPGA Championship and LPGA Tour Championship, the 6-foot Swede continues to be a force, ranking third on the earnings list among LPGA Tour’s European players and third overall in birdies per round.
Solheim Experience: 2011
Solheim Record: 2-1-1
As a Solheim newbie in 2011, the Arizona State product won a clutch Sunday singles match versus veteran Angela Stanford 1-up. “Every time I remember it, I get goosebumps,” she says. One of three Spaniards on this year’s team, she played exclusively on the LPGA Tour this season, with her best finish a T9.
Solheim Experience: None
Another rising Spanish star playing primarily on the LPGA Tour, the “Iron Lady” made all 27 cuts at official Tour events last year and has only missed one this year. She won March’s Kia Classic and ranks sixth on the official money list. She says she used not being selected for the 2011 Solheim squad as “an incentive” to make this year’s team.
Solheim Experience: 2002
Solheim Record: 1-2-0
Icher’s 11 years between Solheim Cup appearances would easily establish a record for both teams. At 34, her steady, solid play has notched three top-10s in LPGA Tour events this season, including a 19-under 265 that was good enough for fifth place at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in July.
SOLHEIM EXPERIENCE: NONE
A captain's pick, the 25-year-old University of New Mexico alum has played well this year, tying for fourth in the U.S. Open and 7th in the Kraft Nabisco. She ranks fourth on the LPGA in Greens in Regulation.
SOLHEIM EXPERIENCE: 2011
SOLHEIM RECORD: 2-1-1
Talk about clutch. One year after winning the 2010 NCAA Individual championship, she made her Solheim debut by coming back from 2-down with two holes to play to halve her Sunday singles match with Ryann O'Toole to clinch the Cup.
SOLHEIM EXPERIENCE: NONE
Only the second Italian player to compete in the Solheim Cup (Diana Luna, '09), the 33-year-old captain's pick has three top-10 finishes this year, and in 25 % of her career events.
SOLHEIM EXPERIENCE: NONE
At 17, this somewhat controversial captain's pick will be the youngest competitor in Solheim Cup history. She already has five second-placed finishes from six LET events this season .
For full online coverage of the 2013 Solheim Cup, check out the links below:
- Click here to read what Jon Rizzi has to say about the Solheim Cup
- Click here for a full schedule of events
- Insider Tips: Read what you should know before the 2013 Solheim Cup
- Solheim Style: Read about the outfits at this year's event
- Meet the U.S. Team
- Catch the Rising Stars at the PING Junior Solheim Cup
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