GAINESVILLE, Va. – There are solely 4 rookies on this yr’s Solheim Cup and they’re all being thrown into the fireplace throughout the first session.
U.S. captain Stacy Lewis and European captain Suzann Pettersen revealed throughout the opening ceremony their Friday morning foursomes pairings, full with two first-timers on either side.
“There’s no level for them to sit down round and form of wait and surprise what it’s going to be like. Let’s simply ship them out and allow them to form of expertise it,” Pettersen stated.
“They’re form of a little bit of that sassy confidence between them, which I like.”
These two are Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela and Germany’s Esther Henseleit. On the American aspect, the rookies are Lauren Coughlin and Sarah Schmelzel.
Right here’s a have a look at the opening alternate-shot matchups (all instances ET):
- 7:05 a.m.: Charley Hull/Esther Henseleit (EUR) vs. Nelly Korda/Allisen Corpuz (U.S.)
- 7:17 a.m.: Albane Valenzuela/Celine Boutier (EUR) vs. Rose Zhang/Lauren Coughlin (U.S.)
- 7:29 a.m.: Maja Stark/Emily Pedersen (EUR) vs. Ally Ewing/Jennifer Kupcho (U.S.)
- 7:41 a.m.: Linn Grant/Carlota Ciganda (EUR) vs. Lilia Vu/Sarah Schmelzel (U.S.)
“They’re able to play,” Lewis stated of her rookies, an announcement that might stand for all staff members. “They’ve been able to play since Monday, so it’s simply been form of attempting to calm them down and hold that vitality stage the place it’s.”
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Those that must hold their feelings in verify Friday morning as they weren’t included within the preliminary lineup are: Lexi Thompson, Megan Khang, Alison Lee and Andrea Lee for the U.S.; Georgia Corridor, Leona Maguire, Madelene Sagstrom and Anna Nordqvist for Europe.
Maguire can be sitting for the primary time in her Solheim Cup profession, having performed all 5 matches in every of the earlier two editions. She and Nordqvist went 0-2 in foursomes at Finca Cortesin in ’23.
in her seventh cup. She is 5-2-1 in foursomes. A kind of losses got here final yr when she and Pedersen fell to Ewing and Cheyenne Knight, 5 and 4.
Valenzuela/Boutier vs. Zhang/Coughlin
