Solheim Cup no longer showcases best female golfers
Juli Inkster, US team captain for the 2015 Solheim Cup, poses with the trophy on April 1, 2015 in Rancho Mirage, California. — AFP pic
Little could Solheim, who died in 2000, have envisaged all those years ago that come the 2019 event only three of the top 15 players in the women’s world rankings would even be eligible — with South Korean players occupying no less than seven of the top spots.The United States have a stronger line-up top to bottom, headed by world number three Lexi Thompson, but are nonetheless only slight betting favourites, perhaps because their team includes five rookies.
“She’s been one of the best European players on the LPGA the last 10 or 15 years and a huge part of the Solheim Cup over that time,” said Matthew, an ambassador of Aberdeen Standard Investments, a Solheim Cup sponsor. While Matthew opted for experience, her counterpart Inkster put more weight on current form when she overlooked nine-times veteran Cristie Kerr, whose 21 career points is a US team record.
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