Subsequent month, the world’s Tenth-ranked girl will play her seventh Solheim Cup with most of her potential European teammates struggling for the shape required for the continent to retain the trophy for an unprecedented fourth time in a row.
Recollections return to 2021, when Anna Nordqvist thrillingly won at Carnoustie.
She led a European cost that carried by to arguably the continent’s biggest Solheim Cup success.
The Swede edged out compatriot Madelene Sagstrom and Britain’s Georgia Corridor, with Dane Nanna Koerstz Madsen additionally posting a top-five end on the Angus hyperlinks.
Europe’s then-captain Catriona Matthew hailed these outcomes as the right confidence booster earlier than her workforce went to Toledo, with none assist due to Covid restrictions, and sensationally retained the trophy.
This week, the present skipper Suzann Pettersen is determined for the same exhibiting to bolster hopes of retaining that treasured piece of reduce crystal.
With the European and American groups being finalised subsequent week for September’s showdown in Virginia, it’s unimaginable to not view occasions right here with out the Solheim in thoughts.
For Pettersen, there should be concern. Europe’s main participant is world quantity eight Celine Boutier, however regardless of an excellent begin to the Olympic competitors, the Frenchwoman is a way off her greatest.
She has not posted a top-10 putting since ending runner-up on the World Championship in March.
Corridor has fallen to fortieth on the planet with just one high 10 this yr – third on the Aramco Collection occasion at Centurion Membership in July. The 2018 champion from Dorset was twelfth final week, which does provide a measure of encouragement.
However Maja Stark, a hero within the drawn match at Finca Cortesin final yr, missed the reduce at Dundonald and the Swede’s share of Tenth in Paris is her solely top-10 putting since April.
Leona Maguire is one other who’s struggling regardless of profitable the Aramco occasion. Since then, the Irish Solheim star has did not submit a top-50 putting in 4 tournaments.
Spaniard Carlota Ciganda has not recorded a excessive end since coming sixth in April’s Chevron Championship, whereas Sagstrom has no top-10 placings since Might.
Bucking the development on this depressing summer time for main Europeans is Germany’s Esther Henseleit. She is nailed on for a Solheim debut in Virginia after accumulating Olympic silver after which the runner-up spot at Dundonald.
