Meg Mallon (US) and Liselotte Neumann (EU) named their captain's selections after the RICOH Women's British Open on Sunday. Here are the whole teams, with dotted strains setting apart the diverse subgroups inside every crew.
First, right here is the United States Solheim Team:
On the USA Team, the primary 8 players indexed came from the LPGA Tour points listing; the next 2 came from the Rolex Rankings; and the closing 2 are Meg's captain's alternatives:
- Stacy Lewis
- Paula Creamer
- Cristie Kerr
- Angela Stanford
- Brittany Lincicome
- Lexi Thompson
- Jessica Korda
- Brittany Lang
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On the EU Team, the first four players come from the LET factors list; the next 4 come from the Rolex Rankings; and the very last 4 are Liselotte's captain's alternatives:
- Suzann Pettersen (Norway)
- Carlota Ciganda (Spain)
- Catriona Matthew (Scotland)
- Caroline Masson (Germany)
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On the US Team, some have questioned choosing Michelle Wie over Jennifer Johnson. Johnson had a win and was actually #11 on the US points list -- Pillar and Wie were #12 and #13 respectively, and the other 10 players were the top 10 on the points list. The conjecture is that Mallon chose two bombers, or perhaps is giving Wie a "sympathy pick" to help her get her game back on track. I suspect the reason is much simpler: Johnson missed the cut in the last 3 majors. Wie WD'ed from the US Women's Open but has otherwise made the cuts, even in that nasty weather in Scotland. Given Wie's point total, experience in big events, and her ability to pair with several US players, I can see why Mallon skipped Johnson despite her win earlier in the season.
Likewise on the EU Team, a few have questioned deciding on Charley Hull -- the youngest player ever to play on either facet -- over Gladys Nocera, who turned into #5 at the LET factors list, specifically when you consider that Nocera is a veteran group member and the EU Team now has 6 rookies. However, Hull has been a Junior Solheim Cup member and Neumann become her captain. And the truth is that Charley has performed extremely nicely as a rookie -- at the same time as Nocera does have a win and 3 different Top10s, Hull has four seconds and 1 different Top10! When you consider that Nocera turned into #3 at the LET Order of Merit and Hull changed into #4, those records probable made Liselotte determine to groom her as a reliable destiny participant. I assume that is a fair selection.
Quite frankly, captains never get to have all the players they'd like to have. It looks to me as if both captains made picks that really strengthen their teams. I guess next week we'll get to see how well they really did.
The photographs got here from Solheim news posts at LPGA.Com -- the United States statement and the EU statement. The US page additionally has the transcript of the clicking convention in which the captains named their picks.
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