Suzann Pettersen clings to the epic to try to turn around a situation that seems very complex. She has no other alternative and there is a precedent. It was against Europe, but there is a precedent. United States came back to Europe a 10-6 and precisely also on foreign soil in the 2015 Solheim in which she played: “We need a record day for our interests. It has been done before. It has been done to us before. I suffered what happened in Germany. Several from the team in fact, but the Americans have also seen Medinah and know what we Europeans are capable of”.
The captain is aware that many points need to be added and that is why she brings out the heavy artillery from the beginning. To be more specific, she brings out the players who have performed best this week. The six points of the European team are shared by Hull, Pedersen and Nordqvist (accompanied by different players each time). This trio comes out in three of the first four matches. Stacy Lewis also doesn’t hold back and comes out with everything from the starting whistle.
The first match is a real time bomb. Charley Hull against the World Number One, Nelly Korda. The second is made up of Pedersen and Khang, two of the best this week. Carlota will play in the fifth match against Rose Zhang. The Spaniard is playing better than her record this week dictates (1-2-0). On her side, the Stanford player is having a blast in her first home Solheim. After three victories, the Spaniard will try to inflict her first setback in this edition.
There is no match that is not key. The European team needs to get eight points to retain the crown. The United States will have enough with four and a half points. They will close the Solheim, Linn Grant and Jennifer Kupcho. Hopefully that match will be significant, it will mean that Europe will be brushing the miracle of Gainesville? Let’s keep dreaming.
– Cast of the twelve individual matches (Spanish peninsular time):
- Charley Hull vs Nelly Korda (14:50)
- Emily Pedersen vs Megan Khang (15:00)
- Georgia Hall vs Alison Lee (15:10)
- Anna Nordqvist vs Allisen Corpuz (15:20)
- Carlota Ciganda vs Rose Zhang (15:30)
- Esther Henseleit vs Andrea Lee (15:40)
- Celine Boutier vs Lexi Thompson
- Maja Stark vs Lauren Coughlin (16:00)
- Albane Valenzuela vs Lilia Vu (16:10)
- Madelene Sagstrom vs Sarah Schmelzel (16:20)
- Leona Maguire vs Ally Ewing (16:30)
- Linn Grant vs Jennifer Kupcho (16:40)
