The Solheim Cup 243


                                   This Week it is USA vs Europe

 

 

 

Held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club

6741 Yards,  Par 72

 

Gainesville, VA

 

 

 

The 2023 Match Ended in a Tie and the Cup was Retained by the Europeans

 

 

 

This week is the Solheim Cup . . . we know the history and the format . . . so all that is left is to settle in for that first tee shot Friday morning at 7:05 EST.

 

 

                

 

 

Each team has two rookies, but the Europeans have a decided advantage in experience.  The European team has a total of 38 cups between them . . . while the Yanks have only 23.  The Americans have 5 players for whom this is their second Solheim appearance . . . The Europeans have only 2 sophomores.  The only American with more than 3 is Lexi, who is making her seventh and most likely final appearance.  You have to expect that Anna Nordqvist will also be making her last team, and this will be her ninth.  

 

 

                

 

 

FUN FACT:  For most of the event’s history, to be on the U.S. team you had to be a native born citizen . . . immigrants need not apply.  Beginning in 2015 the qualifications were relaxed quite a bit.  Everyone on this year’s team was born in the U.S. . . . but it’s nice to know they didn’t have to be.

 

 

This Week is a Pick Six . . . At Least Two from each Team

3 points for a win, 1 for a half, 10 point bonus for winning team and score

 

 

SlingerPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6TOTALTeam/Score
MX2Hull 9Boutier 6Grant 0Korda 9Vu 4Coughlin 1048US 15.5-12.5
RadarHull 9Maguire 3Grant 0Korda 9Corpuz 9Vu 444US 15.5 - 12.5
MetroHull 9Hall 6Grant 0Boutier 6Korda 9Zhang 1242US 15 - 13
WendyHull 9Maguire 3Hall 6Korda 9Vu 4Khang 940US 14.5 - 13.5
HedgeBoutier 6Ciganda 3Corpuz 9Korda 9Khang 9Thompson 339Eur 15 - 13
JJCiganda 3Maguire 3Coughlan 10Vu 4Korda 9Khang 938US 15 - 13
TafHull 9Henseleit 4Ciganda 3Korda 9Khang 9Thompson 337Eur 15 - 13
MaxNordqvist 6Sagstrom 6Grant 0Corpuz 9Khang 9An Lee 737Eur 17 - 11
EMCGrant 0Sagstrom 6Boutier 6Coughlan 10An Lee 7Schmelzel 736Eur 16 -12
PhilBoutier 6Ciganda 3Hull 9Korda 9Thompson 3Vu 434US 14.5-13.5
ScrumsGrant 0Maguire 3Henseliet 4Ciganda 3Khang 9Vu 423Euro 14.5 - 13.5

 

“I couldn’t repair your brakes . . . so I made your horn louder.”

~ Steven Wright