Main champions Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz have the primary tee time for the U.S. on the Solheim Cup on Friday morning, with Rose Zhang slated for the People’ second pairing.
The worldwide workforce occasion begins Friday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Gainesville, Virginia, with 4 foursomes (alternate-shot matches) between the U.S. and Staff Europe.
The pairings for these 4 matches have been revealed at Thursday afternoon’s opening ceremony. Korda and Corpuz will tackle England’s Charley Hull and Germany’s Esther Henseleit within the first match.
Korda, ranked No. 1 on this planet, has two main titles to her title and gained six LPGA tournaments earlier this season, however she has but to be a part of a victorious Solheim Cup workforce in three tries. She carries a 7-4-1 Solheim Cup report into this weekend as she tries to assist the People win the Cup for the primary time since 2017.
Following that match, Zhang and Lauren Coughlin will tackle Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland and Celine Boutier of France.
Zhang, 21, is taking part in her second Solheim Cup since bursting onto the scene final 12 months by successful her first LPGA match as a professional.
Boutier, the 2023 Evian Championship winner in her house nation, went a stunning 0-3-0 finally 12 months’s Solheim Cup, as Europe went on to retain the cup by advantage of a 14-14 tie.
The third match of the morning pits Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho in opposition to Sweden’s Maja Stark and Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen.
Lastly, the session concludes with world No. 2 Lilia Vu and Sarah Schmelzel dealing with Linn Grant of Sweden and Carlota Ciganda of Spain. Ciganda went 4-0-0 finally 12 months’s Solheim Cup in her native Spain to steer all people in factors earned.
Notably, Staff Europe is just not taking part in Leona Maguire of Eire within the opening session. Maguire pulled off the uncommon feat of taking part in in all 5 classes in every of her first two Solheim Cup begins.
The 4 gamers the People are resting are Lexi Thompson, Megan Khang, Alison Lee and Andrea Lee. Some or all of these gamers might be used for the afternoon session of four-ball (best-ball); these lineups is not going to be revealed till Friday.
