Carin Koch, captain of the European Solheim Cup team, has announced the names of four first confirmed participants out of the expected twelve, for the 2015 Solheim Cup, which will be played this year at the Golf Club St. Leon-Rot in Germany.

20140929_Solheim_01The first four automatically qualified from the rancking of the Ladies European Tour are, The Norwegian Suzann Pettersen, The French Gwladys Nocera and the English, Charley Hull and Melissa Reid.

Next Tuesday August 25, Carin Koch will complete the team that will face the United States from September 18-20, once the names of the next four participants for the US from the automatic eliminations of the women's world ranking of the Rolex ranking and its four jokers are known. .

For Europe, the first on the list is the former n ° 1 and currently sixth player in the world,
Suzann Pettersen. The 34-year-old Norwegian will compete in her eighth Solheim Cup, with 21 titles to her name, including the last in Canada in June 2015.

The Frenchwoman, Gwladys Nocera, 40 years old European n ° 3, for her fourth participation in Solheim Cup, signed 14 titles on the Ladies European Tour, the last in Morocco last March.

Charley Hull, 19, for her second participation in the Solheim Cup, is also the youngest European participant to have managed to beat the United States on her home ground.
She got her first LET title last year in Morocco.

Finally, Melissa Reid, current No. 1 in European rancking, was tied for fifth in the Tipsport Golf Masters in the Czech Republic, the final qualification tournament for the 2015 Solheim Cup. She dislodged Anna Norkvist in fourth place. Author of impressive performances this season for the Englishwoman, including her fifth victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, masterfully led, from start to finish, last May.

European Captain Carin Koch said: “I am very impressed with Melissa's performance. She knew what she had to do and she did it despite the pressure, knowing that you have to do one of the hardest things in golf. It's good to have four strong and experienced players already qualified, I'm really happy to see the team set up under its conditions. "

 

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298 - Stacey Keating (AUS) 71 76 73 78, Danielle Kang (USA) 70 79 73 76, Jaye Marie Green (USA) 72 74 78 74, Austin Ernst (USA) 75 74 77 72, Alison Walshe (USA) 70 74 72 82

299 - Tiffany Joh (USA) 72 75 77 75, Xiyu Lin (CHN) 72 76 74 77, Brooke Henderson (CAN) 73 75 79 72, Kelly Shon (USA) 70 76 74 79, Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 72 75 76 76

300 - Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 72 77 76 75, Sseu-Chia Cheng (TPE) 72 77 71 80, Alena Sharp, (CAN) 72 77 77 74

301 - Wei Ling Hsu (TWN) 74 74 77 76, Mina Harigae (USA) 72 76 80 73

302 - Oh Su (AUS) 77 72 79 74, Carly Booth (SCO) 72 77 79 74, Nina Holleder (GER) 72 77 76 77