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LEONA MAGUIRE WILL sit out the Friday morning foursomes at the Solheim Cup after being overlooked by Europe captain Suzann Pettersen.“She has a great record and she’s a feisty Solheim player,” Pettersen said.
“You’ll see her but it’s just how it all pieced together.” Top-ranked Nelly Korda and United States teammate Allisen Corpuz will face Europe’s Charley Hull and Esther Henseleit on Friday to open the 19th Solheim Cup under pairings revealed Thursday.— LPGA September 12, 2024 Korda, a six-time LPGA champion this season, won twice in foursomes with Corpuz last year while Germany’s Henseleit, the Paris Olympic runner-up, goes first as a rookie for holders Europe at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. “I wanted to send some experience out first and no one better than number one in the world and a pairing that was very successful last year,” US captain Stacy Lewis said. “They’re very comfortable together so I have a lot of confidence in them.”“They’re good friends and they get along great,” Pettersen said. “It’s nice to get Charley going. She doesn’t like to sit around and wait. Advertisement “It’s great to get everyone going, especially the rookies. There’s no point for them to sit around and wait and wonder what it’s going to be like. Let’s just send them out and let them experience it.” Other opening session foursomes matches send France’s Celine Boutier and Swiss rookie Albane Valenzuela against Americans Rose Zhang and rookie Lauren Coughlin; Dane Emily Pedersen and Swede Maja Stark against Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho and Swede Linn Grant with Spain’s Carlota Ciganda against second-ranked Lilia Vu and rookie Sarah Schmelzel. The Americans lead the rivalry 10-7 with one drawn but Europe have taken the trophy three consecutive times, including as defending champions off last year’s 14-14 draw in Spain.“It was a tough start,” Pettersen said. “Sometimes you can play good golf and still lose. You can literally get outplayed.”“You want their opinion and at the same time you can’t please everyone,” Pettersen said. “We have a lot of stats helping us putting guidelines and you kind of get a blueprint.Lewis sought feedback and sorted issues like different ball brand sponsor deals, but used statistics to unite Zhang and Coughlin, who “came out of the computer but I like the energy,” she said. “It was a two-way street. I got us at a starting point and we rolled on from there… it’s a lot. It’s a puzzle.”“It was more we have a lot of good players,” Lewis said. “I don’t think I’ll have anybody playing five. It was just the combinations and the way they worked out.”“They’ve been ready to play since Monday,” she said. “It has just been trying to calm them down and keep that energy level where it is.”“It was really them more than me,” Lewis said. “I was excited when they came to me and said we’re going to try this pairing. I thought they’d be tremendous for alternate shot.”“We get along so well. We also really trust each other’s game, maybe moreso than we trust our own,” Kupcho said.
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