Leona Maguire overlooked for opening foursomes at Solheim Cup

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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.”

“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.

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.

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