All but two of the 12 U.S. players are inside the top 35 in the world rankings, yet the Europeans are favored to win a third straight Solheim Cup.
Zhang’s victory came in a playoff over Solheim Cup teammate and 2022 major winner Jennifer Kupcho, 26, in June at the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Course in the shadow of Manhattan.“I’m not worried about the chemistry at all,” Lewis said. “These five, they are rookies, but they are so experienced, just as far as the amount of golf they have been able to play.
Vu, meantime, is the only player in the Solheim Cup field from either side with multiple major titles this season. She stormed to the final major championship of the year last month at the Women’s British Open, firing back-to-back 5-under-par 67s for a six-stroke triumph. Five of Vu’s Solheim Cup teammates, including Corpuz, finished within the top 11 at Walton Heath Golf Club outside London.Vu also captured the Chevron Championship, the first major of the five on the women’s professional golf calendar, in a playoff, rallying from four shots back in the final round. Birdies on Nos.
“I feel like I’m playing really well,” said Yin, who did not qualify for the 2021 Solheim Cup. “Obviously I missed it two years ago, so it makes me want to make this team even more, especially because Stacy is captain, and growing up watching Stacy and playing with Stacy, such a huge honor.”Ally Ewing, 30, making her third Solheim Cup appearance, is one of three captain’s picks, along with Knight and Yin, who played on the last U.S. team to win the Solheim Cup.
“I wouldn’t consider ourselves underdogs, but I think we can come in here with nothing to lose because there’s really nothing to lose,” said Vu, ranked second in the world behind China’s Ruoning Yin, this year’s Women’s PGA Championship winner. “I think we’re a pretty young team, but I think we’re going to come out really strong, and we’re going to have fun, and our game will show on the course.”
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