Solheim Cup 2024: Who will play for Staff Europe and who can nonetheless qualify for Suzann Pettersen’s facet?

Time is working out for gamers to qualify for the Solheim Cup, however who must impress over the following fortnight to function for Staff Europe on this yr’s contest?

The biennial occasion takes place at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership from September 13-15, reside on Sky Sports activities, the place Staff Europe will purpose to retain the trophy that they’ve held since a dramatic victory at Gleneagles in 2019.

They adopted it up with a historic success on away soil in Ohio in 2021, earlier than Suzann Pettersen led them to retaining the trophy final September in Spain after the primary 14-14 draw with the USA within the match’s historical past.

Pettersen retains her position as captain for this yr’s contest, with simply two occasions remaining for gamers to earn qualification factors or attempt to pressure their approach into Staff Europe’s squad.

The Qualifying interval for the 2024 Solheim Cup started on the Aramco Staff Collection – New York occasion in 2022 and can finish later this month, with the ISPS HANDA Ladies’s Scottish Open from Thursday and subsequent week’s AIG Ladies’s Open the final two tournaments left to attempt to safe a spot.

The European Staff will encompass the highest two gamers within the European Solheim Cup Staff factors standings, adopted by the highest six gamers within the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings not already eligible, with Pettersen then naming 4 captain’s picks the day after the AIG Ladies’s Open.

Who leads the European Solheim Cup Staff factors?

Charley Hull – who has featured in each Solheim Cup since 2013 – at present leads the European Solheim Cup Staff factors checklist, having posted seven top-three finishes throughout the qualification marketing campaign, with Sweden’s Linn Grant having a slender benefit in second spot.

Carlota Ciganda is the one participant within the high 15 of the European Staff factors standings not at present scheduled to function on the ISPS Handa Ladies’s Scottish Open, with loads of the chasing pack nonetheless attempting to interrupt into an automated qualification spot.

Olympic silver medallist Esther Henseleit is inside 5 factors of Grant, whereas Maja Stark – a part of the 2023 staff at Finca Cortesin – and Alexandra Forsterling, a four-time winner over the previous yr, are additionally shut behind.

Former Solheim Cup winner Bronte Regulation at present tops the Girls European Tour Order of Advantage and is contained in the top-10 within the standings, together with defending Ladies’s Scottish Open champion Celine Boutier.

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What about from the world rankings?

Boutier and Hull are each contained in the world’s high 11 and will likely be assured a Staff Europe return by way of the world rankings, with Stark (world No 23) and Ciganda (world No 33) additionally properly positioned to qualify by way of that methodology.

Leona Maguire (world No 31), Madelene Sagstrom (world No 35) and Georgia Corridor (world No 40) at present occupy the opposite automated qualification spots from the Rolex Rankings, with Henseleit their closest challenger and forty second on this planet rankings as issues stand.

Anna Nordqvist (world No 66) is the following European on this planet rankings and can be a possible captain’s decide ought to she fail to qualify routinely, having been a part of each Solheim Cup staff since 2009.

Albane Valenzuela (world No 69), Forsterling (world No 74) and Perrine Delacour (world No 78) are the following three highest-ranked European gamers on this planet rankings, with Gemma Dryburgh and Emily Kristine Pedersen – each captain’s picks for final yr’s staff – additionally sit inside the highest 100.

Sweden’s Linnea Strom – the one present European winner on the LPGA Tour this season – and Morgane Metraux, who held a share lead after three rounds of the Olympics earlier than fading on the ultimate day, will likely be amongst these on the lookout for a giant end to the qualification marketing campaign.

Which gamers will doubtless function for Staff USA?

Staff USA’s qualification marketing campaign additionally ends on the AIG Ladies’s Open, with the highest seven gamers within the US Solheim Cup factors checklist, the highest two participant on this planet rankings then joined by three captain’s picks from Stacy Lewis.

World No 1 Nelly Korda, two-time main winner Lilia Vu and Ally Ewing are already assured their spots by way of the factors checklist, with Lauren Coughlin and Allisen Corpuz the following two within the standings and all-but assured of qualifying for Staff USA.

Megan Khang and Andrea Lee spherical off the seven spots as issues stand, with Rose Zhang and Alison Lee the closest challengers and each that includes in Scotland this week.

World No 32 Angel Yin and Solheim Cup stalwart Lexi Thompson (world No 41) each sit contained in the top-15 within the Solheim Cup factors checklist and would at present be the 2 automated qualifiers from the world rankings.

Who will qualify for the Solheim Cup? Watch the ISPS Handa Ladies’s Scottish Open reside from Thursday at 3pm on Sky Sports activities Combine and Sky Sports activities+, forward of the AIG Ladies’s Open reside from August 22-25 on Sky Sports activities Golf.

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