{"id":22540,"date":"2023-08-30T16:38:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/stacy-lewis-unveils-u-s-team-for-the-solheim-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:38:16","slug":"stacy-lewis-unveils-u-s-team-for-the-solheim-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/stacy-lewis-unveils-u-s-team-for-the-solheim-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacy Lewis unveils U.S. team for the Solheim Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the completion of the CPKC Women\u2019s Open 2023, U.S. captain Stacy Lewis learned the names of the nine players who automatically qualified and will therefore be part of the U.S. team for the 2023 Solheim Cup, to be held September 22-24 at Finca Cortesin, Costa del Sol, Andalusia.
World No. 1 Lilia Vu, a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour in 2023 with two majors included, heads the list of the seven players qualified for the team through the LPGA points standings.
She is joined (in order of ranking) by Nelly Korda, Allisen Corpuz, Megan Khang, Jennifer Kupcho, Danielle Kang and Andrea Lee. The latter tied for 13th in the CPKC Women\u2019s Open, a spot she needed to move from eighth to seventh in the point standings and secure the final automatic qualifying spot. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI was pretty stressed down the stretch because I knew I had to finish in the top 13 so I wouldn\u2019t have to rely on the captain\u2019s choice,\u201d Lee said. \u201cI feel very grateful and honored to represent the United States. It has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. I have played on two PING Junior Solheim Cup teams and have always wanted to play on the official team. I\u2019m very excited and can\u2019t wait to compete under Stacy.\u201d
In addition, Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang will represent the United States as the two highest-ranked Americans in the Rolex Women\u2019s World Golf Rankings who are not among the top seven U.S. qualifiers for the Solheim Cup.
\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be a part of this team, to be with the best players in the world, as well as being an athlete representing your country,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to going to Spain and playing with these amazing golfers, as well as representing the United States.\u201d
The 2023 event will be Thompson\u2019s sixth appearance in the biennial team competition. The only U.S. players to have competed more times in the Solheim Cup are Paula Creamer (seven appearances), Beth Daniel (eight appearances), Juli Inkster (nine appearances), Rosie Jones (seven appearances), Cristie Kerr (nine appearances) and Meg Mallon (eight appearances).
Danielle Kang will represent the United States for the fourth time, while this will be the third call-up for Megan Khang and Nelly Korda. Jennifer Kupcho Kupcho will participate for the second time, while Allisen Corpuz, Andrea Lee, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will become the \u201crookies\u201d of the U.S. Solheim Cup team this 2023.
\u201cI am very excited to have these nine players on the team. The last year has been exciting \u2013 and challenging \u2013 and having these players has me excited for the week we will play in Spain,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cEven the rookies are not true rookies in my eyes. They have proven over the past two years to be great competitors and I have no doubt they won\u2019t be overwhelmed by the experience.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Ally Ewing, Cheyenne Knight and Angel Yin, captain\u2019s picks<\/strong>
To complete the All-Star team, the captain has selected Ally Ewing, Cheyenne Knight and Angel Yin.
\u201cThese past few days have certainly been some of the toughest of my career, but I am so proud to have Ally, Cheyenne and Angel on the U.S. team for the 2023 Solheim Cup,\u201d Lewis said.
\u201cThese three golfers have earned their place on this team, putting themselves in contention both through their play on the course and their teamwork off the course. Over the past year and a half, I have gotten to know all of the American players incredibly well and I am honored to be their captain. We are going to have an amazing week at Finca Cortesin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the completion of the CPKC Women\u2019s Open 2023, U.S. captain Stacy Lewis learned the names of the nine players who automatically qualified and will therefore be part of the U.S. team for the 2023 Solheim Cup, to be held September 22-24 at Finca Cortesin, Costa del Sol, Andalusia.World No. 1 Lilia Vu, a three-time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andaluciagolf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}