The United States will have to win on foreign soil for the first time in 11 years if they are to retain the Solheim Cup this week.
The Amercans won the most recent Solheim Cup with a 15.5-12.5 victory at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club two years ago. 1 Nelly Korda said when asked on Wednesday what it will take for the Americans to win overseas.
“I would say mental toughness, really relying on leaning on each other when something’s not going our way,” World No. “I mean, the crowd is definitely not going to be for us, but I think if we have each other’s backs, that’s what matters.” That snapped a streak of three wins for Team Europe, including two on home soil. Bernardus Golf will be the site of the first Solheim Cup contested in the Netherlands, and the U.S. will have to cope with unpredictable weather conditions along with learning an unfamiliar course in front of a partisan crowd.
Korda, 28, figures to play an instrumental role for the Americans in her fifth Solheim Cup. In addition to being the top-ranked women’s player in the world, her 19 career LPGA Tour victories are more than the combined 15 for her teammates this week. Team Europe owns a combined 22 LPGA titles. Despite the U.S. being 1-3 on her previous teams, Korda owns a 10-5-1 overall match record. That includes a 5-2-1 record on foreign soil. 7 Lottie Woad.
“It’s nice to have her in the room,” U.S. captain Angela Stanford said. The numbers don’t stop there. “That’s probably the understatement of the year. European captain Anna Nordqvist doesn’t have the same injury concerns with her roster, but she does have four Solheim Cup rookies to work into the mix. It helps that one of them is World No.
