The twenty first version of the Solheim Cup has lastly discovered its area. The LPGA has chosen Kentucky for its biennial competitors, extra exactly the Valhalla Golf Membership course not removed from Louisville for the USA/Europe conflict in 2028.
How do you acknowledge a legendary course? By its status, its fame, its character maybe. Its pedigree, and the grandeur of the occasions it has actually hosted. The Valhalla Golf Membership has an inestimable aura on this planet of American golf.
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However after 2028 it should undoubtedly enter this very closed class of legendary programs. Already a significant setting on 4 events (1996, 2000, 2014 and 2024 for the PGA Championship), and host of the Ryder Cup in 2008, the course designed by Jack Nicklaus may even change into the host of the 2028 Solheim Cup.
A call made public by the LPGA answerable for organizing the biennial competitors: “Having the ability to showcase the expertise of our extraordinary athletes on websites which have hosted a very powerful and prestigious golf tournaments on this planet and which are acknowledged by followers world wide will proceed to raise the LPGA and the Solheim Cup,” mentioned Mollie Marcoux Samaan, the boss of the LPGA.
The 2024 Solheim Cup shall be held in only a few weeks in america. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Gainesville, Virginia, from September 13-15 will see the Individuals underneath captain Stacy Lewis try and retake the trophy from Suzann Pettersen, captain of the European staff.
The 2026 Solheim Cup shall be held at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf match between groups {of professional} ladies from Europe and the USA, performed in the identical format because the Ryder Cup.
The initiative for this competitors was born from Karsten Solheim, founding father of the American model PING, which makes golf gear. The primary match was held in 1990 and was subsequently performed in varied venues in even-numbered years till 2002.
After the Ryder Cup schedule was modified, it has been performed in odd-numbered years since 2003 to keep away from date conflicts. The match is performed over three days with a complete of twenty-eight matches: eight foursomes, eight fourballs and twelve singles on the ultimate day. That is precisely the identical format because the Ryder Cup.
