2023 Solheim Cup (Sep 22-24)

[18majors]

9 hours ago, BadgerLin said:

Did Cheyenne Knight not get any points toward Solheim for winning the Dow team event?

 

No, no Solheim nor Rolex points; just CME points and prize money!

[18majors]

 

The teams as it stand:

 

 

 

[Stooch]

Good news it's still over a month away, bad news forget name recognition just based on form, if held today, I think Team USA could get hammered.  These players over the last couple months, have missed more cuts than they have made.

[Lobby]

Unless several US players find their game, EU is gonna romp.

 

[subrew]

It will never happen, but Daniel and Lexi need to withdraw.  Daniel in particular.  Both are playing awful, and have been for months.  Watching them both play at the International Crown was painful.  Daniel couldn't find a fairway, despite barely hitting it past 200yds off the tee.  

[GolfMoose]

9 hours ago, subrew said:

Watching them both play at the International Crown was painful. 

 

The other interesting thing was that some people seemed to feel that the pairing/singles sent out in the semi final didn't make best "use" of Danielle/Lexi and then based on interviews afterward it sounded like the selected strategy was based on advice that had come from....Stacy Lewis.

[subrew]

We hung out by the practice putting green right before the tee times at the International Crown.  Every single player would be out there 10-15 minutes early, working their way around the various cup positions.  Nelly and Lillia were grinding it out.  Making 50+ putts, lining up, following a routine.

 

Then Lexi and Danielle show up.  Lexi hit about 10-12 putts at one hole, and Danielle hit 3 balls in total.  She spent more time joking with her caddy, playing with her puffy coat etc.  We were only 6-8' away from her bag, and she was basically joking about how her game is so bad, hopefully they won't be relying on her putting.  Then her caddy jokes "or your driving."  LOLOLOLOL. 

 

[18majors]

 

Key development:

1.      Ally Ewing stayed at #10
2.      Amdrea Lee moved to #8
3.      Jennifer Kupcho moved to #5

	Solheim Cup USA
1	Nelly Korda	461.50
2	Lilia Vu	416.50
3	Allisen Corpuz	348.50
4	Megan Kang	302.50
5	Jennifer Kupcho	283.00
6	Danielle Kang	281.00
7	Lexi Thompson	258.00
	Alternates
8	Andrea Lee	206.50
9	Cheyenne Knight	195.00
10	Ally Ewing	184.50
11	Alison Lee	164.00
12	Jessica Korda	154.00
13	Angel  Yin	136.00
14	Marina Alex	133.50
15	Ryan O'Toole	129.50
16	Sarah Schmelzel	122.00
17	Rose Zhang	120.00
18	Stacey Lewis	91.00
19	Lizette Salas	85.50
20	Lindsey-Weaver Wright	78.50

[woahnelly]

I hope Andrea Lee makes the team, she finally got her mojo back this week.  Only Lexi, DK, and Kupcho finished better than her in CME 2022. 

[Rapidcat]

Lexi Thompson – how can she play?

 

With 2 more qualifying events, she is still expected to be an auto selection, but how can she accept a selection or why would the USA want her to play?

 

She’s become a part-time golfer this season with only 7 starts and is 156 in the CME rankings pre British Open! She’s missed the cut at the British so may fall further, 6 cuts missed now for this season out of 8.

 

Nothing special about her Solheim record @ 50% with 9.5 points out of 19 matches with 2-2-2 on Euro soil. No longer plays the Evian.

 

So poor current form and a meh Solheim record.

 

Stacy needs to have a word with her so she makes herself unavailable and if she won’t, then tell her you’ll only play her in the final day singles.

 

The US will need all guns firing to beat the Euros in Spain, can’t carry passengers.

 

Hope her Insta followers (so popularity and media ratings) doesn’t compromise the US fielding its best team.

[Rapidcat]

Does an Alley Ewing British open win knock Lexi out of an auto qual spot?

[18majors]

10 minutes ago, Rapidcat said:

Does an Alley Ewing British open win knock Lexi out of an auto qual spot?

 

 

Ally Ewing will reach 306.5 if she wins this week and Andrew Lee will reach 266.50 if she ties 2nd; both will be ahead of Lexi at 258.

 

Ally will knock Lexi out of automatic qualification; Lexi will drop to #9 on the list.

 

 

[kmbean]

14 hours ago, Rapidcat said:

Lexi Thompson – how can she play?

 

With 2 more qualifying events, she is still expected to be an auto selection, but how can she accept a selection or why would the USA want her to play?

 

She’s become a part-time golfer this season with only 7 starts and is 156 in the CME rankings pre British Open! She’s missed the cut at the British so may fall further, 6 cuts missed now for this season out of 8.

 

Nothing special about her Solheim record @ 50% with 9.5 points out of 19 matches with 2-2-2 on Euro soil. No longer plays the Evian.

 

So poor current form and a meh Solheim record.

 

Stacy needs to have a word with her so she makes herself unavailable and if she won’t, then tell her you’ll only play her in the final day singles.

 

The US will need all guns firing to beat the Euros in Spain, can’t carry passengers.

 

Hope her Insta followers (so popularity and media ratings) doesn’t compromise the US fielding its best team.

Maybe Lexi’s dog Leo is good for the team room?

[Rapidcat]

9 hours ago, kmbean said:

Maybe Lexi’s dog Leo is good for the team room?

 

Leo the comfort dog?

 

Maybe she can be a non-playing VC then?

 

Or just get a different dog.

[Lobby]

Americans did well at Aig.  Does that imply Cup success?

 

 

[18majors]

 

Key development:

1.      Lilia Vu ascends to #1
2.      Nelly Korda dropped to #2
3.      Allisen Corpuz stayed at #3
4.      Andrea Lee stayed at #8
5.      Ally Ewing moved to #9
6.      Allisen Lee moved to #10
7.      Angel Yin moved to #12

1	Lilia Vu	536.50
2	Nelly Korda	494.50
3	Allisen Corpuz	396.50
4	Megan Kang	302.50
5	Jennifer Kupcho	283.00
6	Danielle Kang	281.00
7	Lexi Thompson	258.00
	Alternates
8	Andrea Lee	245.50
9	Ally Ewing	232.50
10	Alison Lee	197.00
11	Cheyenne Knight	195.00
12	Angel  Yin	184.00
13	Jessica Korda	154.00
14	Marina Alex	133.50
15	Ryan O'Toole	129.50
16	Sarah Schmelzel	122.00
17	Rose Zhang	120.00
18	Stacey Lewis	91.00
19	Lizette Salas	85.50
20	Lindsey-Weaver Wright	78.50

 

 

[woahnelly]

3 hours ago, Lobby said:

Americans did well at Aig.  Does that imply Cup success?

 

 

 

It should hopefully cement Andrea lee as Capt pick if she doesn't get in by other merits

 

As much as I love Lexi .. she can take a seat

[3whacker]

6 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

Key development:

1.      Lilia Vu ascends to #1
2.      Nelly Korda dropped to #2
3.      Allisen Corpuz stayed at #3
4.      Andrea Lee stayed at #8
5.      Ally Ewing moved to #9
6.      Allisen Lee moved to #10
7.      Angel Yin moved to #12

1	Lilia Vu	536.50
2	Nelly Korda	494.50
3	Allisen Corpuz	396.50
4	Megan Kang	302.50
5	Jennifer Kupcho	283.00
6	Danielle Kang	281.00
7	Lexi Thompson	258.00
	Alternates
8	Andrea Lee	245.50
9	Ally Ewing	232.50
10	Alison Lee	197.00
11	Cheyenne Knight	195.00
12	Angel  Yin	184.00
13	Jessica Korda	154.00
14	Marina Alex	133.50
15	Ryan O'Toole	129.50
16	Sarah Schmelzel	122.00
17	Rose Zhang	120.00
18	Stacey Lewis	91.00
19	Lizette Salas	85.50
20	Lindsey-Weaver Wright	78.50

 

 

something just tells me the powers that be are going to put #17 Rose Zhang on the team, which IMO would be an absolute crime

[woahnelly]

Just now, 3whacker said:

something just tells me the powers that be are going to put #17 Rose Zhang on the team, which IMO would be an absolute crime

 

Those are 2 years worth of points, Rose only became a full member recently. She is in. 

[jimecherry]

16 minutes ago, 3whacker said:

something just tells me the powers that be are going to put #17 Rose Zhang on the team, which IMO would be an absolute crime

i'm guessing you think the solheim cup points works like the ryder cup which it doesnt there exists 2 spots based solely on rolex world ranking points that come after the 7 solheim points based spots rose has been ranked 30ish for some time which has put her in one of those spots.

Edited August 14, 2023 by jimecherry

[Seamus_McDuff]

6 hours ago, jimecherry said:

i'm guessing you think the solheim cup points works like the ryder cup which it doesnt there exists 2 spots based solely on rolex world ranking points that come after the 7 solheim points based spots rose has been ranked 30ish for some time which has put her in one of those spots.

Rose might fall behind Ewing when the rankings come out today and then need to be a captain’s pick. It’s going to be tight. 

[jimecherry]

fyi

solheim cup cuttoff date is after CPKC Women's Open August 24th-27th

 

[MJ2712]

33 minutes ago, jimecherry said:

fyi

solheim cup cuttoff date is after CPKC Women's Open August 24th-27th

 

Yes, for the US Team. For Europe, next week is the final week. Not sure why the cut off is so far ahead of the tournament. Two years ago it was two weeks before, and that worked out pretty well for Europe.

 

Current US team setup:

 

18majors has already posted the top 7. In addition: Rose Zhang and Angel Yin qualify via the world rankings plus 3 picks (my guesses: Ally Ewing, Andrea Lee, Cheyenne Knight)

 

Current European team:

 

Celine Boutier and Maja Stark from the points list; Charley Hull, Leona Maguire, Georgia Hall, Linn Grant, Carlota Ciganda and Anna Nordqvist from the world rankings; and then 4 picks which will be a bit more difficult to predict as Suzann has quite a big list to choose from; to me nobody stands out as an automatic pick. Hoping she makes the right picks to have the best team to get the 3-peat.

 

I'll be on site at Finca Cortesin. Can't wait.

Edited August 14, 2023 by MJ2712

[MagicClassic407]

6 minutes ago, MJ2712 said:

I'll be on site at Finca Cortesin. Can't wait.

 

 

Me, too. So excited.

 

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[18majors]

 

As of this week:

 

 

 

[woahnelly]

5 hours ago, 18majors said:

 

As of this week:

 

 

 

Interested to see who the Euro Capt picks will be

 

USA team looks good + Ewing, Knight, Andrea Lee.  Maybe if AP wins this week she will be considered 😂😅😭

[Titleist_PT23]

This article says even if Lexi falls out of the #7 spot for Solheim Cup Points, she will still be on the team via Rolex Rankings.  I.e. instead of Rose Zhang and Angel Yin, it will be Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang.

 

Not sure if there are any ways she can fall out of qualifying via both routes?

 

Vamos Lexi!

 

Lexi Thompson is in a slump that could cost her LPGA Tour status, but not a Solheim Cup spot (msn.com)

Edited August 16, 2023 by agolf1

[Rapidcat]

14 hours ago, woahnelly said:

Interested to see who the Euro Capt picks will be

 

USA team looks good + Ewing, Knight, Andrea Lee.  Maybe if AP wins this week she will be considered 😂😅😭

 

Not so sure about that.

 

Despite being quality players, Lexi shouldn't be there on form and Solheim record and neither should Danielle Kang, consider this for Danielle:

 

 

She was 'off' in the International Crown, too.

 

Lexi and Danielle are liabilities for the US in this year's Solheim.

[woahnelly]

3 hours ago, Rapidcat said:

 

Not so sure about that.

 

Despite being quality players, Lexi shouldn't be there on form and Solheim record and neither should Danielle Kang, consider this for Danielle:

 

 

She was 'off' in the International Crown, too.

 

Lexi and Danielle are liabilities for the US in this year's Solheim.

 

Both are cemented on the team unfortunately due to their Rolex ranking if they dont get in via Solheim pts earned.  I'd just play them the bare minimum and hope they do well in singles.