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Wednesday 28 august 2019

Inkster takes

experience U.S.

to round out

Solheim

Cup team DEFENSE

By DOUG FERGUSON
Juli Inkster used her two
Solheim Cup captain's
picks on Stacy Lewis and
Morgan Pressel on Mon-
day, wanting to add ex-
perience to an American
team so young that eight
of the 12 players have nev-
er competed in the tourna-
ment when it is away from
home.
"I think they can bring a
little calming factor to our
team," Inkster said in a
conference call from New
York.
Qualifying ended Sun-
day after the CP Women's
Open in Canada. Of the
10 players who earned au-
tomatic spots on the U.S.
team — through Solheim
Cup points or from the
women's world ranking —
five are Solheim Cup rook-
ies and three have never
played the matches away
from home.
The Solheim Cup is Sept. 13-
15 at Gleneagles in Scot-
land, the course where
Europe won the Ryder Cup
five years ago.
Lewis, the last American
to reach No. 1 in the world
ranking, will be playing in
her fifth Solheim Cup. The
two-time major champion
won her last tournament
two years ago. She missed
the second half of last year
to have her first child.
Lewis made her Solheim
Cup debut in Ireland in
2011 and recalled the
nerves of walking to the
first tee in foursomes, real-
izing she had the opening
shot. “I hit a horrendous 'Nervous' Osaka grinds at U.S. Open
tee shot,” she said. “That
was kind of the moment
for me that I wasn’t nec-
essarily prepared for that Naomi Osaka, of Japan, reacts after scoring a point against Anna Blinkova, of Russia, during the first round of the US Open tennis
tournament Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in New York.
I want the other rookies to Associated Press
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