U.S. captain Stacy Lewis on Tuesday named main champions Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome as her assistants for September’s Solheim Cup in Gainesville, Virginia.
Creamer and Lincicome will function assistants for the primary time whereas Pressel and Stanford labored alongside Lewis within the 2023 Solheim Cup in Andalusia, Spain, the place Europe secured a 3rd straight triumph within the prime staff occasion in ladies’s golf.
“These 4 have a lot expertise and love for the Solheim Cup, plus they’re my associates and all main champions too,” mentioned former world No. 1 Lewis. “I am excited to see them on this function and to assist put together them to be future captains as nicely.”
Creamer, a 10-time LPGA Tour winner who turned a significant champion on the 2010 U.S. Ladies’s Open, performed on her first U.S. Solheim Cup staff as an LPGA Tour rookie in 2005 at age 19, then the youngest participant within the occasion’s historical past.
Creamer, 37, additionally represented the U.S. in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and her seven foursomes wins are probably the most for any American participant.
“When Stacy requested me to be on her staff for the Solheim Cup, I could not say sure quick sufficient,” Creamer mentioned. “My seven Solheim Cups are among the finest recollections of my profession, and I can not wait to make extra recollections working with Stacy.”
Lincicome has top-10 finishes in all 5 LPGA Tour main championships, together with titles on the 2009 and 2015 Chevron Championships.
Having competed in six Solheim Cups, Lincicome’s 4 four-ball partnerships with Brittany Lang are probably the most for any duo in Solheim Cup historical past, and the pair went an ideal 4-0-0.
“Serving as an assistant captain to the U.S. Solheim Cup staff shall be one of many best honors of my profession,” Lincicome mentioned.
Creamer and Lincicome have been Solheim Cup teammates with Lewis 4 instances, most not too long ago in 2017.
Pressel has competed in six Solheim Cups, together with in 2011 when she had a 4-0-0 report, and in 2009 when she secured the profitable level with a 3-and-2 win over Anna Nordqvist.
Stanford has competed in six Solheim Cups and in 2015 earned the profitable level along with her 2-and-1 victory over Suzann Pettersen.
Each Pressel and Stanford have been Solheim Cup staff mates with Lewis in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
This yr’s Solheim Cup is Sept. 13-15.
The Solheim Cup Committee beforehand authorised to maneuver the occasion to even years beginning in 2024 after the announcement that the Ryder Cup would transfer to an odd-year schedule after the 2020 competitors was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
