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Wednesday, September 12, 2007


EUROPEAN GIRLS BEAT AMERICANS
IN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP

Let's hope it's a good omen for the Solheim Cup later this week. Europe beat United States 14-10 in the Ping Junior Solheim Cup in the two-day match which finished today in Sweden.
Here are all the results:
DAY ONE
FOURSOMES (3-3)
European names first
Carlota Ciganda & Nicola Rossler bt Sydney Burlison & Allie White by 1 hole.
Sara Monberg & Caroline Hedwall lost to Jane Rah & Vicky Hurst 4 and 3.
Henrietta Brockway & Sally Watson lost to Isabelle Lendl & Courtney Ellenbogen 1 hole.
Marta Silva & Florentyna Parker bt Kimberley Kim & Stephanie Kono 5 and 4.
Audrey Goumard & Nathalie Mansson bt Brianna Do & Tiffany Lua 3 and 1.
Charlotte Kring Lorentzen & Jacqueline Hedwall lost to Kristen Park & Mina Harigae 1 hole.

FOUR-BALL (4-2)
Silva & Ciganda bt Rah & Kono 4 and 2.
Parker & Rossler bt Burlison & Ellenbogen 2 holes.
Lorentzen & Monberg lost to White & Lendl 2 and 1.
Caroline & Jacqueline Hedwall bt Kim & Do 3 and 2.
Mansson & Watson bt Harigae & Lua 1 hole.
Goumard & Brockway lost to Hurst & Park 5 and 4.

DAY TWO
SINGLES 7-5.
Watson lost to Burlison 2 and 1.
Ciganda bt White 5 and 3.
Caroline Hedwall bt Do 5 and 3.
Brockway bt Lua 2 and 1.
Silva lost to Kono 1 hole.
Parker bt Kim 1 hole.
Jacqueline Hedwall bt Ellenbogen 1 hole.
Goumard bt Lendl 5 and 4.
Monberg lost to Rah 4 and 3.
Mansson lost to Harigae 4 and 3.
Lorentzen lost to Park 2 and 1.
Rossler bt Hurst 2 and 1.


There were originally only two Swedish players in the European team selection but an eve of the match ankle injury ruled Germany's Caroline Manson unable to play.

The rules and conditions of the Ping Junior Solheim Cup match do not cover the substituion of one player for another but the Americans sportingly agreed to Jacqueline Hedwall, twin sister of Carline who was already in the team, being drafted in to keep the teams level in numbers.

The Hedwall sisters team up for a big win in the four-ball ties.

The European team included one Scot, Sally Watson, who had the honour of playing in the No 1 singles tie today.

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