Junior Solheim Cup team qualifying

points system favours Continentals

It looks as the leading Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish Under-18 girls will have to rely on getting one of the six wild-card picks open to team captain Carin Koch if they are to make the European team of 12 for the Ping Junior Solheim Cup match at Aurora Country Club, Aurora, Illinois on August 18 and 19.
There are four tournaments being used as qualifying points events:
1 The Spanish women's open amateur championship, which was played last weekend.
2 The French Under-21 girls' open amateur championship at Paris St Cloud from April 9 to 13.
3 The European girls' team championship at a Finland venue from July 7 to 11.
4 The European women's team championship at a Slovenia venue from July 7 to 11.
AUTOMATIC SELECTION FOR LEADING SIX
The leading six players on the points table on July 13 will be automatically selected to the team. The six others will be selected by European team captain Koch. Nancy Lopez will be the United States captain for the Junior Solheim Cup match which will consist of six four-ball ties, six foursomes ties and 12 singles.
The age parameters are no younger than 12 years and under 18 years on January 1, 2009.
Here are the Ping Junior Solheim Cup selection points earned in the "Spanish:"
1 Rosanna Crepiat, France - 60 points
2 Johanna Tillström, Sweden - 40 points
2 Emilie Alonso, France - 40 points
4 Ana Fernandez de Mesa, Spain - 35 points
5 Mandy Goyos Ball, Spain - 20 points
6 Sophia Popov, Germany - 5 points