LOTTE NEUMANN NAMED AS EUROPE'S SOLHEIM CUP CAPTAIN 2013

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By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager
Sweden’s Liselotte Neumann has been named the captain of the European team for next year’s Solheim Cup match at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, USA. The 2013 Solheim Cup takes place from August 13-18, just a few days after the US PGA Championship.
Neumann, who represented Europe on six consecutive occasions as a player, from 1990 to 2000, takes over from England’s Alison Nicholas, whom she assisted at the 2009 match at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois.
US-based Neumann will seek to build on Europe’s stunning success in 2011 at Killeen Castle in Ireland by leading the team to its first victory in the United States.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California, Neumann said: “I am extremely happy and honoured to have been selected as the European Solheim Cup Captain in 2013. This event has always been very special for women’s golf and it brings back wonderful memories of my years on the team.
"I want to thank the selection committee and the players for placing their trust in me and I look forward to the challenge of defending the title on US soil next year.”
The 45-year-old hopes to benefit from her considerable experiences, which include serving as captain of the 2011 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team in Ireland.
Neumann’s 27 worldwide victories over a 24-year career include the 1988 US Women’s Open and the 1994 Women’s British Open. In 1985, she won her first two titles on the Ladies European Tour, previously named the WPGET. In 1988, the year she captured her first LPGA victory at the US Women’s Open, she was named LPGA Rookie of the Year and she went on to win multiple titles in 1994, ’96, ’97 and ’98, most recently winning an individual stroke play tournament in 2004.
In 2006, whilst partnering Annika Sorenstam, she also won the Women’s World Cup of Golf.

Whitworth to captain US Junior Solheim Cup Team


BRASELTON, Georgia – Kathy Whitworth, captain of the first two U.S. Solheim Cup Teams and an LPGA Hall of Famer, has been selected by PING and the American Junior Golf Association as the Captain of the 2013 U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team.
“I’m committed to making this an incredible experience for these players and I’m thrilled to have been chosen,” Whitworth said. “I’m really looking forward to this opportunity of working with the great young players.”
The PING Junior Solheim Cup biennially features the 12 best female junior golfers (ages 12-18) from the United States against the top 12 junior girls from Europe, and will be held in September 2013 at a venue to be determined in Colorado.
Whitworth won at least one LPGA tournament every year from 1962 to 1978, which is the longest streak in LPGA history, and was named the AP Athlete of the Year in 1965 and 1967.
The 2013 event will mark the seventh PING Junior Solheim Cup, with the U.S. Team leading the all-time series, 3-2-1. In 2011, Team USA forced a 12-12 tie and retained the cup at Knightsbrook Resort Spa and Golf Club in Meath, Ireland, becoming the first team to capture the Cup on foreign soil.