Olivia Mehaffey only GB and I player in Europe team for Junior Solheim Cup match

 

NEWS RELEASE

Europe has assembled a strong international team for next month’s PING Junior Solheim Cup at St. Leon-Rot GC in Germany.

 

Spaniards

Ana Pelaez, Maria Parra and Marta Perez Sanmartin

Norway’s 

Sandra Nordaas

France’s 

Agathe Laisne 

and Denmark’s

 Puk Lyng Thomson 

 all gained automatic spots on the European team by claiming the top-six places on the PING Junior Solheim Cup European Ranking and they will be joined at St. Leon-Rot GC by 

Germany’s

 Leonie Harm 

Austria’s

 Emma Spitz

Ireland’s 

Olivia Mehaffey 

Sweden’s 

Elin Esborn

 Switzerland’s 

Albane Valenzuela

 and a second French player

 Mathilda Cappeliez

, who were selected as the Captain’s Picks after the final counting event, the British Girls’ Championship at West Kilbride.

 

“I am delighted with how things have turned out,” said European Captain Iben Tinning, who played on four European Solheim Cup teams and won six Ladies European Tour titles “I genuinely believe this is one of the strongest teams Europe has ever assembled for the PING Junior Solheim Cup and look forward to trying to win the trophy back from the Americans.”

 

“I would like to congratulate the European young ladies who made the team and I’m looking forward to watching what I know will be a hard fought PING Junior Solheim Cup event at St. Leon-Rot GC next month. This is an event we are very proud of and further emphasizes PING’s significant and consistent commitment to Ladies Golf,” said John Solheim, the Chairman and CEO of PING and the founder of the PING Junior Solheim Cup.

 

“I think the fact we’ve got three Spaniards, two French girls plus players from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland in the team shows how golf is developing all across the Continent,” said Ivan Khodabakhsh, CEO of the Ladies European Tour. “It’s very encouraging and the geographic mix augers well for the future of women’s golf on this side of the Atlantic.”

 

The PING Junior Solheim Cup 2015 is to be played at St. Leon-Rot Golf Club on September 14-15 immediately ahead of The Solheim Cup, which is staged at the same German golf club on September 18-20. It is the first time the same venue has been used for both matches.