Danielle Kang’s golf golf equipment have been misplaced on a journey from Amsterdam to Malaga forward of her fourth Solheim Cup look; watch Group Europe host Group USA at Finca Cortesin in Spain dwell on Friday from 6.30am on Sky Sports activities Golf
By Ali Stafford at Finca Cortesin
Final Up to date: 19/09/23 4:23pm
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Because the Solheim Cup will get underway on September 22, we have a look again at some traditional successful moments from down the years between Group USA and Group Europe.
Because the Solheim Cup will get underway on September 22, we have a look again at some traditional successful moments from down the years between Group USA and Group Europe.
Group USA stalwart Danielle Kang has described her Solheim Cup build-up as “dramatic” after seeing her golf equipment go lacking whereas travelling to this yr’s contest in Spain.
The previous main champion made the journey from Las Vegas to Amsterdam over the weekend after which linked to Malaga, just for her golf bag to get misplaced through the journey to Finca Cortesin.
Kang pleaded for assist from each the airline and golf followers on social media, with captain Stacy Lewis additionally posting to attempt to discover the originals, however they’ve but to be discovered. That has left her trying to find different golf equipment for the biennial contest.
Danielle Kang has seen her golf equipment misplaced on her solution to the Solheim Cup
The 30-year-old used some PING golf equipment briefly on Tuesday to allow her to practise, whereas sponsors Titleist are sending replacements to reach late on Tuesday night to present her time to arrange for Friday’s opening day.
“It has been an journey!” Kang admitted in her pre-tournament press convention. “If it wasn’t a dramatic entrance, it would not be my life, so it is okay. It is all good. My captain, Stacy, has been completely unbelievable. Your complete US group has been serving to me and everybody’s on prime of it.
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Group Europe captain Suzann Pettersen appears forward to the 2023 Solheim Cup and says the gamers are set on what’s going to occur on Friday as regards to pairings.
Group Europe captain Suzann Pettersen appears forward to the 2023 Solheim Cup and says the gamers are set on what’s going to occur on Friday as regards to pairings.
“Ping has made me a brief set at the moment that I acquired to play with, so we will not less than check out the golf course. It’s what it’s. You simply type of roll with the punches. It is life, it is golf, but it surely’s okay.
“I do journey with my putter individually in a rifle case as a result of my putter is a distinct mannequin, so we do not have the bending machine for it. It bends quite a bit throughout journey, so I put it in a separate case to journey with as a result of I haven’t got the means to get my putter checked each week.
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Watch the Solheim Cup and the Ryder Cup solely dwell on Sky Sports activities. Dwell protection of the Solheim Cup is from September 22-24 and the Ryder Cup is dwell from September 29-October 1.
Watch the Solheim Cup and the Ryder Cup solely dwell on Sky Sports activities. Dwell protection of the Solheim Cup is from September 22-24 and the Ryder Cup is dwell from September 29-October 1.
“Fortunately the putter did not get misplaced, but it surely’s okay. The opposite 13 are coming. Now we have religion. Stacy [Lewis] is on it. I imply, she’s placing out fires, and I am fairly positive I am the one one inflicting fireplace proper now!”
Thompson performs down kind considerations
Solely three of Group USA have previous expertise of successful a Solheim Cup, with Lexi Thompson the only real participant concerned this week who was additionally a part of their final success on European soil within the 2015 contest.
Lexi Thompson has performed prior to now 5 Solheim Cups for Group USA, that includes on the successful groups in each 2015 and 2017
Thompson has missed 5 of her seven cuts and has completed no larger than tied-Nineteenth in any occasion this season, however the American is eager to to bounce again from a irritating marketing campaign in her sixth Solheim Cup look.
“It means the world to me to have the ability to play on the Solheim Cup,” Thompson mentioned. “Yearly that I do know it is [Solheim Cup] yr, it is my No 1 aim to be on that group to have the ability to symbolize my nation. It is my favorite occasion by far.
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“Match play, stroke play, you continue to should play your recreation and golf. Won’t have been the yr that I needed, however that is this week. I am not specializing in the previous. I am right here with my group this week and going to symbolize my finest.”
Kang defended her team-mate’s kind, saying: “It is like Justin Thomas mentioned, any shot, any second can change your recreation. Cannot depend on a whole participant’s profession on simply how she’s been taking part in recently, proper?”
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