The Solheim Cup 2011 live on Sky Sports
September 8, 2011 · 1 Comments
The 2011 Solheim Cup, the biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by Europe and the United States takes place over 23 – 25 September and will be broadcast live by Sky Sports.
The trans-Atlantic team match-play competition features the best US -born players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour and the best European members from the Ladies European Tour (LET), and this year takes place at Killeen Castle, County Meath, Ireland.
The U.S. Team leads the competition, 8-3, and has never lost The Solheim Cup on home soil. In 2009, the Americans kept their untarnished home record intact at Rich Harvest Farms with a 16 to 12 final score against the Europeans.
US Solheim Cup Captain Rosie Jones has put together a strong 12-player squad that will represent the U.S in their quest to retain the Solheim Cup. The U.S. Team will feature nine players returning from the victorious 2009 team including Rolex Rankings No. 2 and points leader Cristie Kerr, and Solheim Cup veteran and assistant captain Juli Inkster.
European Captain Alison Nicholas announced a team including Scotland’s Catriona Matthew along with Sweden’s Maria Hjorth, Anna Nordqvist and Sophie Gustafson who qualified from the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.
England’s Melissa Reid and Laura Davies, Norway’s Suzann Pettersen and Christel Boeljon from the Netherlands had already earned their places on the team from the Ladies European Tour’s Solheim Cup points’ list.
Nicholas handed her wild cards to Spain’s Azahara Muñoz, Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall, England’s Karen Stupples and Sandra Gal of Germany.
Sky Sports HD will broadcast full live coverage of each day of the event, starting with the Opening Ceremony at 5pm on Thursday 22 September.
The Solheim Cup on twitter : @2011SolheimCup | Website : http://www.solheimcup.com
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Can you find out and let me know who the charming lady was that did a lot of the announcing at the opening ceremonies
She was on stage with a gentleman who did other half of the announcing. Thanks Bob