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Teams
(click
here) are now set for the second biennial PING Junior
Solheim Cup. The 2003 event will be played at Bokskogen Golf
Club in Malmö, Sweden, Sept. 8-10.
The first
girls-only team event of its kind at the junior level, the
PING Junior Solheim Cup is sponsored by PING and will be conducted
by the Swedish Golf Federation. Patterned after The Solheim
Cup, this prestigious invitational will pit the 12 finest
female junior golfers (ages 13-18) from the United States
against the top 12 junior girls from Europe.
The 2002 PING Junior Solheim Cup Teams
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The U.S.
team was selected based on a ranking system that awarded points
for top tournament finishes. The top 10 girls in points were
named to the team along with two captain’s selections.
The U.S.
team will consist of Amanda Blumenherst (Scottsdale, Ariz.),
Paula Creamer (Pleasanton, Calif.), Esther Choe (La Quinta,
Calif.), Amie Cochran (Torrance, Calif.), Lauren Espinosa
(Irving, Texas), Taylor Leon (Dallas, Texas), Brittany Lincicome
(Seminole, Fla.), Whitney Myers (East Berlin, Pa.), Jennifer
Pandolfi (Navarre, Fla.), Jane Park (Beaumont, Calif.), Morgan
Pressel (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Christie Reed (Coral Springs,
Fla.).
Nine of
the 12 girls are Polo Golf Junior All-Americans and the team
members have combined for 19 national wins this year. Six
of the girls are returning from last year’s U.S. team
that dominated the inaugural event, winning 17-7.
Three
of the returnees look to continue their unbeaten streak at
the event as Blumenherst, Pandolfi and Pressel were never
on the losing end in their matches of 2002.
The nation’s
top-ranked girl, Creamer, will be making her second appearance
at the PING Junior Solheim Cup, as well. The first-team Polo
Golf Junior All-American has captured six national junior
events in 2003 and made headlines in professional and amateur
events.
Park,
who recently reached the finals of the U.S. Women’s
Amateur, will also be returning to the U.S.
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