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Cup kapteinen
05.11 Solheim Cup:
Alison Nicholas blir ny
kaptein
Det er utnevnt ny kaptein til det europeiske laget til Solheim Cup i 2009. Da
er forhåpentligvis Suzann Pettersen med på laget.
Her er pressemeldingen fra LET:
Nicholas Solheim Cup Captain for Europe
The Ladies European Tour has announced that England’s Alison Nicholas will
captain The 2009 European Solheim Cup Team at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois,
USA, from 17-23 August 2009.
Under her leadership, the 12 best European born players from the Ladies
European Tour will attempt to win The Cup for the first time on US soil.
“It’s a great honour to be The Solheim Cup Captain and I’m delighted,” said
Nicholas, who takes over from this year’s captain Helen Alfredsson.
“I can’t wait – it’s fantastic. I’m really excited and very passionate about
it. I love The Solheim Cup. It’s a magnificent competition and something that I
always look forward to. I always enjoyed playing and I enjoyed the last four
events though I wasn’t playing. It’s been a very special part of my golfing
career.”
Nicholas brings extraordinary experience and character to the team. The
45-year-old from Birmingham represented Europe on six consecutive occasions
from 1990 as a player. She was involved in all three of Europe’s victories, as
a player in 1992 and 2000 and as Vice Captain to Catrin Nilsmark in 2003. She
was also Vice Captain in 2005.
As a Solheim Cup competitor, Nicholas owns a 7-8-3 record, scoring 8 ½ points
for Europe. She formed a formidable partnership with Laura Davies in the event,
with whom she played nine doubles matches altogether.
During her 20 year career, Nicholas amassed 18 victories around the world and
retired from competitive golf in 2004. Her proudest moment came in 1997, when
she won the US Women’s Open, beating the legendary Nancy Lopez at Pumpkin Ridge.
That year, Nicholas also won the European order of merit and was awarded the
MBE for services to golf by Her Majesty the Queen in the birthday honours list.
“Alison Nicholas is a great choice for Captain of the 2009 Solheim Cup Team for
the LET,” said John A. Solheim, Chairman and CEO of PING, Inc. “She is a fierce
competitor whose leadership will really inspire the European Team. We are
delighted Alison was selected as she is a very special person who will bring a
lot to The 2009 Solheim Cup.”
Karen Lunn, Chairman of The Ladies European Tour and The European Solheim Cup
Committee, added: “Alison has all the credentials we were looking for in a
Captain and thoroughly deserves this opportunity.
“She has played in six Solheim Cups and has been Vice Captain on two other
occasions. I am not sure that there is anyone that is as passionate about The
Solheim Cup as Ali.
“Her record as a player in The Solheim Cup was outstanding, and as Vice Captain
she provided valuable assistance and support to Catrin Nilsmark at Barseback in
2003 and at Crooked Stick in 2005. She is also a life member of the LET and has
been a great supporter of the tour over many years.
“Alison fully understands the difficulty of the task that lies ahead in going
onto US soil to get The Solheim Cup back. Her credentials in the US, especially
her US Women’s Open victory in 1997 against Nancy Lopez, who had 20,000 plus
fans supporting her in Portland that day, shows that she has the grit and
ability to win in these circumstances against the odds. Ali is no doubt the
perfect choice to captain the European team to victory in the USA in 2009.”
Looking ahead to the 11th Solheim Cup clash at Rich Harvest Farms, Nicholas
added: “We face a big challenge but I don’t believe that anything is impossible.
I want to enjoy the whole experience and to have fun with my team. I want to
help them to be the best that they can be.”
Only 4’10” in her spikes, “Big Al” as she is known, was born in Gibraltar in
1962. She grew up in Sheffield, England, and has resided in Birmingham since
1988. She currently teaches at the Alison Nicholas Golf Academy in Birmingham
and is training to become a PGA Professional.
Speaking from Japan, Davies, the only player to have competed in every Solheim
Cup, said: “It’s the only possible choice they could’ve made. No one deserves
it more than Big Al.”
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