The PING Junior Solheim Cup was founded by Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, makers of PING equipment, to give junior golfers experience and to prepare them for their future golf careers. The event is always played prior to The Solheim Cup.

The PING Junior Solheim Cup is the only girl's team event of its kind at a junior level. The event features teams of 12 players from Europe and the USA , playing a two-day match play competition of six fourballs, six foursomes and 12 singles

2007 PING Junior Solheim Cup

Day 1, 11 September 2007

Two birdies by Nathalie Mansson lead the European team to a two point lead going into the following day's singles.  The talented Swede was cheered on by the rest of the team and drained two important puts, in the last match, going down the final holes.

European team chearing their fellow player

Venue:  Båstad Golf Club , Sweden

Date:   11-12 September 2007

Teams:   12 girls from Europe vs. 12 girls from the United States .

European Eligibility:   Participants must be European citizens and must be 13-18 years old (as of the EGA definition of girls, born 1989 and later).

Qualifying events:  The team will consist of the leading seven players from the PING Junior Solheim Cup European ranking list and the captain and committee will choose the remaining five girls from member federations of the EGA.

Points for the European ranking list will be earned at the following five EGA-calendar events in 2007:

• Spanish Ladies Amateur TBC, Spain Feb 28-March 3

• French Lady Juniors Saint-Cloud GC, France April 5-6

• Skandia Junior Open Båstad GK, Sweden May 25-27

• European Girls Team Champ. Oslo GK, Norway July 10-14

• Girls British Open Amateur Champ. Southerndown, Wales Aug 13-17 5.

Points are awarded to qualifying players who finish in the top 8 of a Match play competition, and top 10 of a Stroke play competition.

Points are awarded as follows: 1 – 90, 2 – 60, 3 – 40, 4 – 35, 5 – 30, 6 – 25, 7 – 20, 8 – 15, 9 – 10, 10 - 5

2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup

The third PING Junior Solheim Cup took place at Bridgewater Club, Indiana , USA on 5-7 September 2005.

The United States won the inaugural event in 2002 in Minnesota, while the European side evened the series in Sweden in 2003.  In 2005 United States won back the trophy by defeating the European team by 16-8.

“I truly enjoyed playing in a team together with the top junior golfers in Europe . I have always enjoyed playing match play and the tournament gave me a lot of experience when competing against other international juniors”, said Anna Nordqvist, member of the European PING Junior Solheim Cup team.

“I would like to turn professional in a few years and my goal is of course to play in The Solheim Cup. During the week I got the opportunity to talk to some of the European Solheim Cup players and it gave me a lot of motivation. It was really fun watching The Solheim Cup and all of us learned a lot from their game”, Anna continued.

Please read more about the 2005 PING Juniors Solheim Cup at http://www.ajga.org/2005JrSolheimCup/

The 2005 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team at

   Bridgewater Club , Indiana , USA .

The following junior girls played for the 2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup European Team:

Carlota Ciganda

Alessandra de Luigi

Lene Krog

Caroline Masson   

Belen Mozo

Azahara Munoz

Anna Nordqvist

Florentyna Parker

Beatriz Recari

Melissa Reid

Marta Silva

Benedicte Toumpsin

Charlotta Sörenstam

Marta Figueras-Dotti   

Spain

Italy

Norway

Germany

Spain

Spain

Sweden

England

Spain

England

Spain

Belgium

Sweden           Captain

Spain                Vice Captain

Belen Mozo and Captain Charlotta Sörenstam at

    the 2005 PING Junior Solheim Cup Prize Presentation.