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2009 PING Junior Solheim Cup

PING Junior Solheim Cup
Venue: Aurora Country Club, Aurora, Illinois, USA 
Date: August 18th – 19th 2009 
Teams: 12 girls from Europe vs. 12 girls from the United States

 

    
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.

Captain for Team Europe is Carin Koch from Sweden and Captain for Team USA is Nancy Lopez from the US.
 

European Team Selection:
12 participants
Participants must be 12-18 years old (born 1991 and later) and must not have reached their 18th birthday prior to January 1, 2009.
Must be a European citizen.
Anyone who has graduated high school and is attending college is not eligible to play in the PING Junior Solheim Cup.  
Leading six players from the Points Table at July 13th will be automatically picked.
Captain will pick six players.
All other amateur events and the EGA European Amateur Ranking will be taking into consideration when making the Captain’s Pick.
European team selection on July 13th.
                                 
 
European Qualification Events:
Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, 
Real Club de Golf Las Palmas, Spain, 25 Feb-1 March
French International Lady Juniors Championship, 
Saint-Cloud GC, France, 9-13 April
European Girls’ Team Championship, 
Kokkola GC, Finland, 7-11 July
European Ladies’ Team Championship, 
Bled GC, Slovenia, 7-11 July
 
Points Allocation:

Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship
Stroke Play
Match Play
Position
Points
Position
Points
1
50
1
100
2
40
2
60
3
35
3-4
40
4
30
5-8
20
5
25
 
 
6
20
 
 
7
15
 
 
8
10
  
Strokeplay points and matchplay points to be added together

 

French International Lady Juniors Championship
Stroke Play
Match Play
Position
Points
Position
Points
1
50
1
100
2
40
2
60
3
35
3-4
40
4
30
5-8
20
5
25
 
 
6
20
 
 
7
15
 
 
8
10
  
Strokeplay points and matchplay points to be added together

 

European Girls’ Team Championship
Stroke Play
Position
Points
1
100
2
80
3
60
4
50
5
40
6
30
7
25
8
20
9
15
10
10

 

European Ladies’ Team Championship
 
Stroke Play
Position
Points
1
100
2
80
3
60
4
50
5
40
6
30
7
25
8
20
9
15
10
10