Nov 14 (Reuters) - Catriona Matthew says captaining the successful Solheim Cup staff this 12 months
Nov 14 (Reuters) – Catriona Matthew says captaining the successful Solheim Cup staff this 12 months was the spotlight of her profession after being appointed on Thursday to guide Europe’s bid to retain the trophy in 2021.
Matthew believes she faces a good larger problem to encourage her gamers to victory in the US in two years.
“Capturing the Solheim Cup in Scotland, an hour’s drive from our house, with my shut buddy Suzann Pettersen making the clinching putt on the final gap within the final match on the course…you possibly can’t prime that,” Matthew mentioned in a posting on lpga.com as her captaincy was introduced.
“I’ve talked to folks all through Scotland and so they inform me how overwhelmed they have been by the second. It was the largest factor to occur in girls’s sport in Scotland, the UK, Europe … maybe the complete world. It received’t be quickly forgotten.
“I’ve by no means seen something just like the crowds that week. It was extraordinary. I instructed my staff to attempt to get the gang into it,…