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Boston Globe
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Sweden's Maja Stark wins the US Women's Open for her first major championship
The 25-year-old Stark became the sixth Swede to win an LPGA major, and the first since Anna Nordqvist earned the Women's British Open title in 2021. Stark, who played at Oklahoma State from 2019-21, is the first Swede to win a US Women's Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006. This is Stark's second LPGA title. She also won the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational, a Ladies European Tour event in Northern Ireland that was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour. Advertisement
RTÉ News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Caroline Hedwall and Mel Reid named Europe's Solheim Cup vice-captains
Europe captain Anna Nordqvist has named Caroline Hedwall and Mel Reid as vice-captains for next year's Solheim Cup in the Netherlands. Hedwall has represented Europe as a player on five occasions, with Reid competing four times and also acting as vice-captain in 2019 and 2024. "If the Solheim Cup is happening, I want to be there for Europe in whatever way I can contribute," Reid said. "Some of my fondest core memories have been during a Solheim Cup week and in that European team room. I am honoured that Anna asked me to be one of her vice-captains." Europe will bid to regain the Solheim Cup from the United States at Bernardus Golf from 11-13 September 2026.
NBC Sports
20-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Future Solheim Cup venues, locations and dates
The Solheim Cup is a biennial event between American- and European-born players. Angela Stanford (U.S.) and Anna Nordqvist (Europe) will serve as captains in the next iteration. After playing back-to-back in 2023 and '24, to get the cup on an even-year schedule (and away from Ryder Cup years), the competition will next be held in 2026. Golf Channel Staff, Unlike the men's Ryder Cup, which has four of its next five sites determined, the Solheim Cup is only scheduled out for the next two matches. Here are the future locations and dates:
Reuters
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Anna Nordqvist named European captain for '26 Solheim Cup
February 24 - Anna Nordqvist will captain the 2026 European Solheim Cup team, the Ladies European Tour announced Monday. At 37, the Sweden native becomes the second-youngest European skipper since the event's inception in 1990. Nordqvist served as a vice captain for Europe at the September 2024 Solheim Cup in Virginia, where the American team prevailed 15 1/2 to 12 1/2. She also played for the team and has a 17-15-3 record in nine appearances in the biennial competition dating back to 2009. "Whether we were winning or losing, the Solheim Cup has played such a huge part in my career ever since I made my debut in 2009 in Chicago," Nordqvist said in a news release. "The friendships I have made, and the memories created during the nine matches I've played, make it so incredibly special to be given the opportunity to be European Captain at my tenth Solheim Cup!" The 2026 Solheim Cup will take place in the Netherlands from Sept. 11-13 at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt. A three-time major winner, Nordqvist has nine wins on the LPGA Tour and four more on the European circuit. The United States has not yet named a captain for 2026. The Americans hold an 11-7-1 lead in the competition.
NBC Sports
24-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nordqvist: An 'honor' to be Solheim Cup captain
Anna Nordqvist, who has played in nine Solheim Cups during her accomplished career, joins Golf Today to discuss what it means to be named captain of the 2026 European team.
