U.S. Solheim Cup captain Angela Stanford on Tuesday named main champion Paula Creamer as her second assistant captain for subsequent yr’s Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf within the Netherlands.
Creamer, 38, a 10-time winner on the LPGA Tour, will be part of Stanford and fellow assistant captain Kristy McPherson in main a gaggle of the highest 12 American feminine golfers towards Europe within the biennial staff occasion.
Creamer, who gained the 2010 U.S. Ladies’s Open, performed on her first Solheim Cup staff as an LPGA Tour rookie in 2005 at age 19, then the youngest participant within the occasion’s historical past.
She additionally represented the U.S. in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and her seven foursomes wins and 8½ foursomes factors are probably the most for any American participant.
“Sporting the Purple, White and Blue has been an necessary a part of my profession. I’ve pledged to Angela to do no matter she wants me to do to assist her and the U.S. staff signify the US nicely and finally retain the Cup for an additional two years,” Creamer stated in an announcement.
Stanford and Creamer have been Solheim Cup teammates 5 occasions however have been by no means paired collectively. In addition they served as assistants beneath Stacy Lewis finally yr’s Solheim Cup.
“Paula’s ardour for her nation and the Solheim Cup are infectious,” Stanford stated in an announcement. “I really loved being Paula’s teammate after we performed on Solheim Cups and after we labored as assistants collectively in Virginia final yr.
America reclaimed the Solheim Cup final September in Gainesville, Virginia, to cease Europe from capturing the trophy for an unprecedented fourth consecutive time.
The following Solheim Cup will probably be held Sept. 11-13, 2026, when the U.S. will probably be in search of its first highway win since 2015.
