2015 SOLHEIM CUP VENUE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY
NEWS RELEASE FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
The announcement of the Host Venue for The 2015 Solheim Cup will be made on Monday 29th October at 10:00 GMT and will be released exclusively on the Ladies European Tour and The Solheim Cup Europe websites (and on www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk)
Mark
Casey, European Solheim Cup Director stated “We are delighted to be
announcing the venue for The 2015 Solheim Cup on Monday 29th October following a very competitive tender process which involved a number of strong bids from throughout Europe.”
After
a highly successful staging in 2011 at Killeen Castle in Ireland, The
2013 Solheim Cup travels to Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colorado, August
13th – 18th 2013.
The
Solheim Cup has been held six times on European soil, debuting in
Dalmahoy in Scotland in 1992 where Europe first tasted victory. There
have been subsequent events in Wales and back to Scotland before it
first travelled outside Great Britain to Barseback Golf and Country Club
in Sweden in 2003. Such was the appetite for the event in the country,
it returned in 2007 to Halmstad, Sweden.
Inspired
by their golfing legends Liselotte Neumann and Annika Sorenstam,
attendance soared to over 100,000 in both stagings in Sweden, and its
players have continued to influence the bi-annual tournament ever since -
when Liselotte leads out her girls in 2013 she will be flanked by a
Swedish duo in her Vice-Captains Annika Sorenstam and Carin Koch.
Taking
the event to Ireland in 2011, with its knowledgeable fans and rich
golfing tradition, set-up what is now thought of as the greatest match
in Solheim History, with Europe gallantly fighting back on singles
Sunday to seize the trophy at Killeen Castle, making sure it wasn’t just
Irish eyes that were smiling but those all over Europe.
So
where is next? With golf moving into newer and more diverse European
destinations year on year, the growth opportunities to take The Solheim
Cup to new fans in new regions is immense.
Stay tuned...
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