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 Carin
Koch
11.04 Solheim Cup:
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Carin Koch Named 2015 European Solheim Cup Team Captain
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, April 11, 2014 – Carin Koch has been appointed as the
Captain of the European Solheim Cup team that will attempt to secure a third
straight victory against the United States of America in the 2015 match at Golf
Club St. Leon-Rot in Germany, the Ladies European Tour announced today.
The Swede will attempt to retain the trophy after Europe’s emphatic 18-10
victory at Colorado Golf Club in 2013, when Europe earned an historic first win
in the United States.
After consecutive European successes in 2011 at Killeen Castle and in 2013 in
Colorado, Koch will seek to complete an unprecedented hat-trick of wins when the
matches take place on September 18-20, 2015.
“I am extremely delighted and honoured to captain the 2015 Solheim Cup team,”
said Koch. “Being vice-captain to Lotta (Neumann) in 2013 I once again
experienced the thrill of The Solheim Cup matches which are unlike any other
tournament in professional golf. I cannot wait to stand with the team on the
first tee next September to start our quest for the hat-trick of wins against
the US team. I look forward to working with the German team at Golf Club
St.Leon-Rot for the next year and a half to put on the best Solheim Cup ever!”
Koch played in four successive Solheim Cup matches between 2000 and 2005,
earning 11 ½ points with a 10-3-3 win-loss-draw record and was instrumental in
Europe’s 2000 victory, holing the winning putt at Loch Lomond in Scotland. She
was also a member of the victorious team that won at Barsebäck G&CC on her home
soil in Sweden in 2003.
After twice playing on the winning side, Koch was also part of the 2013 victory
as a vice-captain to Liselotte Neumann when Europe successfully retained The Cup
for the first time last August.
In addition to her Solheim Cup successes, Koch captained the European PING
Junior Solheim Cup Team in Illinois in 2009 and has three international
tournament victories: the 2000 Chrysler Open, 2001 LPGA Corning Classic and 2005
Corona Morelia Championship. She also won the 2000 TSN Ladies World Cup of Golf,
which was a team event on the Ladies European Tour.“I’m very pleased Carin Koch
has been chosen as captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup team,” said John
Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. “Her experience as a player speaks for itself,
having won several times around the world. She’s been a standout on four Solheim
Cup teams while compiling a 10-3-3 record. I’ll always remember her jubilant
reaction after making the Cup-clinching putt at Loch Lomond in 2000. It captured
the spirit of what the event is all about. She’ll be a tremendous leader as the
European team seeks its third straight Solheim Cup victory.”
Ladies European Tour chief executive officer Ivan Khodabakhsh congratulated Koch
on her appointment. “We are delighted that Carin has accepted the invitation to
lead the European Solheim Cup team as she is a fantastic representative of
European golf and her passion and experience of the event will transfer to her
being an excellent and inspiring Captain. The next edition at Golf Club St.
Leon-Rot is going to be very special and we are all working hard to deliver the
biggest and best ever Solheim Cup in Germany in 2015.”
Koch wasted little time in naming one of her vice-captains. At a press
conference in Frankfurt, she announced that she has chosen her long-time friend
and former European Solheim Cup teammate, Annika Sorenstam, to help lead the
team in Germany.
Sorenstam and Koch were successful foursomes and four-ball partners in The 2002
Solheim Cup and also won their foursomes match together in 2003.
Sorenstam, the former World No.1, with 89 worldwide career victories including
10 major championships, was an eight-time Solheim Cup player and has been a
vice-captain in the last two successful Solheim Cup campaigns for Europe.
As well as being a vice-captain at Killeen Castle in 2011, Sorenstam worked
together with Koch as a vice-captain under Liselotte Neumann for the 2013 match
in Colorado which resulted in Europe’s first back-to-back victory and first win
on US soil.
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