Solheim Cup 2026: Angela Stanford names Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and Lindy Duncan as captain’s picks, as Group USA squad confirmed | Golf Information

Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and Lindy Duncan have been named as Angela Stanford’s three captains’ picks for subsequent month’s Solheim Cup, as Group USA’s full 12-player squad was formally confirmed on Monday.

Following this weekend’s CPKC Ladies’s Open, Andrea Lee and Alison Lee additionally each earned qualifying spots for Group USA by way of the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings.

They may be part of Nelly Korda, Angel Yin, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh, Auston Kim, Lauren Coughlin and Allisen Corpuz, who all certified robotically for the match by way of the LPGA factors checklist.

Anna Nordqvist confirmed her 4 captain’s picks earlier in August, with either side now set to face off at Bernardus Golf in The Netherlands on September 11, and all three match days can be proven reside on Sky Sports activities Golf.

Duncan, 35 and Kim, 26, are the one two rookies in Stanford’s squad for September’s match. Duncan can be the second-oldest Solheim Cup debutant since Nancy Scranton performed her first Solheim Cup match in 2000, aged 39.

“It has been a lot enjoyable,” Stanford informed The Golf Channel when requested what the method of constructing her alternatives was like.

“After all, we had our robust occasions, and it is about getting right down to the second that we’ve to inform individuals they didn’t make it. However we anticipated that, and I completely love the 12 gamers we’ve.

“We’re able to get to the Netherlands and signify the Purple, White & Blue,” She added.

Lucy Li and Jenny Bae had been within the operating to guide a spot in Group USA’s squad, however each missed out after lacking the minimize on the CPKC Ladies’s Open.

In the meantime, skilled Solheim Cup gamers Lilia Vu, who has struggled together with her kind this season, and Lexi Thompson, who’s anticipating her first child early subsequent 12 months, have each additionally missed out.

Stanford’s captain’s picks

Khang brings a ton of expertise to Group USA, with the 28-year-old having performed in 4 Solheim Cups.

She performed a pivotal position in serving to Group USA defeat Group Europe on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in 2024, with Khang going undefeated, taking house a report of 3-0-0.

“After I bought the decision from Angela, I sat there for a bit of bit, and he or she was like: ‘Are you going to smile?'” Khang mentioned.

“I used to be shocked by it, and it is tremendous cool to be picked. When you play in a single, you do not wish to miss one and I can not wait to get to Bernardus Golf.”

Zhang has performed in two Solheim Cups in 2023 and once more in 2024, and, much like Khang, she took house an ideal report of 4-0-0 within the 2024 occasion.

The 23-year-old has loved a superb season on the LPGA Tour, making three top-10 finishes in 14 begins this season, and positioned tied-eighth at The Customary Portland Traditional final week.

“It was simple for me to incorporate Rose,” Stanford mentioned. “Rose, she’s been profitable on completely different ranges, and at every one, she’s been a winner.”

Duncan has loved a superb two years on the LPGA Tour, having secured 14 top-25 finishes, notably ending tied-second on the 2025 Chevron Championship.

“It is fairly wonderful to consider a few of the occasions I have been by way of a few years in the past,” Duncan mentioned. “I would not have believed it when you had informed me. I felt fairly near stepping away from the sport for some time.

“To have persevered by way of some robust occasions and had performed effectively to make this workforce, it is actually an honour.

“It was all the time a dream and felt actually far-off for a very long time. To have made it feels actually unimaginable.”

Who else options for Group USA?

Andrea Lee, who is ready to characteristic in her third Solheim Cup, booked her place because the highest-ranking American participant within the Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings to not qualify for the match by way of Group USA’s Solheim Cup factors checklist.

She has represented Group USA twice, reserving her spot as an computerized qualifier on each events, and boasts a 3-2-2 report, notably pairing with Zhang in 2024 to assert two spectacular foursome victories.

Alison Lee can even play in her third Solheim Cup, having loved wins with Group USA’s on the 2015 and 2024 occasions.

The 31-year-old holds a report of 2-5-0 throughout seven matches and returns to compete at this 12 months’s occasion after changing into a mum final 12 months.

She has loved a superb season on the LPGA Tour, which has included three top-five finishes, notably putting tied-third at each the Mizuho Americas Open and Dow Championship.

In the meantime, world No 1 Korda tops the checklist of names who’ve certified by way of the Solheim Cup factors checklist, with the American having received 4 occasions this season, together with her victory at The Chevron Championship in April and her US Open triumph in June.

“I am actually happy with Nelly as a result of she has actually grown into this,” Stanford mentioned.

“Simply her manner and her calmness. She carries the burden of our tour fairly a bit. She has grown into that, and I am very happy with her.”

Yin and Kupcho additionally return to Group USA, and each will play of their fourth Solheim Cups.

Noh, who completed third on the AIG Ladies’s Open, ranked fourth on Group USA’s Solheim Cup factors checklist, whereas Kim will make her debut on the occasion.

Coughlin and Corpuz make up the ultimate two gamers who certified for Group USA robotically.

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