Leona Maguire was left annoyed by her restricted position on this yr’s Solheim Cup and mentioned it offered “extra motivation” to win her level for Group Europe within the Sunday singles.
Maguire had performed in all 10 classes in her first two appearances within the biennial contest, profitable seven and a half factors within the course of, though featured simply twice this yr within the 15.5-12.5 defeat to Group USA.
The Irishwoman partnered Georgia Corridor in a 5&4 loss within the Friday fourballs after which sat out each classes on Saturday, earlier than returning with a powerful 4&3 victory over Ally Ewing within the Sunday singles.
“I feel like I’ve been playing really great golf all week in practice and it was a bitter pill to swallow to be sat out for as many sessions as I was,” Maguire mentioned. “I thought, ‘I have got a point to prove today’. I love the Solheim Cup, I love match play and I really wanted to deliver a point for the team today, and nice to do that.
“[Pettersen] did not give a lot motive, to be trustworthy. The sensation I acquired was that I used to be a bit of bit too brief and did not make sufficient birdies, however I believe I proved in the present day there’s multiple option to pores and skin a cat, and I believe I made loads of birdies in the present day.
“It is Solheim Cup, I do not want any additional motivation however yeah, there in all probability was a bit of bit additional there, not going to lie. However finally it is what’s finest for the group this week.
“I would have loved the opportunity to try and deliver more points for the team, but I did what I could today.”
Rookie Albane Valenzuela additionally sat out all of Saturday and solely performed in two of the 5 classes, with Pettersen backing her choice to present each gamers such a restricted position over the three days.
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Group USA Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis describes the stress of watching the Sunday singles unfolded and admitted it might have gone both manner
“I’ve never lived my life regretting any decisions,” Pettersen mentioned in her press convention. “You’d rather play with your gut feel and your heart. Sometimes you get outplayed. There was a reason why Leona and the line-up in the back was what it was. We know what they’re capable of.
“We all know what they’re dealing with. If we have been going to have an opportunity at this, we wanted all 12 gamers. It could have been good to have an anchor like Leona within the again figuring out she will be able to take it and get it completed.
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Group Europe captain Suzann Pettersen praised the efforts of her facet in the course of the Solheim Cup and prompt there have been a number of small victories for her group regardless of lacking out on retaining the trophy
“I mean, it’s a 12-woman team, and it’s always going to be hard to do the pairings. Sometimes you get it right, sometimes you get outplayed. Maybe we could have played other players that maybe could have faced different opponents that could have changed the outcome.
“You may all the time look again, however on the identical time I do not suppose we as a group have any regrets of what we did. We tried our greatest.”
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What went unsuitable for Europe?
Europe have been 4 factors behind after the opening day and held the identical deficit going into the Sunday singles, the place Pettersen’s facet gained 6.5 factors on supply however nonetheless fell to their first Solheim Cup loss since 2017.
“I think coming off a very slow start, again, on Friday morning is kind of what hurt us,” Pettersen added. “That is one thing we internally must work on as a result of it is powerful again and again to form of all the time really feel such as you’re coming from behind.
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World quantity two Lilia Vu birdied the 18th gap to assert a half-point that secured Group USA the Solheim Cup in Virginia
“It’s very doable. We showed it again today. I thought yesterday [Saturday] was a good kind of fair competition, 2-2 in both sessions. Yeah, we’re right there. But you also need a little bit of luck.
“I do not really feel like we made an terrible lot of putts general all through the week, and on the finish of the day, it’s a few factors’ distinction.”
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