Gwladys Nocera is to captain the European Staff on the 2023 PING Junior Solheim Cup, which can happen from 18-19 September at La Zagaleta in Spain.
Nocera can be no stranger to the Solheim Cup, having represented Europe on 4 events beforehand on the 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2015 editions. Since wrapping up her skilled profession, the 14-time LET winner has been working on the French Golf Federation and training the French Nationwide Staff, who’ve had current success profitable the European Women’ Staff Championship in 2022.
“It’s a nice honour to have been requested to be the following Captain of the PING Junior Solheim Cup and it’s with nice pleasure that I agreed to guide the European Staff,” stated Nocera. “I’ll put all my coronary heart into this function with a purpose to make this week unforgettable for the ladies. I do know from the underside of my coronary heart what this occasion brings to the gamers, the followers, the mother and father, the coaches and to all of the individuals who love golf. Thanks to the Solheim household for making this occasion top-of-the-line issues that ever occurred to junior golf. Let’s go women!”
Twelve of Europe’s greatest younger feminine golfers between the age of 12 and 18 will battle towards the US Staff on the Previous Course and look to defend their title which they received in Ohio in 2021. The European group might be made up of the main six gamers from the PING Junior Solheim Cup rating who might be mechanically chosen, whereas there can even be six Captain’s picks primarily based on performances at main newbie occasions and the European Ladies’s Beginner Rating.
John Solheim, Government Chairman PING, stated: “We’re delighted that Gwladys might be captain for the European Staff on the 2023 PING Junior Solheim Cup. She has a unbelievable affinity with Staff Europe having performed in 4 Solheim Cups and has a real ardour for the sport of golf. She has labored with juniors for the previous 5 years and know she might be glorious on this function and we want her the most effective of luck as Europe look to defend their title.”
First performed in 2002, the US presently holds a 7.5-3.5 lead within the competitors.
