{"id":2914,"date":"2017-08-18T01:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/08\/18\/melissa-reid-and-charley-hull-spearhead-europes-solheim-cup-bid\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T01:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:33:00","slug":"melissa-reid-and-charley-hull-spearhead-europes-solheim-cup-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=2914","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Reid and Charley Hull spearhead Europe\u2019s Solheim Cup bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Annika Sorenstam opts for experience for opening matches\u2022 European players pick own partners for Solheim Cup opening dayMelissa Reid and Charley Hull will spearhead Europe\u2019s bid to reclaim the Solheim Cup from the United States. The English duo take on Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson, the world No2, in Friday morning\u2019s opening match of the biennial event.Annika Sorenstam, Europe\u2019s captain, has opted for experience for that first set of ties. Only one of four rookies, Georgia Hall, will play in the first-day foursomes. Hall partners Anna Nordqvist against Paula Creamer and Austin Ernst in game three. Carlota Ciganda and Caroline Masson face the hosts\u2019 Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas. Karine Icher will partner Catriona Matthew, a late European call-up because of Suzann Pettersen\u2019s injury, against Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2017\/aug\/17\/solheim-cup-2017-europe-usa-sorenstam-des-moines\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Reid and Charley Hull spearhead Europe\u2019s Solheim Cup bid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Annika Sorenstam opts for experience for opening matches\u2022 European players pick own partners for Solheim Cup opening dayMelissa Reid and Charley Hull will spearhead Europe\u2019s bid to reclaim the Solheim Cup from the United States. The English duo take on Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson, the world No2, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}