Golf returns in an enormous manner this week.
The Amgen Irish Open visits one of many world’s biggest programs in Royal County Down, and the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall kicks off with the Procure Championship in Napa.
However one event trumps all of it.
That will be the Solheim Cup, the LPGA’s equal to the Ryder Cup, because the Individuals look to overcome the Europeans for the primary time since 2017 on their house soil this week. Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu, ranked first and second on this planet rankings, will lead Staff USA, whereas Frenchwoman Celine Boutier and Englishwoman Charley Hull arrive in Virginia because the top-ranked Europeans. The Individuals have superior expertise, however the Europeans can depend on their spectacular match play document, one thing they’ve accomplished over the past three Solheim Cups. Look no additional than final 12 months, when Staff Europe, led by hometown hero Carlota Ciganda, tied the Individuals 14-to-14 at Finca Cortesín in Spain. However as a result of Europe had gained the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio, the house workforce bought to retain the cup and thus have fun its glory.
It’s an enormous deal and maybe the perfect occasion in ladies’s golf, not in contrast to the Ryder Cup on the boys’s aspect.
Therefore, NBC Sports activities will roll out complete protection of this week’s competitors at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership.
The entire tv schedule follows beneath.
Solheim Cup Tv Schedule (All Instances ET):
Friday, Sept. 13: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday, Sept. 14: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Sept 15: 8:45 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel); 12-3 p.m. (NBC)
Each single match and each single shot will air on dwell tv in the USA, an enormous win for the LPGA and the ladies’s sport as an entire.
Golf Channel may also air dwell protection of the 2024 Solheim Cup Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 12, starting at 4 p.m. ET. American Captain Stacy Lewis and European Captain Suzann Pettersen will unveil who will face off throughout Friday morning’s first session on the Opening Ceremony.
2024 American Solheim Cup Staff:
Allisen Corpuz
Lauren Coughlin
Ally Ewing
Megan Khang
Nelly Korda
Jennifer Kupcho
Alison Lee
Andre Lee
Sarah Schmelzel
Lexi Thompson
Lilia Vu
Rose Zhang
2024 European Solheim Cup Staff:
Celine Boutier
Carlota Ciganda
Linn Grant
Esther Henseleit
Charley Hull
Leona Maguire
Anna Nordqvist
Emily Pedersen
Madalene Sagstrom
Maja Stark
Albane Valenzuela
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.
