As they attempt to prevent Europe from winning the Solheim Cup a record-tying fourth time in a row, world number one Nelly Korda claims that the United States has an “unfinished business” to complete.
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, will host the 19th edition of the transatlantic match. The host players are hoping to win for the first time since they triumphed 16½ to 11½ at Des Moines seven years ago.
Korda seems especially driven this time around following her 2&1 loss to Carlota Ciganda at Finca Cortesin a year ago, which led Europe to keep the trophy. With determination, the athlete declared: “Whenever you get to wear the red, white, and blue and stars and stripes, there’s a different meaning to it.”
She added: “You’re playing not just for yourself, but for your captains, for your team-mates and your country, and there’s just nothing like it. We have got some unfinished business.”
Korda has participated in US defeats at Gleneagles in 2019 and the Inverness Club in 2021, but she has yet to experience success in the team tournament for women’s golf.
The athlete further said: “Obviously I haven’t been on the winning side, but every experience I’ve had in the Solheim Cups has been an amazing one… I think it’s something super-exciting too and refreshing to have a team-mate, have team-mates and captains and people to lean on when you normally don’t.”
“There’s nothing like it. There’s nothing like walking on to that first tee and feeling all those nerves. We have a great group of girls. We have a great group of guys. We have a great captain. We have really great assistant captains. Hopefully it all falls into place and we play some really good golf for the fans out here this week,” she remarked.
Source: BBC