Scotland’s Sally Watson, who competes for GB and Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy in Germany this week, is named as the only Scot in the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team for the matches against the United States at Aurora GC, Illinois, on August 18-19.

Sally was also the sole Scot in the Junior team that won the Cup at Halmstad in Sweden two years ago.

The team also includes the talented 14-year-old Maguire twins, Lisa and Leona, who formed half of the four-strong Irish team that won the recent European Girls’ Team championships at Kokkola, Finland.

Leona was the first of six players to qualify automatically, while Lisa and Sally both received wildcard selections from Sweden’s Carin Koch, the European Captain. The United States team will be announced on July 20 by US Team Captain Nancy Lopez.

The five other players who earned automatic selection for the European squad were the 2009 German Girls’ Open champion Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic), Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spain), Johanna Tillström (Sweden), Spanish amateur champion Anna Arese (Spain) and Tonje Daffinrud (Norway).

The other four wild cards are Sherlyn Popelka (Switzerland), Sophia Popov (Germany), Rosanna Crepiat (France) and Kelly Tidy (England).

Koch commented: "There are ten nationalities in the European team and it means that golf is getting more and more popular, with more countries represented. The PING Junior Solheim Cup is a great golf event to take part in, and I am really looking forward to sharing my experience with the juniors.” 

The 2009 European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team

Automatically qualified:
1. Leona Maguire, Ireland? 2. Klara Spilkova, Czech Republic? 3. Ana Fernandez de Mesa, Spain? 4. Johanna Tillström, Sweden? 5. Anna Arese, Spain? 6. Tonje Daffinrud, Norway

Wild cards:
1. Sherlyn Popelka, Switzerland? 2. Sophia Popov, Germany? 3. Lisa Maguire, Ireland? 4. Rosanna Crepiat, France? 5. Sally Watson, Scotland? 6. Kelly Tidy, England