DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) \u2014 Angel Yin believes she\u2019s ready to play the Solheim Cup.<\/p>\n
Just as importantly, so does her captain.<\/p>\n
Yin has been a big question mark for the Americans heading into this week\u2019s matches against Team Europe in the Netherlands after missing two months with severe stomach issues and only returning for the final event before the Solheim Cup \u2014 where she shot 81-76 to miss the cut.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old Californian qualified automatically on the points list at No. 2 behind Nelly Korda for the Americans and, if in prime form, would be a go-to player for captain Angela Stanford as the U.S. team attempts to keep hold of the cup.<\/p>\n
Yin thinks she can still be, despite her less-than-ideal preparation that has seen her lose 35 pounds and arrive at Bernardus Golf outside Den Bosch playing catch-up with her teammates and rivals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to be honest because I would never jeopardize America,\u201d Yin said Wednesday. \u201cSo I had honest talks with myself in the mirror and with my team, and obviously with Angela because she\u2019s the only other person, other than my family, that I\u2019ve updated throughout all of this.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd she wanted me here,\u201d Yin added. \u201cBecause we asked her … well I didn\u2019t ask her, I had my caddie ask her, \u2018Do you want me here?\u2019 And if she said no, I wouldn\u2019t be here. But she said yes. So I think with belief like that and confidence from her to back me, why wouldn\u2019t I show up?\u201d<\/p>\n
Yin, who has dropped to No. 25 in the world, was out earlier than the rest of the U.S. team on Wednesday \u2014 when there was a mixture of rain, sunshine and clouds \u2014 in her quest for \u201cmore practice repetition.\u201d<\/p>\n
She missed the year\u2019s last two majors after pulling out of the Women\u2019s PGA in the last week of June, and acknowledged her performance at the FM Championship in Boston two weeks ago \u2014 she was last in the field \u2014 was concerning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a score you really bring out and you go, \u2019Wow, that\u2019s the person that\u2019s going to be helping America bring home the cup,’\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Just don\u2019t expect Yin to be rolled out by Stanford for all five matches this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need to wait for her call,\u201d she said, \u201cand whatever she does and whatever she says will, in my opinion, be the best decision because we trust her, and she\u2019s been leading us great.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZhang hits the heights<\/p>\n
Trending in a different direction is U.S. teammate Rose Zhang, the one-time wonderkid who has found life on the professional tour tough after becoming, in June 2023, the first woman to win her pro debut since 1951.<\/p>\n
Top-10 finishes in her last two starts hinted at a return to the kind of form that took her to a 4-0-0 record at the last Solheim Cup, won by the Americans in Virginia in 2024, and she has come to Europe on a high after going sky-diving last week.<\/p>\n
Because what better way to prepare for the biggest event in women’s golf?<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t tell Angela this until after I jumped,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cI should have just texted in the group chat, ‘I landed.’ But we were also joking about it the previous week in Boston that if one of the Europeans came and drove the plane, it would not be good,\u201d she added, laughing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was extremely fun. I personally am a bit of an adrenaline junkie, and so I enjoy roller coasters, I\u2019m not scared of heights. It just felt fitting to do it right before a Solheim.\u201d<\/p>\n
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