Europe adds three rookies and veteran to Solheim Cup team

European Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist finalized her team on Monday, August 3, 2026, selecting three rookies and a seasoned veteran as her four captain's picks for next month's biennial competition against the United States. Nordqvist announced her choices live on Sky Sports, naming Spain's Julia Lopez Ramirez, France's Nastasia Nadaud, and England's Mimi Rhodes as first-time participants, alongside Ireland's Leona Maguire, who will make her fourth consecutive appearance.

The four selections complete the 12-player European roster for the 20th Solheim Cup, scheduled for September 11-13 at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. They will join eight automatic qualifiers: England's Charley Hull and Germany's Esther Henseleit, who qualified via Ladies European Tour Solheim Cup points, and England's Lottie Woad, Sweden's Maja Stark and Linn Grant, France's Celine Boutier, Spain's Carlota Ciganda, and Denmark's Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who qualified through world rankings. This brings the total number of rookies on the European side to four, including Woad.

Nordqvist expressed confidence in her selections, highlighting each player's strengths. She described Maguire as a proven performer...