CELINE BOUTIER

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2011
JJOO: 2021 Tokyo Olympics (34)
Professional wins: 9
Major wins: 2023 Evian Championship

Profile

Boutier, a French daughter of Thai parents, who has a twin sister, who is not a golfer, graduated from Duke University at the same time that she was crowned Number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

She turned professional in 2016 and her first win was on the Symetra Tour in 2017, with which she earned the card for the LPGA, a record that she expanded with three victories on the Ladies European Tour and two on the LPGA. She is the most outstanding player of the season after her consecutive victories at the Scottish Open and the Amundi Evian with which she has been crowned number 1 on the Ladies European Tour and number 4 in the world.

2023 Results

1st Scottish Open
1st Amundi Evian Championship
1st LPGA Drive On Championship
3rd Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
4th Honda LPGA Thailand
5th Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

MAJA STARK

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2017
Professional wins: 7

Profile

Maja turned professional in August 2021 and achieved her first victory in her second professional tournament at LET Access, a record that she extended weeks later with victories at the Creek House Ladies Open and the Estrella Damm Ladies Open. The streak continued with her four victories in 2022, one of them at the LPGA ISPS Handa World Invitational to currently add 6 LET victories and 1 on the LPGA. The Swedish woman with the greatest golf projection at the moment, and is passionate about music playing several instruments. She is currently number 40 in the world.

2023 Results

1st Lalla Meryem Cup
2nd Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
4th Women’s Scottish Open
4th Honda LPGA Thailand
9th Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

CHARLEY HULL

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2013
JJOO: 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (T7)
Professional wins: 7

Profile

Charley Hull is one of the earliest players who turned professional at just 16 years old after making the decision to do home school to dedicate herself entirely to golf and at the age of 17 played her first Solheim Cup, being the youngest player in the history of this competition, in which she played a crucial role in the victory on American soil. She won her first tournament on the Ladies European Tour in 2014 and on the LPGA in 2014. She is currently number 9 in the world.

2023 Results

2nd AIG Women’s Open
2nd US Women’s Open
2nd Aramco Teams Series London
2nd Hilton Grand Vacations Tournamet of Champions
7th LPGA Drive On Championship

LEONA MAGUIRE

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2009, 2011
JJOO: 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (T21), Tokyo Olympics (T23)
Professional wins: 3

Profile

Leona Maguire holds the all-time record of being Number 1 in the Women’s Amateur World Golf Ranking for 52 weeks. At the age of nine, she gave up a promising swimming career to focus on golf. She is 15 minutes younger than her twin sister, Lisa Maguire, also a professional golfer. After graduating from Duke University in North Carolina, she turned professional in 2018 and her first wins were on the Symetra Tour (currently EPSON Tour) and LPGA, being the first Irish player to win on the American Tour and playing with great success of the Solheim Cup. She is currently number 14 in the world.

2023 Results

1 Meijer LPGA Classic
3rd Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play
4th Aramco Teams Series London
6th Honda LPGA Thailand
7th Mizuho Americas Open

9th Tournament of Champions

GEORGIA HALL

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2013
Professional wins: 3
Majors: 2018 Women’s British Open

Profile

Winner of the British Amateur, Hall turned professional, winning in her first year at LET Access to jump to LET and LPGA; her first victory was in 2018, at the Women’s British Open. She was born the same day that Nick Faldo won the Masters and that’s where her name Georgia comes from. She is currently number 16 in the world.

2023 Results

2 LPGA Drive On Championship
2 DIO Implant LA Open
5 Aramco Teams Series London
6 LOTTE Championship
7 Saudi Ladies International

LINN GRANT

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2017
Professional wins: 6

Profile

Coming from a family of Scottish golfers, Linn graduated from Arizona State University and was ranked No. 4 in the World in the World Amateur Golf Rankings following her victory in the British Amateur Stroke Play Championship at North Berwick Golf Club, the same course where her grandfather won the Scottish Boys Championship 49 years earlier. She turned professional in 2021 and signed her first victory in the LET Access Series, with 2022 being her best year in which she achieved four wins on the Ladies European Tour and three on the Sunshine Tour. She is currently number 19 in the world.

2023 Results

1 Dana Open LPGA
1 Jabra Ladies Open
2 Lalla Meryem Cup
4 Aramco team Series – Singapore
3 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

CARLOTA CIGANDA

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2005, 2007 (W)
JJOO: 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (T39), 2021 Tokio Olympics (T29) )
Professional wins: 9

Profile

She started playing golf when she was only 5 years old and she is the only Spaniard to have won the Spanish Championship in all its categories: Benjamin, Alevín, Children, Cadet, Under 18, Absolute and Professional.

After a brilliant amateur career and graduating from the University of Arizona, she made the leap to the professional world in 2011 and won her first tournament at the Let Access Series. The following year she achieved two victories on the Ladies European Tour and the title of Rookie of the Year and LET Number 1, at the same time that she earned the right to play the LPGA. She has 7 wins on the Ladies European Tour and 2 on the LPGA in her merits, making her one of the brightest in the history of Spanish golf. She is currently number 33 in the world.

2023 Results

1 Aramco Team Series Florida
3 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
5 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

5 DIO Implant LA Open
8 Meijer LPGA Classic

ANNA NORDQUIST

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2005
JJOO: 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (T11), 2021 Tokyo Olympics (T23)
Professional wins: 13

Profile

Anna Maria Nordqvist, who had to give up swimming to dedicate herself entirely to golf, is one of the oldest players in the Solheim Cup ’23, a competition she has played 7 times and has won 4 of them with the European team. Her first professional victory was in a Major, on the LPGA, the 2009 McDonalds LPGA Championship and currently she has 5 victories on the Ladies European Tour and 9 on the LPGA, including three Majors. Nordqvist follows in the footsteps of her inspiration, Annika Sörenstam. She is currently number 37 in the world.

2023 Results

3 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
5 La Sella Open
9 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

10 Honda LPGA Thailand

MADELENE SAGSTROM

Achivements

JJOO: 2021 Tokyo Olympics (T20)
Professional wins: 1

Profile

The Swedish Madelene Sagstrom, disciple of Annika Sorenstam and trained by the winner Robert Karlsson, made an overwhelming entrance to the professional world with victory in the LET PQ and three Symetra Tour tournaments after which she won the right to play both circuits. She has played in two Solheim Cups and has represented her country at the Tokyo Olympics. She is currently number 42 in the world.

2023 Results

9 Women’s Scottish Open
10 Cognizant Founders Cup

GEMMA DRYBURGH

Achivements

Professional wins: 1

Profile

Gemma Dryburgh, Scotland’s number 1 golfer, and after her victory at the TOTO Japan Classic and her strong performance at the Evian Championship, she has entered the top 50 golfers in the world for the first time.

2023 Results

8 The Amundi Evian Championship

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2013
JJ.OO.: 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T5)
Professional wins: 5

Profile

Coming from a family of athletes, Emily Kristine Pedersen had an explosive amateur start with victories at the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2013 and the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 2014. As a professional, she has been one of the most outstanding players after achieving four victories in just three months on the Ladies European Tour in 2020. She is currently number 114 in the world.

2023 Results

6 Saudi Ladies International

CAROLINE HEDWALL

Achivements

PING Junior Solheim Cup: 2007 (W)
Professional wins: 7

Profile

Caroline Hedwall had a brilliant amateur career with victories at the European Amateur Championship in 2007 and 2009, and at the World Amateur Championship in 2008 giving hints to which of the Hedwall twin was going to succeed in professional golf. Winner of 7 titles on the Ladies European Tour, Caroline set a record at the 2013 Solheim Cup by becoming the first player to win 5 points and was instrumental in the victory in Colorado. She is currently number 115 in the world.

2023 Results

5 Helsingborg Open

6 Women’s Scottish Open