GAINESVILLE, Va. – Distinctly marked with large U-S-A and E-U-R letters outdoors the respective upstairs home windows, the Solheim Cup group rooms are literally homes that sit side-by-side at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership.
The Individuals, as the house group, acquired dibs and selected the bigger of the 2. The tradeoff for Europe was its home backs as much as the vary and the observe placing inexperienced is off to the facet.
“I don’t know in the event that they’re pleased with their alternative, however we’re clearly very comfortable to be proper there on the vary,” stated European vice captain and participant Anna Nordqvist on Wednesday when requested if there was any awkwardness due to the proximity.
U.S. captain Stacy Lewis was requested the identical and stated, in truth, her group was happy with their alternative.
“The home half is definitely fairly good as a result of we’ve eight bogs, eight showers, so if individuals need to bathe and alter, it’s really fairly good,” stated Lewis, whose group, like Europe, has residing lodging offsite.
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“The closeness is slightly bit awkward with the driving vary and every part being proper there, however we’ve labored by way of a number of issues. We’ve labored by way of a number of points. However we’re in a great place now.”
As Lewis additional defined, the European home doesn’t have a lot room for tables.
So, the Euros arrange store outdoors.
“Yeah, their group room type of exploded onto the driving vary slightly bit, however we reeled it in. It’s all good,” Lewis stated. “We adjusted the way in which the vary was arrange slightly bit and moved the U.S. group additional down so Europe may do what they needed mainly.”
Although there have been a number of smirks when discussing the state of affairs, Lewis and Nordqvist downplayed any friction.
“It was simply our gamers had been warming up, they usually’re there consuming breakfast and speaking. We had been simply making an attempt to get all people some house so [we] didn’t need to take heed to them consuming breakfast. That’s all,” Lewis stated.
“There’s no dangerous beef.”
