Frida Kinhult 2nd on the PING Junior Solheim Cup ranking after victory in Spain

07 Mar 2017

Sweden’s Frida Kinhult has moved into second place in the PING Junior Solheim Cup European team ranking, after winning the Spanish International Ladies’ Amateur Championship, in Jerez, Spain. 

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Letizia Bagonli, Alessia Nobilio, Frida Kinhult

 

The 17 year-old finished fifth in the stroke play qualifying event. After four match victories she then reached the final and after an even match she won on the first play-off hole against Alessia Nobilio from Italy. The Swede heads into the third counting event with 83 point, just 4.5 points behind Letizia Bagnoli of Italy, who leads the ranking with 87.5 points. A full leaderboard can be found below.

Position

Player

Country

Points

1

Letizia Bagnoli

Italy

87.5

2

Frida Kinhult

Sweden

83

3

Alessia Nobilio

Italy

50.0

4

Line Toft Hansen

Denmark

40.0

5

Beatrice Wallin

Sweden

28.0

6

Julia Engström

Sweden

27.5

T7

Amanda Linnér

Sweden

24.5

T7

Sara Kouskova

Czech Republic

24.5

9

Alexandra Försterling

Germany

20.5

10

Mathilde Claisse

France

20.0

11

Esther Henseleit

Germany

15.5

T12

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

France

13.0

T12

Emma Spitz

Austria

13.0

T14

Linn Grant

Sweden

10.5

T14

Annabel Wilson

Ireland

10.5

16

Agathe Laisne

France

10.0

17

Maja Stark

Sweden

9.0

T18

Dana-Helga Puyol Robert

Spain

8.0

T18

Annabel Fuller

England

8.0

T20

Aline Krauter

Spain

7.0

T20

Karoline Lund

Norway

7.0

T22

Teresa Diez Moliner

Spain

5.0

T22

Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen

Denmark

5.0

24

Elena Arlas Quiros

Spain

3.0

The next counting event is the French International Ladies’ Junior Championship, at GC St Cloud, France (April 13-17), followed by the German Girls’ Open, at GC St. Leon-Rot, Germany (June 1-3), the Helen Holmes Scottish Women’s Open Championship, at Troon GC, Scotland (April 21-23), the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship, at Pale & Kenfig CC, Wales (June 13-17), and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe, at Halmstad GK, Sweden (June 20-22).

The qualifying season will come to a close with the European Girls’ Team Championship, at St Laurence GC, Finland (July 11-15), and the European Ladies’ Team Championship, back at Montado Golf Resort (July 11-15).

To qualify for the European team, participants must be girls aged 12-18 years old (born 1999, or later), whom have not reached their 18th birthdays prior to January 1st, 2017. Prospective team members must be amateurs and cannot be members of a competitive collegiate golf programme. In addition, they must also be European citizens.    

The 2017 event in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 15th-16th, marks the ninth time the European PING Junior Solheim Cup team will battle against the US Team, which currently leads the series five wins, two losses and one tie.

For more information about the PING Junior Solheim Cup, please visit www.solheimcupeurope.com or contact pjsc@ladieseuropeantour.com.