Walker to captain Junior Solheim Cup team
Mickey Walker has been confirmed as captain of the European Junior team at next year’s PING Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles.
A six-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, Walker captained Europe’s senior Solheim Cup team from 1990 to 1996 and led the European Curtis Cup Team on three occasions – in 1994,1996 and 1998.
Walker, who was awarded the OBE for her services to golf in 1993, brings a wealth of experience to the competition in leading Europe’s young aspiring golf stars.
She said: “Having been captain for the first four editions of the Solheim Cup from 1990 and involved with the matches since then, the Solheim Cup is part of my DNA.
“I was fortunate to meet and spend time with Karsten and Louise Solheim years before then when, as a player on the LPGA Tour, I met Karsten in Phoenix not long after his PING putters were causing a stir in the golfing world.”
“Every European and American girl golfer aspires to make the PING Junior Solheim Cup team as their professional counterparts do the Solheim Cup. Having something to aim for is massively important in any walk of life. I and all of my fellow female golfers will be forever grateful to Karsten, Louise and their family for their initial and ongoing involvement in golf.
“I couldn’t be more proud and excited to have been asked by John Solheim to captain the 2019 edition of the PING Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, which is a venue very dear to me, having first played there as a 15-year-old with a favourite golfing uncle many years ago.
“I have no doubt that, as with previous ping junior sol heim Cups, many of the 2019 participants will go on to represent their countries at senior level and become stars of the future.
“Karsten, Louise and John’s vision back in the late 1980s has given the golfing world a great platform to showcase the skills and competitiveness of girls and women’s golf to a global audience. I’m already looking forward to meeting the PING Junior Solheim Cup teams and can’t wait for September 2019.”