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Women's Golf's Papp, Team USA claim 2017 Junior Solheim Cup
08.16.2017 | Women's Golf
Papp has been a member of five winning USA teams in her junior career.
Junior Solheim Cup Central | Results
DES MOINES, Iowa – The United States Junior Solheim Cup Team, featuring incoming Texas freshman golfer Kaitlyn Papp, claimed its fifth consecutive victory in the Junior Solheim Cup on Wednesday at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa, with a 14.5-9.5 victory over Team Europe.
The United States currently leads the series with a 6-2-1 record in the biennial event that began in 2002 and features the 12 best female amateur junior golfers from Europe and the United States aged 18 and younger.
Papp has been a member of five USA teams in her career, all five of which were winning squads. This was her second appearance at the Junior Solheim Cup, while she has participated in two Toyota World Junior Championships and one junior Ryder Cup team.
Papp contributed to two of the United States' 14.5 points at the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup. On Tuesday morning, Papp and teammate Brooke Seay defeated Europe's Alessandra Fanali and Alessia Nobilio, 2 and 1. In a foursome match that began on Tuesday and was continued on Wednesday, Europe's Linn Grant and Amanda Linner defeated Papp and teammate Alyaa Abdulghany 1 up. Tuesday's schedule was altered after a weather delay in the afternoon that forced many of the foursome matches to be delayed due to darkness in the evening.
In Wednesday's singles match, Papp defeated Europe's Mathilde Claisse 6 and 5, as the United States dominated the singles matches 8.5-3.5.
Papp, who is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American, was the Golfweek/Sagarin No. 4 recruit in 2017 and will begin her collegiate career with the Longhorns this fall. Papp was a member of the winning 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship duo. She has recorded three AJGA victories and has posted 25 top-10 AJGA career finishes. Papp has competed in four Wyndham Cup events as a member of the West Team and was a member of the 2016 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team.
2017 JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP RESULTS
|
Team |
Four-Ball Matches |
Foursome Matches |
Singles Matches |
Total |
|
Team USA |
3.0 |
3.0 |
8.50 |
14.50 |
|
Team Europe |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.50 |
9.50 |
KAITLYN PAPP'S RESULTS AT 2017 JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP
Four-Ball Match
Kaitlyn Papp and Brooke Seay (USA) def. Alessandra Fanali and Alessia Nobilio (Europe) – 2 and 1
Foursome Match
Linn Grant and Amanda Linner (Europe) def. Kaitlyn Papp and Alyaa Abdulghany (USA) – 1 up
Singles Match
Kaitlyn Papp (USA) def. Mathilde Claisse (Europe) - 6 and 5
