Lauren Coughlin
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 17
Solheim Cup Expertise: One look (2024)
General: 3-0-1
Singles: 0-0-1
Foursomes: 2-0-0
Fourball: 1-0-0
Lauren Coughlin could have been a late-bloomer in her profession, however she was excellent in her Solheim Cup debut, successful extra factors (3.5) than any participant on both staff. When issues appeared a bit of dicey for the People on Sunday, she overcame a three-hole deficit down the stretch to earn a vital half level in opposition to Maja Stark. Coughlin received the Aramco Championship earlier this yr for her third LPGA win within the final two seasons and enters the week in good type off 4 consecutive top-20 finishes. –Kevin Van Valkenburg
Allisen Corpuz
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 32
Solheim Cup Expertise: Two appearances (2023, 2024)
General: 5-2-1
Singles: 1-1-0
Foursomes: 4-0-0
Fourball: 0-1-1
Allisen Corpuz has but to lose in foursomes in two appearances, boasting a 4-0-0 file alongside Nelly Korda, so you’ll be able to anticipate these two to run it again once more within the Netherlands. The 28-year-old has only one win on her profession resume, the 2023 U.S. Ladies’s Open, however has performed nicely this yr with 5 top-10 finishes, together with her final begin on the FM Championship (third). -Adam Woodard
Lindy Duncan
Standing: Captain’s Decide
World Rating: 66
Solheim Cup Expertise: First look
Lindy Duncan was an fascinating choose to say the least. The 35-year-old will make her Solheim Cup debut regardless of a lackluster season with only one high 10 and a next-best end of T-15, all earlier than Could of this yr. So far as present type is anxious, she missed 4 of the 5 cuts at majors, managing a T-61 on the Ladies’s British Open, and hasn’t cracked the highest 30 since June. It’ll be fascinating to see how Stanford deploys her occasion rookie {and professional} veteran. -Adam Woodard
Megan Khang
Standing: Captain’s Decide
World Rating: 82
Solheim Cup Expertise: 4 appearances (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
General: 7-3-3
Singles: 3-0-1
Foursomes: 2-2-1
Fourball: 2-1-1
Will Megan Khang discover some glimmer of fine type at Bernadus? That’s arguably probably the most intriguing query within the lead-up to this week. The captain’s choose has had an abysmal yr, lacking the reduce in virtually half the occasions she’s performed. Zero high 10s, just one high 20. Her low spherical of the yr is a 67. Not nice. Positive, she’ll convey the vitality and positivity to the staff room, however I don’t see how Khang can repeat the unbelievable success she’s had at earlier Solheim Cups. She’s been good for at the very least three factors prior to now two editions. When you take that away, the trail to the crimson, white, and blue retaining the cup will get very murky. –Meg Adkins
Auston Kim
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 22
Solheim Cup Expertise: First look
A breakout 2025 season for Auston Kim laid the groundwork for the 26-year-old to qualify for her first Solheim Cup staff. Initially of final yr, Kim was ranked 156th on the earth. A runner-up end on the KPMG Ladies’s PGA helped Kim bounce all the way in which to forty fifth on the earth by the tip of the season. Her robust play continued initially of the 2026 season, and a collection of shut calls through the Asian swing helped Kim carry on climbing, not solely on the earth rating, but additionally the Solheim Cup standings. With a mean driving distance of 280 yards, good for fourth on Tour, Kim might be a sexy fourball possibility. Don’t overlook the work Kim’s put in on different areas of the sport. She has optimistic strokes gained in all the main classes and will change into a participant captain Angela Stanford leans on all week. –Meg Adkins
Nelly Korda
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 1
Solheim Cup Expertise: 4 appearances (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
General: 10-5-1
Singles: 2-2-0
Foursomes: 6-2-0
Fourball: 2-1-1
It’s virtually refreshing that probably the most proficient and completed participant on the American facet has additionally been distinctive within the Solheim Cup for her nation, as a result of it definitely hasn’t labored that approach within the Ryder Cup. (Tiger Woods would like to have a file like Korda’s.) She was superior two years in the past at Robert Trent Jones, going 3-0-0 with a companion to assist the USA construct a giant lead earlier than she ran out of fuel in a Sunday singles match in opposition to Charley Hull. However by then, Korda had been precisely the famous person the USA wanted, not simply along with her play however along with her management and persona. It was one of many first occasions in her profession the place she really appeared comfy within the highlight. American captains have resisted the urge to play her in all 5 matches (she’s by no means performed it in 4 appearances) so you’ll be able to anticipate her to sit down at the very least one session. However Korda ought to positively play in each foursomes classes as a result of she’s traditionally been one of many strongest gamers on each groups in that format. She went 0-2 in 2021, however she is 6-0 in her different three Solheim Cups enjoying alternate shot. -Kevin Van Valkenburg
Jennifer Kupcho
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 33
Solheim Cup Expertise: Three appearances (2021, 2023, 2024)
General: 3-5-2
Singles: 1-2-0
Foursomes: 1-3-0
Fourball: 1-0-2
Jennifer Kupcho, the previous top-ranked newbie on the earth, launched herself to the ladies’s golf scene by successful the inaugural Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Novice in 2019. She captured her first LPGA win on the 2022 Chevron Championship and has ripped off three different victories since. Touted for her robust iron play and aggressive edginess, Kupcho has change into a useful match-play asset in her three Solheim Cup appearances. She has quietly put collectively a stable 2026 season, and I would not be shocked to see her kick her sport up one other gear this week. –Matthew Galloway
Alison Lee
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 58
Solheim Cup Expertise: Two appearances (2015, 2024)
General: 2-5-0
Singles: 1-1-0
Foursomes: 0-1-0
Fourball: 1-3-0
It’s laborious to imagine Alison Lee continues to be winless on the LPGA. A two-time winner on the Women European Tour, Lee brings a little bit of Solheim Cup expertise with two earlier appearances, however doesn’t have a lot to point out for a file. Lee’s lone level in 2024 got here alongside Megan Khang in fourballs, so search for that pairing to doubtlessly staff up once more this weekend. This season, Lee has three top-10 finishes to her title, together with a T-5 on the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship. -Adam Woodard
Andrea Lee
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 45
Solheim Cup Expertise: Two appearances (2023, 2024)
General: 3-2-2
Singles: 0-0-2
Foursomes: 1-1-0
Fourball: 2-1-0
Andrea Lee has established herself as a reliable presence on the U.S. staff, incomes her third consecutive look this yr. The previous Stanford standout was a distinguished newbie, spending 17 weeks because the world’s No 1 newbie earlier than turning professional in 2019. Andrea received her first LPGA occasion on the 2022 Portland Traditional and has steadily constructed a popularity for her consistency and accuracy, enjoying a swish, easy type of golf. Look to see Lee pair up with former Stanford teammate Rose Zhang once more after two huge wins in fourball in 2024. –Matthew Galloway
Yealimi Noh
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 43
Solheim Cup Expertise: One look (2021)
General: 2-1-0
Singles: 1-0-0
Foursomes: 0-0-0
Fourball: 1-1-0
Yealimi Noh went 2-1-0 in her Solheim Cup debut in 2021 as a captain’s choose however earned her approach on factors this yr regardless of an inconsistent season. The 25-year-old has missed 9 of 18 cuts on the LPGA and has only one high 10, a third-place displaying on the AIG Ladies’s Open. Noh sat each foursomes classes in 2021, and it will likely be fascinating to see how Angela Stanford deploys her this yr. -Adam Woodard
Angel Yin
Standing: Computerized Qualifier
World Rating: 25
Solheim Cup Expertise: Three appearances (2017, 2019, 2023)
General: 5-3-1
Singles: 2-0-1
Foursomes: 0-0-0
Fourball: 3-3-0
Angel Yin burst onto the LPGA scene loudly in 2017 at 18 years previous along with her daring, aggressive play. Her huge expertise and 5 top-10 finishes caught the attention of U.S. Solheim Cup captain Juli Inkster, who used a captain’s choose on her in 2017. The California native has lengthy been one of many LPGA’s most naturally gifted ball-strikers, and her breakout got here in 2023 when she completed runner-up on the Chevron Championship earlier than successful the LPGA Shanghai later that yr. She has remained among the finest putters on the LPGA since. One of many extra fascinating characters within the girls’s sport, you by no means know what Angel will say or do subsequent, besides make a variety of birdies. I’d be remiss to not point out a sidelining abdomen concern this season that she’s simply now recovering from. Down a complete of 35 kilos, her standing and the state of her sport for this Solheim Cup will certainly be one thing to watch. –Matthew Galloway
Rose Zhang
Standing: Captain’s Decide
World Rating: 47
Solheim Cup Expertise: Two appearances (2023, 2024)
General: 4-2-1
Singles: 1-1-0
Foursomes: 1-0-0
Fourball: 2-1-1
A month in the past, Rose Zhang struggled via spasms and “clickiness” in her again on the Portland Traditional. If Angela Stanford had a panic button, she would’ve been utterly justified in urgent that factor. Thankfully, it looks as if Zhang’s well being is on the up and up after a powerful T-4 end two weeks in the past in Boston. She’s obtained some critical work forward of her to match her MVP efficiency from the 2024 Solheim Cup. Zhang cruised all week to a 4-0-0 file. Of her 4 wins, three have been closed out on the 14th gap. Her opponent on Sunday, Carlota Ciganda, had solely misplaced as soon as in six earlier Solheim Cup singles matches. Zhang dispatched her, 6 and 4. Stanford’s going to wish factors from her captain’s choose. They’re probably to come back from Rose Zhang. –Meg Adkins
