Solheim Cup 2023: Europe team to face United States in Spain confirmed

Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh is rewarded for winning her maiden LPGA Tour rubric successful Japan with a wildcard spot

Europe's Solheim Cup squad volition diagnostic 3 British players arsenic they pursuit a 3rd successive triumph implicit the United States successful Spain successful September.

"It's truthful peculiar and has been a imagination of excavation increasing up," said Dryburgh, who volition marque her Solheim Cup debut.

The 18th Solheim Cup volition beryllium held astatine Finca Cortesin, from 22-24 September.

Captain Suzann Pettersen, who announced her 4 wildcard picks connected Tuesday, has besides selected Denmark's Emily Pedersen arsenic good arsenic Swedes Madelene Sagstrom and Caroline Hedwall.

The summation of Sagstrom and Hedwall takes the fig of Swedish players successful the 12-strong squad to five, with Linn Grant, Anna Nordqvist and Maja Stark having already qualified.

Ireland's Leona Maguire, France's Celine Boutier and Carlota Ciganda of Spain had besides already confirmed their spots successful the squad.

Dryburgh, who won her maiden LPGA Tour lawsuit successful Japan past September, added: "To beryllium portion of Team Europe means truthful overmuch and getting the triumph successful Japan has fixed maine truthful overmuch confidence."

"Gemma has had a fantastic past 2 years," said Norwegian skipper Pettersen, who holed the winning putt astatine Gleneagles successful 2019 and was a non-playing vice-captain 2 years agone arsenic Catriona Matthew again led the broadside to triumph successful Ohio.

"She has elevated her crippled and started to consciousness comfy among the champion players successful the world. I couldn't deliberation of a nicer idiosyncratic to complement the team."