Richard Kaufman assesses the form of the Solheim Cup teams in Evian

Ladies European Tour and Sky Sports commentator Richard Kaufman reflects on the performances of the Solheim Cup teams at the Evian Championship and looks forward to an entertaining contest in Germany.

With the dust barely settled on a history making week at the Evian Championship, the focus switches quickly from the shores of Lake Geneva to the village of Walldorf just outside of Heidelberg.

Heading into the final major of the year, I wondered what sort of effect playing a major the week before a Solheim Cup would have on the 24 players involved. Could you imagine the Ryder Cup being played the week after a major? I think not.

That aside, can we learn anything from the form from the 24 Solheim Cup players on show? I think we can but only a little.

While Morgan Pressel and Lexi Thompson contended and continued their good form of 2015, American captain Juli Inkster will be most thrilled with the form of Michelle Wie. Fitness was her prime concern but not only did last year's US Open champion show she was fit, she showed her game is in good shape too. She's Solheim ready and looks ready to play 36 holes a day.

On the flip side, there's Paula Creamer. The pressure of having to try and qualify was now gone and she was coming to a course where she'd hardly ever been a feature outside the top 10. But even in Evian, Creamer looked completely out of sorts and missed the cut for the fourth event in a row.

The European player in the mix at the final major of 2015 isn't even on the team. Nicole Broch Larsen will have to wait for her turn to be a part of Team Europe. She could have been a decent weapon.

Hedwall concern

Like the Americans, four Europeans missed the cut. Most pertinently, Caroline Hedwall was among them. The signs looked good after an excellent first round from the Swede but her game fell apart on day two and she missed the cut by a mile.

Caroline told me last week that her game is nearly there and she insisted that the matchplay format would be more forgiving to her current, erratic game. But you can't see Carin Koch giving her the opportunity to win five points again, can you? Better news for Europe was that after an early first round wobble, Catriona Matthew looked back to her steady self.

Whatever the scoring at Evian, it would be wrong to look too deeply into who did what. The Evian Resort Golf Course and St Leon Rot are chalk and cheese. You never get a flat lie on the hilly French course and the greens were not in the best condition coupled with some crazy slopes.

I understand the course at the Solheim Cup in Germany has been set up to encourage birdies, and this is a team game where you can play great and lose or play indifferent and still win.

If the Evian Championship was an indicator of the way the Solheim Cup will turn out, then given the fact that five Americans finished in the top 20 accompanied by just the one European, then USA would win by at least couple of points. Come Friday morning, though, everyone starts at zero.