USA under no pressure in Solheim Cup against Europe, says Zuel
Wednesday 16 September 2015 13:31, UK
English golfer Henni Zuel says there is no pressure on the Americans as they try and win the Solheim Cup after losing the last two in succession.
And Zuel - the youngest ever player to join the Ladies European Tour as an amateur - believes conditions at the St Leon Rot Golf Club in Heidelberg, Germany will favour the in-form American side this week.
"I think they have nothing to lose," Zuel told Tuesday's Sportswomen show on Sky Sports News HQ.
"They have lost the last two Solheim Cups and they are in Europe where generally the home team are expected to do better.
"I don't think there will be too much expectation on them and I think it will help them in a way to just get out there and do well.
"My heart wants Europe to win but I think USA are going to do it though. I just think they're the underdog, there's no expectation on them at all and the course at St Leon Rot is an American style course.
"They are more in-form than the European team so my heart says Europe, but on paper I think USA are going to do it."
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Team Europe have never won the Solheim Cup three years in a row and Zuel believes a win for the Carin Koch-skippered side could have an unprecedented impact on women's golf throughout the continent.
"It would be phenomenal for ladies' golf in Europe where it isn't quite as large as it is in the States," she said.
"It would really show the quality of the players that we have here and that will hopefully attract more sponsors and viewers to the European tour and really show that Europe is the best women's golfing stage in the world."
