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Sorenstam wants to be Euro Solheim Cup captain in 2017

Annika Sorenstam has thrown her name in the hat to become the next European Solheim Ryder Cup captain.

“I would love to be the European Solheim Cup captain and 2017 has been my goal for years,” Sorenstam said, according to Golf Channel. “We officially put my name in, and we’ll see what happens.”

Were she to get the nod from the Ladies European Tour -- and there's no reason to believe she wouldn't -- then Sorenstam would take over from fellow Swede Carin Koch, who was captain last September when her European charges lost a four-point final-day lead to fall to the U.S. in Germany by a 14.5-13.5 count. Sorenstam was an assistant captain on that team.

A Sorenstam captaincy would set up a match-up next year at Des Moines Golf & Country Club in Iowa against returning victorious U.S. captain Juli Inkster. 

Sorenstam, who won 72 LPGA titles including 10 major championships in her career, played in eight Solheim Cup matches. She faced off against Inkster twice, but just once in a one-on-one match, which Inkster won in 2000.


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