they retained the trophy after previous victories in ohio and gleneagles.players from that team in spain and the event has the same two captains — stacy lewis for the usa and suzann pettersen for europe. england's charley hull will kick things off around midday, when she and german rookie esther henserleit face world number one nelly korda and allisen corpooz. i have been in solheim cups and played some really good golf so when i take away from the three i have been in, i know i have played solid golf but at the end of the day we want to get points and it's just all going to come together and i certainly don't feel like i've lost confidence because of the record but i certainly want to put more points on the board. for a lot of players this is the — for a lot of players this is the pinnacle of our careers. it's — the pinnacle of our careers. it'sj'ust_ the pinnacle of our careers. it'sjust extremely the pinnacle of our careers. it's just extremely important to us— it's just extremely important to us and _ it's just extremely important to us and it means a l

and gleneagles.e the atmosphere is amazing. we play over here every week on the lpga tour and i really enjoy it the crowds are a great love, and even though they support american they are still respectable and we have a lot of fun out there. rory mcilroy is right into the second match of the irish cup. the first competitive tournament he has played in home soil. a roller—coaster first round, bogeys at the 14th and 15th followed my baddies in the last three holes. that leaves him two strokes off the lead held by the englishman todd clements. that is all for now. bradford has officially announced its programme of events for next year, as it celebrates being the uk city of culture — and it'll include a drawing project supported by the artist david hockney, and the city will host the turner prize. the city of culture prize was introduced after liverpool's successful year as the european capital of culture, back in 2008. it was decided that a new uk city of culture would be announced every four years — an