HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SALLY

- SHE'S WILD CARD PICK

FOR JUNIOR SOLHEIM

CUP MATCH IN STATES

Curtis Cup teenager Sally Watson, 18 on July 10, has had a super post-birthday present. She has one of European team skipper Carin Koch's six wild-card selections for the Ping Junior Solheim Cup match at Aurora Golf Club, Illinois on August 18 and 19.
Sally, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency in action at Harlech, Wales in the recent Ladies' British open amateur championship, played in the victorious European junior team at Bastaad, Sweden two years ago.
Originally from South Queensferry, Sally is at the Watson family home in Elie on summer holidays from the United States. She has spent the last three years at the David Leadbetter IMG Golf Academy in Bradenton Florida. She will enrol at Tiger Woods' alma mater, Stanford University in California, in August.
The 14-year-old wonder twins from Ireland, Leona and Lisa Maguire are both in the 12-strong line-up. Leona topped the qualifying points table; Lisa was a wild card pick.
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), beaten in last year's British girls final at Monifieth, is also a wild card selection. She and Sally Watson are the only British players in the team.
There will be disappointment in Scotland that Comrie's Carly Booth, who had her 17th birthday on June 21, has not been given a wild-card slot but her form this season has been below her best.
Nancy Lopez will captain the United States team which will be announced on July 20.
The event features teams of 12 players from Europe and the USA, playing a two-day match play competition of six four-ball, six foursomes and 12 singles.
The 2009 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team is:

Points Table Qualifiers:
1 Leona Maguire, Ireland.
2 Klara Spilkova, Czech Republic.
3 Ana Fernandez de Mesa, Spain.
4 Johanna Tillström, Sweden.
5 Anna Arese, Spain.
6Tonje Daffinrud, Norway

Wild cards:
1 Sherlyn Popelka, Switzerland
2 Sophia Popov, Germany
3 Lisa Maguire, Ireland
4 Rosanna Crepiat, France
5 Sally Watson, Scotland
6 Kelly Tidy, England