Editor's note: Scroll down to read the original story about LGU Head of Golf Operations Susan Simpson saying she was "very disappointed" that the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of America arranged the Junior Solheim Cup match in Illinois for next Tuesday and Wednesday, only three or four days after the British girls' open amateur championship ends this Friday.
Six of the selected European team decided to opt out of the girls' event at Lancashire and go straight to the Illinois venue. The other six ARE playing in the "British," and will make their way to the Junior Solheim Cup once they are out of the championship.
LET player Lynn Kenny then responded by saying the LGU should look for dates to avoid such clashes in future.

Jenny Louden of Nairn writes:

I'm afraid I have to disagree with Lynn Kenny. Winning the British girls' championship is the pinnacle achievement for British girl golfers and, given the now annual veritable flood of golfers from the Continent of Europe, it would appear they too rate this event very highly.
It must also be remembered that these girls have a limited number of opportunities to win this event.
The junior Solheim Cup is not a stand-alone event and will therefore always be regarded as a sideshow to the Solheim Cup. Oh, I'm sure it will look quite good on a golfing CV but the bottom line is that no-one, outside of the participants themselves, will remember who played in it. Compare this to the opportunity of adding one's name to a highly prestigious trophy. Well, it's a no-brainer, isn't it?
At the risk of stating the obvious, it would appear that the six team members who delayed their departure to play in this blue-ribamd event, also agree with me. As for the other six, they will surely wonder at some point in the future ... "what if ... "
As for moving 'the British girls championship to accommodate this 'sideshow' ... Lynn Kenny, "you cannot be serious!"

Lynn Kenny's response:

First of all, let me clarify why I emailed Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk in the first place - in response to Colin Farquharson's comment that the LET and the LPGA did not do the LGU any favours by arranging the Junior Solheim Cup the week after the British Girls Championship.
My point was that the LET and the LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup around their own, very hectic schedules and announced the 2009 dates well in advance (September 2006).
The LGU know that the Junior Solheim Cup is played the same week as the professional event, so perhaps they should have arranged the British Girls Championship with that in mind (although I hold my hands up and say that I don't know how far in advance the LGU have to organise their events).
I totally agree that the British Girls Championship is a very prestigious event, and as Jenny pointed out, the number of foreign entries proves this. But Jenny has to be aware that being picked for the Junior Solheim Cup Team is a big deal and a great achievement, and it is certainly not a 'sideshow' for those involved.
This is reinforced by six of the team choosing not to enter the British Girls in order to prepare for next week, one of whom is a British player! Remember the Junior Solheim Cup is only played once every two years, and places are only available to the top 12 players in Europe, making it an even more limited opportunity than playing in the annual British Girls Championship which is open to all.
My overall point is that the Junior Solheim Cup will always be played the same week as the Solheim Cup. It is a prestigious event for those involved, as is the British Girls Championship. Tournament organisers should do their best to make sure the leading European U18 amateurs don't have to make the understandably difficult choice between the two events, and schedule events accordingly - and that, I'm afraid Jenny, is the LGU's responsibility, because it would be unrealistic to suggest the LET and LPGA arrange the Solheim Cup, the biggest team event for any female golfer, in accordance to the British Girls' schedule, which seemed to be Colin's point in the first place.