Ohio Golf Journal February 2020

LPGA Names Pat Hurst 2021 Solheim Cup Captain The LPGA recently announced that Pat Hurst would lead Team USA during the Solheim Cup which is coming to Toledo’s Inverness Club in 2021. Juli Inkster has served as captain for the last three Solheim Cups registering two wins and a loss. She was asked to do it again, but respectfully declined, “been there done that.” Pat Hurst competed on the LPGA Tour for 20 years from1995- 2015. She was named the Rookie of the Year in 1995 and during her career Hurst won six LPGA Tour titles including the 1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational. Hurst was also a member of five Solheim Cups and compiled a 10-7-3 record. Most recently she served as one of Inkster’s assistant captains in the past three Solheim Cups. Hurst said, “I thought the call might be coming, but I had no idea if it would be good, or bad news. For the last six months, I’ve been thinking that my time as an assistant Solheim Cup captain in 2015, 2017 and 2019 were, some of the greatest experiences of my professional career. They have prepared me to be captain in 2021 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. I loved being out on the first tee in that amphitheater setting with sound so loud you could feel it. No cheers in women’s golf match the Solheim Cup. Nothing makes your hair stand up or causes tingles to run down your arms like the drama and intensity of those three days. I also loved the strategy and detail, the planning, motivating and relationship Ohio Golf Journal