Catriona Matthew has named her good friend and fellow Scot, Kathryn Imrie, as one of her vice-captains for next year’s Solheim Cup at Gleneagles.
Matthew, a veteran of nine Solheim Cup campaigns as a player, has also added the vastly experienced Norwegian, Suzann Pettersen to her back room team as the 2019 build up gathers pace.
Dundonian Imrie, a winner on the LPGA Tour in 1995, played in the Solheim Cup a year later and has been involved in several biennial contents as a European helper.
The 51-year-old, who was an amateur team-mate of Matthew, said: “I am super excited and extremely honoured to be Catriona’s vice-captain. I see my role as a vice captain to be exactly what vice captains do, and that is to support the captain. As one of her closest friends it will be easy to be her sounding board and to offer opinions and suggestions about all aspects of her captaincy. The captain has a big job to do and I am sure she will have her plan of exactly what she expects of me. I just want to do the best job possible so we can pick the strongest team and then guide them to get the cup back during the week of the event. I can’t wait for September 2019.”
Matthew added: “I am delighted to have Kathryn and Suzann alongside me on the journey to the Solheim Cup. They both possess considerable experience and will be huge assets over the next 14 months.”
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