What can you say about a team competition where 60 percent of the world’s best players are not there?
Outdated? Obsolete? Laughable?
Well, the Solheim Cup may be all the above.
Fact is, it no longer matters in the grand, world-wide scheme of women’s golf. Any competition that does not involve the world’s best players is simply not worth the trouble.
Such is the Solheim Cup.
Asian players now occupy six of the top 10, eight of the top 12 spots in the world rankings.
Inbee Park is No. 1, Lydia Ko, No. 2, So Yeon Ryu, No. 4, Hyo-Joo Kim, No. 5, Shanshan Feng, No. 6 and In Gee Chun, No. 9.
So who cares what happens when the United States and Europe meet in Germany, Sept. 18-20. This has about as much meaning as a consolation game in a basketball tournament. What, does the winner get to jump up and down and proclaim: “We’re No. 2!”
Until the powers-that-be figure out a way to bring Asia into the mix, it’s just a matchup that doesn’t matter much.
The Solheim Cup can’t carry the Ryder Cup’s lunchbox.
Simple as that.
