Solheim Cup: Anne van Dam seals place at Catriona Matthew & # 039; s Europe team

Van Dam plays her first LPGA tour season

Anne van Dam makes her Solheim Cup debut next month after a top-10 finish at the Ladies Scottish Open.

The eight automatic qualifications for the European team the United States were decided on Sunday – five from the world ranking and three from points earned during the qualifying period.

The Dutch Van Dam, 23, finished in sixth place at the Ladies Scottish Open to include her place in the 12-man team.

The Solheim Cup takes place in Gleneagles from 11-13 September.

On Monday, European captain Catriona Matthew will unveil her entire team, including four wild card choices.

The five places on the world ranking went to the English duo Charley Hull and Georgia Hall, the Spanish Azahara Munoz, Caroline Masson from Germany and the Swedish Anna Nordqvist.

Van Dam is accompanied by the Spanish Carlota Ciganda and Caroline Hedwall of Sweden in jellyfish ifying from the Solheim Cup points list.

The English law of Bronte, whose first LPGA Tour victory put her in the top 25 of the world in May, could not automatically qualify due to not playing enough events on the Ladies European Tour, but is being expected to be selected by Matthew. qualify after her sixth place in the Women & # 39; s British Open.

Others who are still in the mix are the English trio Mel Reid, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Meghan MacLaren, as well as Esther Henseleit in Germany, Marianne Skarpnord in Norway and Pernilla Lindberg in Sweden.

The United States strives for a third consecutive victory in the biennial event and has won 10 of the previous 15 editions. However, Europe has won the event both times in Scotland, in Dalmahoy in 1992 and Loch Lomond in 2000.