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 McKenzie Talbert Named to 2011 PING Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team web posted August 24, 2011  BRASELTON, GA. – The final two
members of
the 2011 PING Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team have been chosen by captain
Meg Mallon, the American Junior Golf Association announced Tuesday.
Summar Roachell of Conway, Ark., and McKenzie Talbert of North Augusta,
S.C., will join 10 preselected teammates on a team of 12 that will
represent their country in the biennial event.The PING Junior Solheim Cup, patterned after The Solheim Cup, features the top 12 girls from the United States against those from Europe. A PING event, the 2011 tournament will be played at Knightsbrook Hotel & Spa Golf Resort in Trim, Ireland, Sept. 20-21, the days leading up to The Solheim Cup. The Solheim Cup will be played Sept. 23-25 at Killeen Castle in County Meath, Ireland. Roachell recently picked up her first junior golf victory at the Bubba Conlee Invitational, and followed the win with a statement-making performance at the U.S. Girls’ Junior where she advanced to the quarterfinals. At No. 19 in the Polo Golf Rankings, Roachell has compiled six top-five junior golf finishes. Talbert, a 2010 Rolex Junior All-American, also has six top-five junior golf finishes on her resume. Victor at the 2011 Sea Pines Junior Heritage, she also placed third at the Exide Technologies Junior Open. A two-time Wyndham Cup participant, Talbert helped the East Team to its first victory in six years, putting up a 2-2-0 record in the team match play event. The 10 players previously named to the U.S. Team were selected based on a combination of the AJGA’s Polo Golf Rankings and the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Girls Rankings as of July 29. Earning entry through the Polo Golf Rankings were Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., Jaye Marie Green of Boca Raton, Fla., Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., Kyung Kim of Chandler, Ariz., and Gabriella Then of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Ashlan Ramsey of Milledgeville, Ga., Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale, Ga., Esther Lee of Los Alamitos, Calif., Lindsey Weaver of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Emma Talley of Princeton, Ky., earned their way in based on their positions in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings. Past PING Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team members include Paula Creamer (nine-time LPGA Tour champion and winner of the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open), Brittany Lincicome (champion at the 2007 Ginn OPEN and 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship) and Morgan Pressel (champion of the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship). Creamer was the first player to make the move from the PING Junior Solheim Cup to The Solheim Cup Team when she helped lead the U.S. to victory in 2005 with a 3-1-1 record. The United States and Europe head into the 2011 competition with the U.S. leading the series 3-2-0. The team hosting the event has won the PING Junior Solheim Cup in all five instances. PING designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of golf equipment including metal woods, irons, putters and golf bags. The family-owned company was founded in 1959 by the late Karsten Solheim. Solheim is the only person to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as a golf club manufacturer. Today, the Phoenix-based company is under the direction of Solheim’s youngest son, John A. Solheim. PING game-improvement products can be found in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit www.pinggolf.com. The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 40 countries. To ensure scholarship opportunities for all junior golfers who have the skill, the AJGA created the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program to provide financial assistance to young players in need. Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA's second Premier Partner. AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 500 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Inbee Park and Morgan Pressel. The Citizen News contributed to this report © Copyright 2011 All material is property of
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