Europe's Solheim team finalised as Pettersen names picks

Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh is relishing making her Solheim Cup debut after being given a wild card by Europe captain Suzann Pettersen.

Pettersen selected Dryburgh, the Swedish pair of Madelene Sagstrom and Caroline Hedwall and Denmark’s Emily Pedersen to complete her 12-strong team for next month’s contest with the United States at Finca Cortesin.

Celine Boutier and Maja Stark were the top two qualifiers from the European standings, the former having won this year's Evian Championship.

Leona Maguire, the star of Europe's Solheim Cup victory at the Inverness Club in 2021, easily qualified via her world ranking, the two-time LPGA winner currently sitting 14th.

Charley Hull, Georgia Hall, Linn Grant, Carlote Ciganda and Anna Nordqvist all joined Maguire in qualifying via their world ranking as Europe bid to claim an unprecedented third straight win.

"It’s massive shoes to fill and a lot of pressure on us obviously," Pettersen said.

"We can make history, but at the same time we have the best European team we’ve ever had, we’re up for the challenge, so we’ll be ready.

"Our top eight qualifiers has looked strong the entire year and it’s been great to see them continually playing great. We have never had a stronger team on paper; eight players in the top 40 in the world has never happened before."

Dryburgh will be the third rookie on the team alongside Stark and Grant after climbing to a career-high 48th in the world.

The 30-year-old from Aberdeen told Sky Sports: "It’s so special, it’s still sinking in to be honest. It’s been a dream of mine since I was a little girl, watching the Solheim growing up.

"I was actually a spectator when Suzann made that winning putt at Gleneagles (in 2019) so it just gives me goosebumps thinking back to that