Matilda Castren of Finland is the only European to win on the LPGA Tour this year. She captured her first LPGA title at Lake Merced last month, and then she gave Jin Young Ko all she could handle before finishing one shot behind in Texas.
Her dream is to play in the Solheim Cup. That will take more work than seems reasonable.
Castren went to Florida State and spent two years on the Symetra Tour trying to reach the LPGA Tour. But she is not a Ladies European Tour member, and that’s required of all Europeans wanting to play in the Solheim Cup.