How can Juli Inkster possibly top 2015? That will be the question many will pose after it was announced on Dec. 18 that Inkster will return in ’17 to captain Team USA at the 15th Solheim Cup in Des Moines, Iowa. Seems risky to lead another team after accomplishing the great comeback in Solheim Cup history.
My answer to that: Doesn’t matter.
To have any other player at the helm in Des Moines would’ve been a disappointment. The players want more of Inkster, as do the media and fans. And regardless of how it plays out in two years against Europe, it seems only right that Inkster leads the team – and possibly end her Solheim career – on American soil.