Gulbis on the USA team?

[rjal4296]

Anyone know how in the world was Natalie Gulbis a member of the USA team?

[Cussin hacker]

She's a fine looker.....good nuf for me!

[iacas]

Anyone know how in the world was Natalie Gulbis a member of the USA team?

She "qualified." If you have something to say, how about just saying it?

[bobsuruncle]

perhaps they should do what azinger did for the ryder cup...go with the top 8, not top 10 and pick the 4 most in-form players leading up the cup competition. natalie qualified based on her 2008 performance, and did nothing for the whole of 2009. talk about an out-of-form player - she's it. totally lost her game in 2009.

[Dub]

Gal can putt lights out.

[RAD3]

I agree, bobs, choosing more players who are on their game would make the team stronger. Gulbis is still coming back from injury and Inkster hasn't played well this year...a sentimental pick. Still the event has been very exciting so far with some great shot-making from both teams. Looking forward to this afternoon!

[kafka01]

Just have a look at the Rolex Womens golf rankings ( http://lpga.com/content/RolexRankings8-17-2009.pdf):

46. Kim
47. Inkster
48. Castrale
51. Gulbis

And its about the same on the LPGA money list - there are simply not enough players ranking higher from the US, so lots of "mediocre" players make the team obv.

[mcfc_nick]

well every time she comes on my screen i smile so im happy she made it!

[Doctorfro]

She was losing bad today and came back and got a half. Granted, they didn't need it at that point but so what. She can play. Period.

[Greg]

She got the points required to qualify, not her first solheim cup either so she was a solid pick and of course she looks good on tv.