When Mina Harigae competes this weekend at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, she will be the first 30-plus-year-old rookie to play for Team USA in the biennial match since 39-year-old Nancy Scranton did so in 2000.
Because the early part of the tournament involves 16 groups of four players in a round-robin format, the loss doesn’t knock Ciganda out of the tournament.
Team USA has made Solheim Cup history in the Friday afternoon four-balls as they made a clean sweep to take a 5 ½ – 2 ½ lead over Europe on day one in Des Moines, Iowa.