{"id":12138,"date":"2020-01-09T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138"},"modified":"2020-01-11T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T16:14:33","slug":"pat-hurst-to-captain-us-team-in-2021-solheim-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138","title":{"rendered":"Pat Hurst to Captain US Team in 2021 Solheim Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pat_hurst.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pat_hurst.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pat_hurst-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Pat Hurst will captain the United States in the 2021 Solheim Cup at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, the LPGA has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The 50-year-old Californian, a three-time assistant captain in the biennial competition, succeeds Juli Inkster and will attempt to win the cup back after Europe\u2019s victory at Gleneagles last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst was a member of five Solheim Cup teams as a player during a 20-year career on the LPGA Tour from 1995-2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the call might be coming,\u201d Hurst wrote on lpga.com. \u201cBut I had no idea if it would be good news or bad news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that I\u2019ve been blessed with this great honor and awesome responsibility, I\u2019m giving it all I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurst won the Solheim Cup four times as a player and has served as assistant to Inkster in each of the past three events, winning two of them.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst said: \u201cOf course there will be more pressure to win on home soil in front of a partisan crowd but I\u2019m up for it and I know our players will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-12138\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-12138\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-12138\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12138\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Hurst will captain the United States in the 2021 Solheim Cup at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, the LPGA has announced. 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