Golf World Monday - February 13, 2012

when annika sorenstam told golf channel last week, “i don’t know if i have the time to commit to the job,” she all but took herself out of the running to be 2013 european solheim cup captain. with two children under the age of 3 and several new business ventures— including possible design work on the 2016 olympic golf course—there is every reason for sorenstam to wait until 2015 for her inevitable captaincy, when she would likely go up against Juli inkster. so if not annika, who? laura davies, who has appeared in every solheim cup, isn’t ready to stop playing. liselotte neumann is deserving but is said not to be interested. recently retired iben tinning of denmark is said to be interested but may not have the résumé. sweden’s carin koch is deserving based on her 10-3-3 solheim cup record. in any case, team europe doesn’t seem to be in any hurry, and it has thought outside the box in the past, showing no hesitancy to give the post to the same person more than once. (would 2009 and 2011 captain alison nicholas come back for a third time?) as for sorenstam—how about waiting until 2017, after the olympics and when she could have a possible match-up with dottie pepper as the u.s. captain. punching bags, anyone? —R.S. 08if;not;annika,;Who?