Solheim Cup Mega Preview: Every Player Tiered, S Through F

Days from the 20th Solheim Cup, Kent and Scottie do something the show has never done: tier all 24 players, S through F, one at a time. Nelly Korda, Lottie Woad and Charley Hull anchor the top — but the first real argument lands early, when Scottie puts Alison Lee in S tier on the strength of a climb from outside the world's top 300 to the top 60 in five months, and Kent counters with a 2-5 Solheim record. From there it's Rose Zhang, Esther Henseleit, Lauren Coughlin, Allisen Corpuz and Céline Boutier through A tier; Maja Stark as Europe's tipping-point player, plus Leona Maguire, Nastasia Nadaud, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Jennifer Kupcho, Yealimi Noh and Andrea Lee through B; and a C tier that swallows a third of the field — Linn Grant, Lindy Duncan, Megan Khang, Carlota Ciganda, Julia Lopez Ramirez. The widest gap between them is Angel Yin: A tier for one, D tier for the other, and neither man moves. They finish on Mimi Rhodes' captain's pick, Lilia Vu turning up at Bernardus as an alternate — "an unserious decision" — where Anna Nordqvist would rank as a player, whether Europe pushed its changing of the guard one Solheim too early, and a final score prediction with the DraftKings line hanging over it.

0:00   Cold open

0:33   Welcome — the 20th Solheim Cup

1:53   How the tiers work: S through F

2:44   S tier

3:58   Nelly Korda

6:35   Lottie Woad

9:11   Charley Hull vs Alison Lee — the first split

16:38  A tier

17:43  Rose Zhang

20:57  Esther Henseleit

22:49  Lauren Coughlin

26:05  Allisen Corpuz

28:53  Céline Boutier

32:31  Angel Yin — the biggest disagreement on the board

34:16  Auston Kim

35:47  B tier

37:20  Maja Stark, Europe's tipping point

40:43  Leona Maguire

43:56  Nastasia Nadaud

46:20  Nanna Koerstz Madsen

47:35  Jennifer Kupcho

49:00  Yealimi Noh

51:05  Andrea Lee

53:47  C tier

55:12  Linn Grant

57:21  Lindy Duncan

59:53  Megan Khang

1:03:08 Carlota Ciganda

1:05:54 Julia Lopez Ramirez

1:07:35 D tier and F tier — Mimi Rhodes

1:10:22 Angel Yin in D tier

1:12:18 The full 24, tier by tier

1:13:44 What surprised you most

1:15:39 Lilia Vu on the ground as an alternate

1:20:54 Where Anna Nordqvist would rank as a player

1:23:29 Europe's changing of the guard

1:31:01 Predictions — and the DraftKings line

1:32:13 Sign-off

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