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By Tod Leonard
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U.S. Solheim Cup captain Angela Stanford and LPGA player Angel Yin have a tough decision to make about the golfer’s prospects for the Netherlands in two weeks.

Yin played her first tournament in two months at the FM Championship this week, coming off an undisclosed illness, and her play was understandably rough. She opened with an 81 and then bounced back a bit with a 76 on Friday, but was still last in the field through 36 holes. After a 35-pound weight loss due to her ailment, Yin, 27, has no more chances to prove her golf fitness before the Solheim, and a call has to be made on a player who automatically made the team at No. 2. Yin is a no-brainer for the squad when healthy, but seems like a problematic work around if she’s on the team trying to win in Europe for the first time since 2015. Meantime, European captain Anna Nordqvist shot 68 on Friday to make the cut and should get a proper farewell on Sunday in what the 39-year-old says will be her final competitive tournament.

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 Aiden Shertzer