All those Nancy Lopez critics who stubbornly cling to their mis-placed critiques of the Solheim Cup captain should listen to the U.S. youngsters.

You see, picking a team to play in international competition is more than just looking at numbers. It's striking the right balance, which Lopez did to perfection.

Paula Creamer: "I mean, I played with two veterans and Christie Kerr. What better than to have a first Solheim Cup than that?"

Chrstina Kim: "Players of the likes of Julie, Rosie Michele, Pat, Nancy Meg, Beth all of them, they came in and told us of their past experiences, so we could try to absorb through osmosis some of the stuff they had gone through. We kind of had that feeling like, hey we have been out here, and we all came out today with the knowledge of there is no tomorrow and played our hearts out, and look what happened."

Yes, look what happened.

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