Associated Press
Thursday, October 5

LUSS, Scotland -- Meg Mallon figures the LPGA can do better in the Solheim Cup than the men did in the Ryder Cup -- not only win, but win graciously.

"We'll put those men to shame and do it with class," Mallon said before leaving for Loch Lomond, where the U.S. team will try to win the Solheim Cup for fifth time in six matches.

Mallon was among those who didn't care for the raucous celebration on the 17th green when Justin Leonard sank a 45-foot putt that wound up clinching a great comeback.

"Those guys didn't want to do the wrong thing, but they got caught up in it," she said.

Helen Alfredsson of Sweden didn't mind the premature celebration by the players and caddies. She did, however, mind the wives and girlfriends prancing across the green.

"What the hell did they have the right to be out there ... these women in little suits wanting to be part of the cheering crowd?" Alfredsson said. "How would it look if husbands did that?"