Gerina Piller, Alison Lee, Lizette Salas earn final 3 automatic spots on US Solheim Cup team

Published May 03, 2016

Alison Lee, of the United States, pauses as she watches her shot from the eighth tee during the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open golf tournament at Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam, British Columbia, on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

Gerina Piller, Alison Lee and Lizette Salas earned the final three automatic spots on the U.S. Solheim Cup team Sunday at the Canadian Pacific Women's Open.

Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson, Cristie Kerr, Michelle Wie, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Angela Stanford had already wrapped up spots for the Sept. 18-20 matches against Europe in Germany.

Piller took the last spot from the money list, and Lee and Salas topped the race for the two positions from the world ranking. Lee was 29th, and Salas 32nd.

Juli Inkster will complete the 12-player team Monday with two captain's picks.

Four players earned spots on the European team through the world ranking — No. 10 Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, No. 23 Azahara Munoz of Spain, No. 43 Sandra Gal of Germany and No. 52 Carlota Ciganda of Spain.

Norway's Suzann Pettersen, France's Gwladys Nocera and Englishwomen Charley Hull and Melissa Reid had already secured spots. Carin Koch will announce her four captain's picks Tuesday.

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