Their golf star husbands are looking to put on a show as they try to retain the most prestigious trophy in the sport’s calendar.
And Team Europe’s wives and girlfriends teed up the start of the 43rd Ryder Cup in the US today with a stylish display of their own at the event’s gala dinner.
Wearing designer heels and elegant dresses, the ladies wowed onlookers at the American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Wednesday night.
Over the next three days, as their husbands – acting as players, captain and vice-captains – take on the Americans at the nearby Whistling Straits golf course, the WAGs will play supporting roles.
American and European wives and girlfriends: From left, Helen Storey (wife of Lee Westwood), Irene Scholz (Martin Kaymer), Angela Akins Garcia (Sergio Garcia), Diane Antonopoulos (Luke Donald), Katie Poulter (Ian Poulter), Emma Lofgren (Henrik Stenson), Pollyanna Woodward (Paul Casey), Kelley Cahill (Jon Rahm), Kristin Stape (Graeme McDowell), Caroline Harrington (Padraig Harrington), Erica Stoll (Rory McIlroy), Emily Braisher (Tyrrell Hatton), Wendy Honner (Shane Lowry), Clare Fleetwood (Tommy Fleetwood), Ebba Karlsson (Robert Karlsson)
One has been doing that out on the course itself. Helen Storey has been taking care of husband Lee Westwood’s golf clubs as his caddie for four years now – but the star’s son Sam will be taking over duties in the US so she can be with the other WAGs.
She has been a lucky charm for Westwood as he went on to chalk up another European Tour win soon after she took on the role.
Another of the WAGs is a talented golfer herself. But then Angela Akins Garcia, wife of Spanish star Sergio, comes from a family of sports stars.
Her father is former American Football quarterback Marty Akins, while her cousin Drew Brees is current quarterback for the New Orleans Saints.
Emma Lofgren, partner of vice-captain Henrik Stenson, also has a sports background. The Swedish couple met at the University of South
