Paula Creamer's bold comments will be tough to back up with the likes of world No. 1 Annika Sorenstam competing for the European squad. By The Golf Central Newsroom - August 30, 2005 Paula Creamer insists her promise to win back the Solheim Cup for the U.S. team was no rookie mistake. Her new teammates and American captain, Nancy Lopez, agree. Creamer, the first rookie to make the U.S. team, refused to back down from her brash prediction Monday - one day after warning the Europeans to expect defeat in next week's international competition at the Crooked Stick course in suburban Indianapolis. Paula Creamer's bold comments will be tough to back up with the likes of world No. 1 Annika Sorenstam competing for the European squad.The comments even generated support. "She's 18, 19, she can say anything she wants," Lopez said. "It's nothing against the Europeans, she's just excited to play, she's very enthusiastic and I love it. All I want to hear is positive, nothing negative." Creamer gained her spot on the team by qualifying eighth in the points for 10 automatic berths on the 12-woman team. Lopez selected Wendy Ward and Beth Daniel as her two captain's choices. The European contingent is led by Sweden's Annika Sorenstam and England's Laura Davies, two of the biggest names in women's golf. Sorenstam is the world's top player, and Davies has a reputation for hitting long drives. But it was Creamer who made the biggest splash when the teams were announced Sunday. She promised the Americans would bring back the Cup after an embarrassing 7-point loss in 2003 - the most lopsided in the biennial event's eight-match history. After a practice round on the course that made John Daly famous with his 1991 PGA Championship victory, Creamer said she had no regrets. "I said what I needed to say," Creamer said. "We're all excited to be here. I may have gotten a little ahead of myself, but I am ready to win." Creamer's teammates are already believers. After watching the 19-year-old win twice on the LPGA tour this year - and come close several other times - she wrapped up the tour's rookie of the year honors Sunday despite losing the Wendy's Championship for Children in Dublin, Ohio, by one stroke to Cristie Kerr. Kerr won the points race, beating Meg Mallon 787.5 to 419.5, and acknowledged that Creamer would likely back up her talk.