Solheim Cup: Team Europe's automatic qualifiers confirmed as Esther Henseleit denies Chiara Tamburlini debut appearance

Esther Henseleit denied Chiara Tamburlini an automatic Solheim Cup pick for a Team Europe debut after an extraordinary finish to the AIG Women’s Open.

The qualification campaign to feature in Anna Nordqvist's team ended at Royal Lytham & St Annes on Sunday, with the top two players in the European Solheim Cup points list and the next six in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings securing their automatic spots.

Tamburlini arrived with a slender 1.1-point advantage over Helen Briem in the European Solheim Cup points list, only to miss the cut and leave qualification hopes out of her hands.

Henseleit - already set to qualify via her world ranking - needed to finish solo second or better to overtake Tamburlini, with the German guaranteeing the required points when a sensational final-hole birdie forced a play-off against Shiho Kuwaki.