1992 Solheim Cup

1992 Solheim Cup
Dates		2 - 4 October
Venue		Dalmahoy Country Club
Location		Edinburgh, Scotland
Captains		Mickey Walker (EU) Kathy Whitworth / Alice Miller (US)
11½   6½
Europe wins the Solheim Cup
«1990		1994»

The second Solheim Cup golf match took place from 2 October to 4 October 1992 at Dalmahoy Country Club, Edinburgh, Scotland. The European team beat the United States team 11 ½ points to 6 ½, to win the trophy for the first time.

Teams

The US team captain, Kathy Whitworth had to return to the US before the start of the competition following the death of her mother the day the team arrived. LPGA President Alice Miller took over as captain.^[1]

Format

A total of 18 points were available. Day 1 was four rounds of foursomes. Day 2 was four rounds of four-balls. The final 10 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, all ten golfers from each team playing on the final day.

Day One Foursomes

	Results
Laura Davies/Alison Nicholas	1 up	Betsy King/Beth Daniel
Helen Alfredsson/Liselotte Neumann	2 and 1	Pat Bradley/Dottie Mochrie
Florence Descampe/Trish Johnson	1 up	Danielle Ammaccapane/Meg Mallon
Dale Reid/Pam Wright	Match halved	Patty Sheehan/Juli Inkster
2 ½	Foursomes	1 ½
2 ½	Overall	1 ½

Day Two Fourballs

	Results
Laura Davies/Alison Nicholas	1 up	Patty Sheehan/Juli Inkster
Florence Descampe/Trish Johnson	Match halved	Brandie Burton/Deb Richard
Dale Reid/Pam Wright	1 up	Betsy King/Meg Mallon
Helen Alfredsson/Liselotte Neumann	Match halved	Pat Bradley/Dottie Mochrie
2	Fourballs	2
4 ½	Overall	3 ½

Day Three Singles

	Results
Laura Davies	4 and 2	Brandie Burton
Helen Alfredsson	4 and 3	Danielle Ammaccapane
Trish Johnson	2 and 1	Patty Sheehan
Alison Nicholas	3 and 2	Juli Inkster
Florence Descampe	2 and 1	Beth Daniel
Pam Wright	4 and 3	Pat Bradley
Catrin Nilsmark	3 and 2	Meg Mallon
Kitrina Douglas	7 and 6	Deb Richard
Liselotte Neumann	2 and 1	Betsy King
Dale Reid	3 and 2	Dottie Mochrie
7	Singles	3
11 ½	Overall	6 ½

See also

• Solheim Cup

Notes and references

1. ^ Lisa D. Mickey. "Hail to the Chief". Golf for Women Magazine. http://www.golfdigest.com/gfw/gfwfeatures/index.ssf?/gfw/gfwfeatures/gfw200210solheim.html. Retrieved 2007-04-20. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• 1992 Solheim Cup Match Results

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 1992 Danielle Ammaccapane • Pat Bradley • Brandie Burton • Beth Daniel • Juli Inkster • Betsy King • Meg Mallon • Dottie Mochrie • Deb Richard • Patty Sheehan Kathy Whitworth (non-playing captain) Lost: 6.5 – 11.5

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1992 Helen Alfredsson  • Laura Davies  • Florence Descampe  • Kitrina Douglas  • Trish Johnson  • Liselotte Neumann  • Alison Nicholas  • Catrin Nilsmark  • Dale Reid  • Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Won: 11.5 – 6.5