2000 Solheim Cup

2000 Solheim Cup
Dates		6 - 8 October
Venue		Loch Lomond Golf Club
Location		Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Captains		Dale Reid (EU) Pat Bradley (US)
14½   11½
Europe wins the Solheim Cup
«1998		2002»

The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between 6 October and 8 October 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Team Europe won the trophy for the second time by a score of 14½ to 11½ points. Carin Koch holed the winning putt, coming back from three down to beat Michele Redman.

Teams

The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from Captain Dale Reid.^[1] The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Pat Bradley.^[2]

Format

A total of 26 points were available, divided among three periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was repeated in the second period on Friday afternoon. The third period on Saturday was six rounds of four-balls in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part. The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay. This was a slight change from the 1998 format and was not kept, as the 2002 match reverted to the 1998 format.

Day One

Morning Foursomes

	Results
Laura Davies/Alison Nicholas	4 and 3	Juli Inkster/Dottie Pepper
Trish Johnson/Sophie Gustafson	3 and 2	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
Catrin Nilsmark/Carin Koch	2 and 1	Brandie Burton/Becky Iverson
Annika Sörenstam/Janice Moodie	1 up	Meg Mallon/Beth Daniel
4	Foursomes	0
4	Overall	0

Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Laura Davies/Alison Nicholas	6 and 5	Rosie Jones/Becky Iverson
Trish Johnson/Sophie Gustafson	Match halved	Juli Inkster/Sherri Steinhauer
Liselotte Neumann/Helen Alfredsson	1 up	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
Annika Sörenstam/Janice Moodie	1 up	Meg Mallon/Beth Daniel
1 ½	Foursomes	2 ½
5 ½	Overall	2 ½

Day Two

Four-ball

	Results
Trish Johnson/Sophie Gustafson	3 and 2	Rosie Jones/Becky Iverson
Alison Nicholas/Helen Alfredsson	3 and 2	Juli Inkster/Sherri Steinhauer
Catrin Nilsmark/Carin Koch	2 and 1	Nancy Scranton/Michele Redman
Liselotte Neumann/Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	Match halved	Dottie Pepper/Brandie Burton
Laura Davies/Raquel Carriedo	Match halved	Meg Mallon/Beth Daniel
Annika Sörenstam/Janice Moodie	2 and 1	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
4	Fourballs	2
9 ½	Overall	4 ½

Day Three

Singles

	Results
Annika Sörenstam	5 and 4	Juli Inkster
Sophie Gustafson	4 and 3	Brandie Burton
Helen Alfredsson	4 and 3	Beth Daniel
Trish Johnson	2 and 1	Dottie Pepper
Laura Davies	3 and 2	Kelly Robbins
Liselotte Neumann	Match halved	Pat Hurst
Alison Nicholas	Match halved	Sherri Steinhauer
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	1 up	Meg Mallon
Catrin Nilsmark	1 up	Rosie Jones
Raquel Carriedo	3 and 2	Becky Iverson
Carin Koch	2 and 1	Michele Redman
Janice Moodie	1 up	Nancy Scranton
5	Singles	7
14 ½	Overall	11 ½

See also

• Solheim Cup

Notes and references

1. ^ "2000 Solheim Cup European Team". http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=19005&dv=3342958&select=185. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
2. ^ "2000 Solheim Cup US Team". http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=19005&dv=3342958&select=186. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 

External links

• 2000 Solheim Cup Match Results

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2000 Brandie Burton  • Beth Daniel  • Pat Hurst  • Juli Inkster  • Becky Iverson  • Rosie Jones  • Meg Mallon  • Dottie Pepper  • Michele Redman  • Kelly Robbins  • Nancy Scranton  • Sherri Steinhauer Pat Bradley (non-playing captain) Lost: 11.5 – 14.5

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2000 Helen Alfredsson  • Raquel Carriedo  • Laura Davies  • Sophie Gustafson  • Trish Johnson  • Carin Koch  • Patricia Meunier-Lebouc  • Janice Moodie  • Liselotte Neumann  • Alison Nicholas  • Catrin Nilsmark  • Annika Sörenstam Dale Reid (non-playing captain) Won: 14.5 – 11.5