2002 Solheim Cup

2002 Solheim Cup
Dates		September 20–22
Venue		Interlachen Country Club
Location		Edina, Minnesota
Captains		Patty Sheehan (US) Dale Reid (EU)
15½   12½
United States wins the Solheim Cup
«2000		2003»

The 7th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 20 and September 22, 2002 at Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the fifth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.

Teams

The European team was supposed to be made up of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks but there was a tie for seventh position so there were eight automatic qualifiers and only four picks from Captain Dale Reid.^[1] The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Patty Sheehan.^[2]

Format

The match format was slightly changed from 2000. A total of 28 points were available, divided among four periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was followed in the afternoon by four rounds of four-balls. This schedule was repeated on the Saturday morning and afternoon. The four periods on Friday and Saturday accounted for 16 points. During these team periods, the players played in teams of two. All players had to play in at least one session of the first two days . The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.

Day One

Foursomes

	Results
Laura Davies/Paula Martí	2 up	Juli Inkster/Laura Diaz
Iben Tinning/Raquel Carriedo	1 up	Beth Daniel/Wendy Ward
Helen Alfredsson/Suzann Pettersen	4 and 2	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
Annika Sörenstam/Carin Koch	3 and 2	Meg Mallon/Kelli Kuehne
3	Foursomes	1
3	Overall	1

Four-ball

	Results
Laura Davies/Paula Martí	1 up	Rosie Jones/Cristie Kerr
Sophie Gustafson/Karine Icher	4 and 3	Laura Diaz/Emilee Klein
Annika Sörenstam/Maria Hjorth	2 and 1	Michele Redman/Meg Mallon
Mhairi McKay/Carin Koch	3 and 2	Juli Inkster/Kelli Kuehne
1	Fourball	3
4	Overall	4

Day Two

Foursomes

	Results
Annika Sörenstam/Carin Koch	4 and 3	Michele Redman/Cristie Kerr
Mhairi McKay/Iben Tinning	3 and 2	Emilee Klein/Wendy Ward
Laura Davies/Paula Martí	2 and 1	Meg Mallon/Juli Inkster
Helen Alfredsson/Suzann Pettersen	3 and 1	Laura Diaz/Kelly Robbins
1	Foursomes	3
5	Overall	7

Four-ball

	Results
Annika Sörenstam/Carin Koch	4 and 3	Beth Daniel/Wendy Ward
Maria Hjorth/Iben Tinning	1 up	Kelli Kuehne/Pat Hurst
Karine Icher/Raquel Carriedo	1 up	Cristie Kerr/Rosie Jones
Laura Davies/Sophie Gustafson	1 up	Kelly Robbins/Emilee Klein
4	Fourballs	0
9	Overall	7

Day Three

Singles

	Results
Raquel Carriedo	4 and 3	Juli Inkster
Paula Martí	5 and 3	Laura Diaz
Helen Alfredsson	2 and 1	Emilee Klein
Iben Tinning	3 and 2	Kelli Kuehne
Suzann Pettersen	Match halved	Michele Redman
Annika Sörenstam	Match halved	Wendy Ward
Maria Hjorth	5 and 3	Kelly Robbins
Sophie Gustafson	3 and 2	Cristie Kerr
Laura Davies	3 and 2	Meg Mallon
Mhairi McKay	3 and 2	Pat Hurst
Carin Koch	Match halved	Beth Daniel
Karine Icher	3 and 2	Rosie Jones
3 ½	Singles	8 ½
12 ½	Overall	15 ½

See also

• Solheim Cup

Notes and references

1. ^ "A Glimpse at the European Solheim Cup Team". The Golf Channel. 2002-09-17. http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=7257. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 
2. ^ "A Glimpse at the U.S. Solheim Cup Team". The Golf Channel. 2002-09-16. http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&dv=4618285&select=7253&select2=1&v.pos=901&h.pos=0. Retrieved 2007-04-20. 

External links

• 2002 Solheim Cup Match Results

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2002 Beth Daniel  • Laura Diaz  • Pat Hurst  • Juli Inkster  • Rosie Jones  • Cristie Kerr  • Emilee Klein  • Kelli Kuehne  • Meg Mallon  • Michele Redman  • Kelly Robbins  • Wendy Ward Patty Sheehan (non-playing captain) Won: 15.5 – 12.5

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2002 Helen Alfredsson  • Raquel Carriedo  • Laura Davies  • Sophie Gustafson  • Maria Hjorth  • Karine Icher  • Carin Koch  • Paula Marti  • Mhairi McKay  • Suzann Pettersen  • Annika Sörenstam  • Iben Tinning Dale Reid (non-playing captain) Lost: 12.5 – 15.5