2009 Solheim Cup

2009 Solheim Cup
Dates		August 21-23
Venue		Rich Harvest Farms
Location		Sugar Grove, Illinois
Captains		Beth Daniel (US) Alison Nicholas (EU)
16   12
Team USA Wins the Solheim Cup
«2007		2011»

The 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held between August 21 and August 23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the United States. The Matches are a three-day contest for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players of European nationality.

Team USA claimed the Cup for the third consecutive meeting, winning 16–12.^[1]

Teams

The United States and European teams were selected by different methods.

Team USA qualified by earning points for wins and for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period. Points were earned beginning with the 2007 State Farm Classic and concluding with the 2009 Women's British Open. The ten players with the highest points were automatically selected for Team USA. Two additional players were selected by captain Beth Daniel after the conclusion of the Women's British Open on August 2, 2009.

Team Europe was selected by taking the top five players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four European LET members on the Rolex Women’s World Rankings at the agreed cut off date who were not already qualified via The Solheim Cup standings, and three captain’s selections. Qualifying points for Team Europe were awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.

Team USA

Team USA
Name	Age	From*	Points rank	Points	Rolex ranking	Notes
Beth Daniel	52	Florida				non-playing captain
Kelly Robbins	39	Michigan				non-playing assistant captain
Meg Mallon	46	Florida				non-playing assistant captain
Paula Creamer	22	California	1	826.5	5
Cristie Kerr	31	Florida	2	735.5	3
Angela Stanford	31	Texas	3	579.0	8
Kristy McPherson	28	South Carolina	4	321.0	18	Solheim Cup rookie
Nicole Castrale	30	California	5	314.0	44
Christina Kim	25	California	6	312.0	42
Brittany Lang	23	Texas	7	301.5	30	Solheim Cup rookie
Morgan Pressel	21	Florida	8	277.0	26
Brittany Lincicome	23	Florida	9	250.0	23
Natalie Gulbis	26	Nevada	10	201.0	48
Michelle Wie	19	Hawaii	13	166.5	24	captain's pick / Solheim Cup rookie
Juli Inkster	49	California	16	152.0	45	captain's pick

*Residence/Hometown according to official 2009 Solheim Cup designation.
Rolex rankings as of August 2, 2009. Rolex ranking does not factor into US Team selection. Shown for comparison purposes only.

Team Europe

Team Europe
Name	Age	Residence or Hometown*	LET ranking	Rolex ranking	Notes
Alison Nicholas	47	Birmingham, England			non-playing captain
Liselotte Neumann	43	Finspång, Sweden			non-playing assistant captain
Joanne Morley	42	Cheshire, England			non-playing assistant captain
Gwladys Nocera	34	Moulins, France	1	130
Tania Elosegui	27	San Sebastián, Spain	2	191	Solheim Cup rookie
Diana Luna	26	Cannes, Italy	3	218	Solheim Cup rookie
Laura Davies	45	Surrey, England	4	92
Sophie Gustafson	35	Varberg, Sweden	5	34
Suzann Pettersen	28	Oslo, Norway	7	6
Helen Alfredsson	44	Gothenburg, Sweden	10	10
Catriona Matthew	39	North Berwick, Scotland	13	14
Maria Hjorth	35	Falun, Sweden	14	35
Becky Brewerton	26	St Asaph, Wales	11	155	captain's pick
Anna Nordqvist	22	Eskilstuna, Sweden	20	22	captain's pick/Solheim Cup rookie
Janice Moodie	36	Glasgow, Scotland	67	88	captain's pick

*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation.
LET rankings as of August 2, 2009
Rolex rankings as of August 2, 2009

U.S. Team. Clockwise from upper left: Robbins, Mallon, Inkster, Castrale, Lang, Creamer, Wie, Kerr, Gulbis, Lincicome, Daniel, Stanford, Pressel, Kim, McPherson.

Clockwise from upper left: Morley, Alfredsson, Pettersen, Gustafson, Davies, Luna, Hjorth, Moodie, Nordqvist, Nocera, Brewerton, Nicholas, Elosegui, Matthew.

2009 Solheim Cup Teams

Results

United States 16 – 12 Europe

The United States won the competition by a score of 16 to 12

Friday's matches

Morning Four-Ball

	Results
Kerr/Creamer	1 up	Gustafson/Pettersen
Stanford/Inkster	1 up	Alfredsson/Elosegui
Lang/Lincicome	5 and 4	Davies/Brewerton
Pressel/Wie	halved	Matthew/Hjorth
2 ½	Four-Ball	1 ½
2 ½	Overall	1 ½

Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Kim/Gulbis	4 and 2	Gustafson/Pettersen
Stanford/Castrale	3 and 1	Brewerton/Nocera
McPherson/Lincicome	3 and 2	Hjorth/Nordqvist
Creamer/Inkster	2 and 1	Matthew/Moodie
2	Foursomes	2
4 ½	Overall	3 ½

Saturday's matches

Morning Four-Ball

	Results
Kim/Wie	5 and 4	Alfredsson/Elosegui
Stanford/Lang	Halved	Matthew/Luna
Kerr/Castrale	1 up	Pettersen/Nordqvist
Lincicome/McPherson	1 up	Nocera/Hjorth
1 ½	Four-Ball	2 ½
6	Overall	6

Afternoon Foursomes

	Results
Creamer/Inkster	4 and 3	Gustafson/Moodie
McPherson/Pressel	2 up	Alfredsson/Pettersen
Gulbis/Kim	5 and 4	Brewerton/Nocera
Kerr/Wie	1 up	Nordqvist/Hjorth
2	Foursomes	2
8	Overall	8

Sunday matches

Singles

	Results
Paula Creamer	3 and 2	Suzann Pettersen
Angela Stanford	5 and 4	Becky Brewerton
Michelle Wie	1 up	Helen Alfredsson
Brittany Lang	Halved	Laura Davies
Juli Inkster	Halved	Gwladys Nocera
Kristy McPherson	3 and 2	Catriona Matthew
Brittany Lincicome	3 and 2	Sophie Gustafson
Nicole Castrale	3 and 2	Diana Luna
Christina Kim	2 up	Tania Elosegui
Cristie Kerr	Halved	Maria Hjorth
Morgan Pressel	3 and 2	Anna Nordqvist
Natalie Gulbis	Halved	Janice Moodie
8	Singles	4
16	Overall	12

References

External links

• Official site for the 2009 Solheim Cup Matches

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2009 Nicole Castrale  • Paula Creamer  • Natalie Gulbis  • Juli Inkster  • Cristie Kerr  • Christina Kim  • Brittany Lang  • Brittany Lincicome  • Kristy McPherson  • Morgan Pressel  • Angela Stanford  • Michelle Wie Beth Daniel (non-playing captain)  • Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain)  • Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain) Won: 16 – 12

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2009  Helen Alfredsson  •  Becky Brewerton  •  Laura Davies  •   Tania Elosegui  •  Sophie Gustafson  •  Maria Hjorth •  Diana Luna •  Catriona Matthew •  Janice Moodie •  Gwladys Nocera  •  Anna Nordqvist  •  Suzann Pettersen Alison Nicholas (non-playing captain)  •  Joanne Morley (non-playing assistant captain)  •  Liselotte Neumann (non-playing assistant captain) Lost: 12 – 16