2002 Solheim Cup

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.

2002 Solheim Cup
DatesSeptember 20–22, 2002
VenueInterlachen Country Club
LocationEdina, Minnesota
Captains
15½ 12½
United States wins the Solheim Cup

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 fourballs. 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

Friday, September 20, 2002

Morning foursomes
Results
Davies/Martí 2 up Inkster/Diaz
Tinning/Carriedo 1 up Daniel/Ward
Alfredsson/Pettersen 4 & 2 Robbins/Hurst
Sörenstam/Koch 3 & 2 Mallon/Kuehne
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon fourball
Results
Davies/Martí 1 up Jones/Kerr
Gustafson/Icher 4 & 3 Diaz/Klein
Sörenstam/Hjorth 2 & 1 Redman/Mallon
McKay/Koch 3 & 2 Inkster/Kuehne
1 Session 3
4 Overall 4

Day two

Saturday, September 21, 2002

Morning foursomes
Results
Sörenstam/Koch 4 & 3 Redman/Kerr
McKay/Tinning 3 & 2 Klein/Ward
Davies/Martí 2 & 1 Mallon/Inkster
Alfredsson/Pettersen 3 & 1 Diaz/Robbins
1 Session 3
5 Overall 7

Afternoon fourball
Results
Sörenstam/Koch 4 & 3 Daniel/Ward
Hjorth/Tinning 1 up Kuehne/Hurst
Icher/Carriedo 1 up Kerr/Jones
Davies/Gustafson 1 up Robbins/Klein
4 Session 0
9 Overall 7

Day three

Sunday, September 22, 2002

Singles
Results
Raquel Carriedo 4 & 3 Juli Inkster
Paula Martí 5 & 3 Laura Diaz
Helen Alfredsson 2 & 1 Emilee Klein
Iben Tinning 3 & 2 Kelli Kuehne
Suzann Pettersen halved Michele Redman
Annika Sörenstam halved Wendy Ward
Maria Hjorth 5 & 3 Kelly Robbins
Sophie Gustafson 3 & 2 Cristie Kerr
Laura Davies 3 & 2 Meg Mallon
Mhairi McKay 3 & 2 Pat Hurst
Carin Koch halved Beth Daniel
Karine Icher 3 & 2 Rosie Jones
3½ Session 8½
12½ Overall 15½

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Beth Daniel1.51–1–10–0–11–0–00–1–0
Laura Diaz33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Pat Hurst11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Juli Inkster22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Rosie Jones22–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0
Cristie Kerr11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Emilee Klein33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Kelli Kuehne00–4–00–1–00–1–00–2–0
Meg Mallon33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Michele Redman1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0
Kelly Robbins22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Wendy Ward2.52–1–10–0–12–0–00–1–0

Europe
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Helen Alfredsson11–2–00–1–01–1–00–0–0
Raquel Carriedo11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Laura Davies22–3–00–1–01–1–01–1–0
Sophie Gustafson22–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0
Maria Hjorth11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Karine Icher11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Carin Koch4.54–0–10–0–12–0–02–0–0
Paula Martí11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Mhairi McKay11–2–00–1–00–1–01–0–0
Suzann Pettersen1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Annika Sörenstam3.53–1–10–0–12–0–01–1–0
Iben Tinning22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0

Notes and references
  1. "A Glimpse at the European Solheim Cup Team". The Golf Channel. September 17, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
  2. "A Glimpse at the U.S. Solheim Cup Team". The Golf Channel. September 16, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2007.

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