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2003 Solheim Cup

2003 Solheim Cup
FieldValue
nameSolheim Cup
year2003
logo2003Solheim.png
logowidth125px
dates12–14 September 2003
venueBarsebäck Golf & Country Club
locationLoddekopinge, Skåne, Sweden
homeEurope
awayUSA
homecaptainCatrin Nilsmark
awaycaptainPatty Sheehan
homescore17
awayscore10
resultEurope wins

The 2003 Solheim Cup was the eighth Solheim Cup, held 12–14 September 2003 at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club in Loddekopinge, Skåne, Sweden. This was the first time the European team hosted outside of the United Kingdom.

When Rosie Jones of the U.S. conceded a birdie putt to Catriona Matthew giving her a 3&1 win, Europe reached the 14 points required to win the Solheim Cup for the third time. With the overall competition's outcome decided, amid some controversy, four of the five remaining matches were conceded for a final score of 17 to 10.

Teams

The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from Captain Catrin Nilsmark.{{cite web | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205628/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10704 | url-status = dead |url-status=dead | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205621/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10692 | url-status = dead

Europe

  • Captain

    • SWE Catrin Nilsmark - Gothenburg, Sweden

  • Automatic qualifiers

    • SWE Annika Sörenstam - Stockholm, Sweden
    • ENG Laura Davies - Coventry, England
    • SWE Sophie Gustafson - Särö, Sweden
    • GER Elisabeth Esterl - Dingolfing, Germany
    • DEN Iben Tinning - Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Spain Ana Belén Sánchez - Málaga, Spain
    • SCO Mhairi McKay - Glasgow, Scotland

  • Captains Picks

    • SWE Carin Koch - Kungalv, Sweden
    • SCO Catriona Matthew - North Berwick, Scotland
    • FRA Patricia Meunier-Lebouc - Dijon, France
    • SCO Janice Moodie - Glasgow, Scotland
    • NOR Suzann Pettersen - Oslo, Norway

  • Captain

    • Patty Sheehan - Middlebury, Vermont

  • Automatic qualifiers

    • Juli Inkster - Santa Cruz, California
    • Rosie Jones - Santa Ana, California
    • Beth Daniel - Charleston, South Carolina
    • Michele Redman - Zanesville, Ohio
    • Laura Diaz - Scotia, New York
    • Cristie Kerr - Miami, Florida
    • Meg Mallon - Natick, Massachusetts
    • Angela Stanford - Fort Worth, Texas
    • Kelly Robbins - Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
    • Wendy Ward - San Antonio, Texas

  • Captains Picks

    • Heather Bowie - Washington, D.C.
    • Kelli Kuehne - Dallas, Texas

Format

|Europe The match format was unchanged from 2002. 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, 12 September 2003

Morning foursomes

The European team started Day 1 strongly, dominating the foursomes matches. The first point was won by the Scottish pairing of Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie. A birdie putt on 15 sealed the 5&3 win for the Scottish pairing who had, somewhat controversially, not been picked for the 2002 team.

The third victorious European team was Sophie Gustafson and Solheim Cup rookie, Elisabeth Esterl who beat the highly experienced American combination of Meg Mallon and Rosie Jones 3&2 winning the 16th. The US team avoided a morning session whitewash by gaining a half point in the top match. Carin Koch and Laura Davies were one up with five to play but Beth Daniel and Kelly Robbins made a birdie at the 15th and the match was halved.{{cite web | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205430/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10895 | url-status = dead

EuropeResultsUSA3Overall
Koch/DavieshalvedDaniel/Robbins
**Moodie/Matthew**Europe 5 & 3Inkster/Ward
**Sörenstam/Pettersen**Europe 4 & 3Diaz/Bowie
**Gustafson/Esterl**Europe 3 & 2Mallon/Jones
3Session

Afternoon fourball

The afternoon fourball matches saw a fightback from the US team. Only Suzann Pettersen and the four months pregnant Patricia Meunier-Lebouc won a point for the Europeans beating US rookie Angela Stanford and veteran Meg Mallon. Juli Inkster and Beth Daniel, at 48 the oldest ever Solheim Cup player, | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205356/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10897 | url-status = dead

EuropeResultsUSA4Overall3
Davies/MatthewUSA 2 & 1**Kuehne/Kerr**
Sörenstam/KochUSA 1 up**Inkster/Daniel**
**Pettersen/Meunier-Lebouc**Europe 3 & 2Stanford/Mallon
Gustafson/TinningUSA 1 up**Redman/Jones**
1Session3

Day two

Saturday, 13 September 2003

Morning foursomes

Europe won three out of a potential four points in the morning foursomes to extend their lead. The big hitting Scandinavian pairing of Suzann Pettersen and Sophie Gustafson kicked things off with a 3&1 win over previous day winners Cristie Kerr and Kelli Kuehne. The second match saw two European rookies, Iben Tinning and Elisabeth Esterl, the first German to play in the Solheim Cup,

Annika Sörenstam and Carin Koch returned to winning ways beating Wendy Ward and Heather Bowie. They won three holes around the turn and parred the 16th hole to win 3&2.{{cite web | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204413/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10898 | url-status = dead

EuropeResultsUSA7Overall4
**Gustafson/Pettersen**Europe 3 & 1Kuehne/Kerr
Esterl/TinninghalvedStanford/Redman
**Sörenstam/Koch**Europe 3 & 2Ward/Bowie
Moodie/MatthewhalvedMallon/Robbins
3Session1

Afternoon fourball

The afternoon fourballs started encouragingly for the US team. The European rookie pairing, playing their first match of the week, Ana Belén Sánchez and Mhairi McKay were well beaten 5&4 by the veteran US combination of Beth Daniel and Juli Inkster. The US won match two as well, Kelli Kuehne and Cristie Kerr teaming up once more to beat Laura Davies and Sophie Gustafson 2&1 winning both the 16th and 17th holes.{{cite web | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205254/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10899 | url-status = dead

The final match of the day had a spectacular finish. Laura Diaz and Kelly Robbins had a tap in birdie on the 17th hole only for Annika Sörenstam to halve the hole with a 20-foot putt from the fringe of the green.

EuropeResultsUSA9Overall6
Sánchez/McKayUSA 5 & 4**Daniel/Inkster**
Gustafson/DaviesUSA 2 & 1**Kuehne/Kerr**
**Moodie/Matthew**Europe 4 & 3Ward/Jones
**Sörenstam/Pettersen**Europe 1 upRobbins/Diaz
2Session2

Day three

Sunday, 14 September 2003

Singles

Janice Moodie led off for Europe taking a four-hole lead after seven holes, eventually beating Kelli Kuehne 3&2. Juli Inkster got the first point of the day for the US team comprehensively beating Carin Koch. Sophie Gustafson beat Heather Bowie 5&4 to leave Bowie pointless for the week.

Iben Tinning was 3 up at the turn on Wendy Ward and won when Ward missed a par putt on 17. Ana Belén Sánchez fought hard all day but eventually lost to Michele Redman. Annika Sörenstam was never behind and always in control in her win over Angela Stanford and minutes after she won, Catriona Matthew gained the winning point and the remaining matches were conceded with the winner being whoever was in the lead. The match between Laura Davies and Meg Mallon was level at the time and Davies won because Mallon offered to concede first. | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204352/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=10903 | url-status = dead

EuropeResultsUSA17Overall10
**Janice Moodie**Europe 3 & 2Kelli Kuehne
Carin KochUSA 5 & 4**Juli Inkster**
**Sophie Gustafson**Europe 5 & 4Heather Bowie
**Iben Tinning**Europe 2 & 1Wendy Ward
Ana Belén SánchezUSA 3 & 1**Michele Redman**
**Catriona Matthew**Europe 3 & 1Rosie Jones
**Annika Sörenstam**Europe 3 & 2Angela Stanford
Suzann PettersenUSA 1 up**Cristie Kerr**
**Laura Davies**Europe 1 upMeg Mallon
Elisabeth EsterlUSA 5 & 4**Laura Diaz**
**Mhairi McKay**Europe 1 upBeth Daniel
**Patricia Meunier-Lebouc**Europe 1 upKelly Robbins
8Session4

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Laura Davies1.51–2–11–0–00–0–10–2–0
Elisabeth Esterl1.51–1–10–1–01–0–10–0–0
Sophie Gustafson33–2–01–0–02–0–00–2–0
Carin Koch1.51–2–10–1–01–0–10–1–0
Catriona Matthew3.53–1–11–0–01–0–11–1–0
Mhairi McKay11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc22–0–01–0–00–0–01–0–0
Janice Moodie3.53–0–11–0–01–0–11–0–0
Suzann Pettersen44–1–00–1–02–0–02–0–0
Ana Belén Sánchez00–2–00–1–00–0–00–1–0
Annika Sörenstam44–1–01–0–02–0–01–1–0
Iben Tinning1.51–1–11–0–00–0–10–1–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Heather Bowie00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Beth Daniel2.52–1–10–1–00–0–12–0–0
Laura Diaz11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Juli Inkster33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Rosie Jones11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Cristie Kerr33–1–01–0–00–1–02–0–0
Kelli Kuehne22–2–00–1–00–1–02–0–0
Meg Mallon0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Michele Redman2.52–0–11–0–00–0–11–0–0
Kelly Robbins10–2–20–1–00–0–20–1–0
Angela Stanford0.50–2–10–1–00–0–10–1–0
Wendy Ward00–4–00–1–00–2–00–1–0

References

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