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2011 Solheim Cup

FieldValue
nameSolheim Cup
year2011
venueKilleen Castle
locationCounty Meath, Ireland
dates23–25 September 2011
logoSolheimCup2011Logo.svg
logowidth100px
homeEurope
awayUSA
homecaptainAlison Nicholas
awaycaptainRosie Jones
homescore15
awayscore13
resultEurope wins

|Ireland The 2011 Solheim Cup was the 12th Solheim Cup matches, held 23–25 September in Ireland at Killeen Castle in County Meath, northwest of Dublin. The biennial matches are a three-day contest for professional female golfers, between teams of 12 top players from the United States and Europe. Entering the 2011 matches, the U.S. had won the three recent competitions, with Europe's last victory coming eight years earlier in 2003 in Sweden.

After the first two days of team play, the competition was tied at 8-all. Europe went 7–5 in singles on Sunday and regained the Cup, 15–13. It was Europe's fourth win, all won on home soil.

Format

The Solheim Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows

  • Day 1 (Friday): Four foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and four fourball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate.
  • Day 2 (Saturday): Four foursome matches in a morning session and four fourball matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate.
  • Day 3 (Sunday): 12 singles matches. All 12 players from each team participate.

With a total of 28 points, 14 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half-point.

Teams

Eligibility criteria

The European and United States teams have different eligibility criteria.

Members of the European Tour must be current members of the Ladies European Tour and must be "a European national," defined by Solheim Cup rules as someone:

**Either**: (i) born in a European country; and (ii) holds a current passport of that European country; **Or**: (i) has been naturalised as a citizen of a European country; (ii) has held a current passport of that European country for the immediately preceding four (4) consecutive years; (iii) has resided in that European country for the immediately preceding four (4) consecutive years. A European country is a nation situated in the continent of Europe and is recognised as an independent state by the United Nations. Any player who holds dual nationality (of which one shall be the nationality of a European country) shall elect on joining the Ladies European Tour in each of 2010 and 2011 whether she wishes to be eligible for selection for the 2011 European Solheim Cup Team.

Members of the United States team must be current members of the LPGA Tour and be born in the United States.

Team selection

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

Team Europe was selected by taking the top four players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four Ladies European Tour members on the Women's World Golf Rankings as if 29 August 2011, were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings, and four captain's selections. Qualifying points for Team Europe were awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.

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 2009 Safeway Classic and concluding with the 2011 Women's British Open. Points were increased in 2011 and doubled in the four major tournaments. The ten players with the highest points were automatically selected for Team USA. Two additional players were selected by captain Rosie Jones before the start of the Matches.

Team Europe

NameAge1Residence or Hometown2LET
rankingRolex
rankingSolheim
experience
England Alison Nicholas
Non-playing captain49Birmingham, England1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009-Captain
England Joanne Morley
Non-playing assistant captain44Cheshire, England1996, 2009-Asst. captain
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Non-playing assistant captain40Stockholm, Sweden1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
England Melissa Reid24Derby, England138Rookie
England Laura Davies47Coventry, England2781990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Norway Suzann Pettersen30Oslo, Norway322002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Netherlands Christel Boeljon24Beverwijk, Netherlands454Rookie
Sweden Maria Hjorth35Falun, Sweden16192002, 2005, 2007, 2009
Sweden Anna Nordqvist24Eskilstuna, Sweden9282009
Scotland Catriona Matthew42North Berwick, Scotland19301998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Sweden Sophie Gustafson37Varberg, Sweden14371998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Spain Azahara Muñoz
Captain's pick23Málaga, Spain2042Rookie
Sweden Caroline Hedwall
Captain's pick22Täby, Sweden848Rookie
England Karen Stupples
Captain's pick38Dover, Kent, England32222005
Germany Sandra Gal
Captain's pick26Düsseldorf, Germany7243Rookie

1Age at the start of the 2011 Solheim Cup matches on 23 September 2011.

2Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation.

LET rankings as of 20 August 2011

Rolex rankings as of 29 August 2011

Team USA

Juli Inkster was a player and assistant captain, the first time in Solheim Cup history that an assistant captain was also a player.

NameAge1From2Points
rankPoints
Rolex
rankingSolheim
experience
Rosie Jones
Non-playing captain51Georgia1990, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005
Juli Inkster
Playing assistant captain51California9188.5451992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Sherri Steinhauer
Non-playing assistant captain48Wisconsin1994, 1998, 2000, 2007
Cristie Kerr33Florida1750.022002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Stacy Lewis26Texas2467.511Rookie
Morgan Pressel23Florida3447.5122007, 2009
Angela Stanford33Texas4438.5182003, 2007, 2009
Paula Creamer25California5434.592005, 2007, 2009
Michelle Wie21Hawaii6358.0142009
Brittany Lincicome26Florida7356.5152007, 2009
Brittany Lang26Texas8293.0332009
Christina Kim27California10150.5752005, 2009
Vicky Hurst
Captain's pick21Florida11138.076Rookie
Ryann O'Toole
Captain's pick24California1864.5125Rookie

1Age at the start of the 2011 Solheim Cup matches on 23 September 2011.

2Residence/Hometown according to official 2011 Solheim Cup designation.

Rolex rankings as of 21 August 2011. Rolex ranking does not factor into US Team selection. Shown for comparison purposes only.

Day one

Friday, 23 September 2011

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA2Overall2
Hjorth/NordqvistUSA 2 & 1Wie/Kerr
Stupples/ReidUSA 1 upCreamer/Lincicome
Matthew/MuñozEurope 3 & 2Lewis/Stanford
Pettersen/GustafsonEurope 1 upLang/Inkster
2Session2

Afternoon fourball

EuropeResultsUSA4Overall3
Davies/ReidUSA 1 upCreamer/Pressel
Matthew/GalhalvedKim/O'Toole
Gustafson/HedwallEurope 5 & 4Hurst/Lincicome
Pettersen/NordqvistEurope 2 upWie/Kerr
2Session1

Day two

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Morning foursomes

EuropeResultsUSA7Overall5
Hedwall/GustafsonEurope 6 & 5Stanford/Lewis
Stupples/BoeljonUSA 3 & 2Pressel/O'Toole
Hjorth/NordqvistEurope 3 & 2Lang/Inkster
Matthew/MuñozhalvedKerr/Creamer
2Session1

Afternoon fourball

By winning her match Laura Davies became the leading points scorer in the Solheim Cup with 24.5, passing Annika Sörenstam's record of 24.

EuropeResultsUSA8Overall8
Davies/ReidEurope 4 & 3Wie/Lang
Pettersen/HedwallUSA 1 upPressel/Kerr
Gal/BoeljonUSA 2 & 1Lewis/O'Toole
Hjorth/MuñozUSA 3 & 1Creamer/Lincicome
1Session3

Day three

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Singles

EuropeResultsUSA15Overall13
Catriona MatthewEurope 6 & 5Paula Creamer
Sophie GustafsonEurope 2 upStacy Lewis
Anna NordqvistUSA 2 & 1Morgan Pressel
Laura DavieshalvedJuli Inkster
Melissa ReidUSA 2 upVicky Hurst
Christel BoeljonEurope 2 upBrittany Lincicome
Sandra GalUSA 6 & 5Brittany Lang
Maria HjorthUSA 4 & 2Christina Kim
Suzann PettersenEurope 1 upMichelle Wie
Caroline HedwallhalvedRyann O'Toole
Azahara MuñozEurope 1 upAngela Stanford
Karen StupplesEurope 10 & 8 1Cristie Kerr
7Session5

1 Kerr conceded the match at its start, because of injury. Following Solheim Cup rules, this was a 10 and 8 win for Europe.

Individual player records

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

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Christel Boeljon11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Laura Davies1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Sandra Gal0.50–2–10–1–00–0–00–1–1
Sophie Gustafson44–0–01–0–02–0–01–0–0
Caroline Hedwall2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
Maria Hjorth11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Catriona Matthew32–0–21–0–01–0–10–0–1
Azahara Muñoz2.52–1–11–0–01–0–10–1–0
Anna Nordqvist22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Suzann Pettersen33–1–01–0–01–0–01–1–0
Melissa Reid11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Karen Stupples11–2–01–0–00–2–00–0–0

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Paula Creamer3.53–1–10–1–01–0–12–0–0
Vicky Hurst11–1–01–0–00–0–00–1–0
Juli Inkster0.50–2–10–0–10–2–00–0–0
Cristie Kerr2.52–2–10–1–01–0–11–1–0
Christina Kim1.51–0–11–0–00–0–00–0–1
Brittany Lang11–3–01–0–00–2–00–1–0
Stacy Lewis11–3–00–1–00–2–01–0–0
Brittany Lincicome22–2–00–1–01–0–01–1–0
Ryann O'Toole32–0–20–0–11–0–01–0–1
Morgan Pressel44–0–01–0–01–0–02–0–0
Angela Stanford00–3–00–1–00–2–00–0–0
Michelle Wie11–3–00–1–01–0–00–2–0

References

References

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  2. (25 September 2011). "Europe hold their nerve to defeat the United States in a nerve-racking finish". The Daily Telegraph.
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