1990 Solheim Cup

The inaugural Solheim Cup competition took place in Orlando, Florida, United States at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club from November 16 to November 18, 1990. The United States team beat the European team 111⁄2 points to 41⁄2.

1990 Solheim Cup

Dates	November 16–18, 1990
Venue	Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Location	Orlando, Florida, United States
Captains	Kathy Whitworth (USA) Mickey Walker (Europe)
111⁄2 41⁄2
United States wins the Solheim Cup
1992 →

Teams

Europe Mickey Walker (Captain) - England Helen Alfredsson - Gothenburg, Sweden Laura Davies - Coventry, England Marie-Laure de Lorenzi - Biarritz, France Trish Johnson - Bristol, England Liselotte Neumann - Finspång, Sweden Alison Nicholas - Gibraltar Dale Reid - Ladybank, Scotland Pam Wright - Torphins, Scotland

United States Kathy Whitworth (Captain) - Monahans, Texas Pat Bradley - Westford, Massachusetts Beth Daniel - Charleston, South Carolina Cathy Gerring - Fort Wayne, Indiana Rosie Jones - Santa Ana, California Betsy King - Reading, Pennsylvania Nancy Lopez - Torrance, California Dottie Mochrie - Saratoga Springs, New York Patty Sheehan - Middlebury, Vermont

Format

A total of 16 points were available. Day 1 was four rounds of foursomes. Day 2 was four rounds of fourball matches. The final 8 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay. All eight golfers from each team played on each day.

Day one foursomes

Friday, November 16, 1990

	Results
Davies/Nicholas	2 & 1	Bradley/Lopez
Wright/Neumann	6 & 5	Gerring/Mochrie
Reid/Alfredsson	6 & 5	Sheehan/Jones
Johnson/de Lorenzi	5 & 4	King/Daniel
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

Day two fourball

Saturday, November 17, 1990

	Results
Davies/Nicholas	4 & 3	King/Daniel
Wright/Neumann	4 & 2	Gerring/Mochrie
Johnson/de Lorenzi	2 & 1	Sheehan/Jones
Reid/Alfredsson	2 & 1	Bradley/Lopez
1	Session	3
2	Overall	6

Day three singles

Sunday, November 18, 1990

	Results
Trish Johnson	8 & 7	Pat Bradley
Liselotte Neumann	7 & 6	Beth Daniel
Alison Nicholas	6 & 4	Nancy Lopez
Helen Alfredsson	4 & 3	Cathy Gerring
Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	4 & 2	Dottie Mochrie
Laura Davies	3 & 2	Rosie Jones
Dale Reid	2 & 1	Patty Sheehan
Pam Wright	halved	Betsy King
21⁄2	Session	51⁄2
41⁄2	Overall	111⁄2

External links

• 1990 Solheim Cup Match Results

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