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 151⁄2 to 121⁄2 points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.

2002 Solheim Cup

Dates	September 20–22, 2002
Venue	Interlachen Country Club
Location	Edina, Minnesota
Captains	Patty Sheehan (USA) Dale Reid (Europe)
151⁄2 121⁄2
United States wins the Solheim Cup
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This was the last Solheim Cup to be held in an even-numbered year, as the next Solheim Cup would take place in 2003 and every odd-numbered year thereafter.

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]

Europe Captain Dale Reid - Ladybank, Scotland Automatic qualifiers Annika Sörenstam - Stockholm, Sweden Raquel Carriedo - Zaragoza, Spain Karine Icher - Châteauroux, France Paula Martí - Barcelona, Spain Sophie Gustafson - Särö, Sweden Suzann Pettersen - Oslo, Norway Iben Tinning - Copenhagen, Denmark Maria Hjorth - Falun, Sweden Captains Picks Laura Davies - Coventry, England Helen Alfredsson - Gothenburg, Sweden Carin Koch - Kungalv, Sweden Mhairi McKay - Glasgow, Scotland

United States Captain Patty Sheehan - Middlebury, Vermont Automatic qualifiers Juli Inkster - Santa Cruz, California Laura Diaz - Scotia, New York Rosie Jones - Santa Ana, California Michele Redman - Zanesville, Ohio Cristie Kerr - Miami, Florida Meg Mallon - Natick, Massachusetts Beth Daniel - Charleston, South Carolina Wendy Ward - San Antonio, Texas Emilee Klein - Santa Monica, California Kelli Kuehne - Dallas, Texas Captains Picks Kelly Robbins - Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Pat Hurst - San Leandro, California

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
31⁄2	Session	81⁄2
121⁄2	Overall	151⁄2

Individual player records

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

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Beth Daniel	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	1–0–0	0–1–0
Laura Diaz	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
Pat Hurst	1	1–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
Juli Inkster	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Rosie Jones	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Cristie Kerr	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–1–0
Emilee Klein	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0
Kelli Kuehne	0	0–4–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
Meg Mallon	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
Michele Redman	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	0–1–0	1–0–0
Kelly Robbins	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Wendy Ward	2.5	2–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	0–1–0

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Helen Alfredsson	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
Raquel Carriedo	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Laura Davies	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
Sophie Gustafson	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Maria Hjorth	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Karine Icher	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
Carin Koch	4.5	4–0–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	2–0–0
Paula Martí	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Mhairi McKay	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Suzann Pettersen	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	0–0–0
Annika Sörenstam	3.5	3–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	1–1–0
Iben Tinning	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–0–0