2002 Solheim Cup

{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Solheim Cup

| year = 2002

| logo = SolheimCup2002Logo.png

| logowidth = 139px

| dates = September 20–22, 2002

| venue = Interlachen Country Club

| location = Edina, Minnesota

| home = USA

| away = Europe

| homecaptain = Patty Sheehan

| awaycaptain = Dale Reid

| homescore = 15{{1/2}}

| awayscore = 12{{1/2}}

| result = United States wins

}}

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 15{{1/2}} to 12{{1/2}} points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.

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.{{cite web

| title = A Glimpse at the European Solheim Cup Team

| publisher = The Golf Channel

| date = 2002-09-17

| url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=7257

| accessdate = 2007-04-20

| df = mdy-all

| archive-date = September 27, 2007

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205437/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=7257

| url-status = dead

}} The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Patty Sheehan.{{cite web

| title = A Glimpse at the U.S. Solheim Cup Team

| publisher = The Golf Channel

| date = 2002-09-16

| url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&dv=4618285&select=7253&select2=1&v.pos=901&h.pos=0

| accessdate = 2007-04-20

| df = mdy-all

| archive-date = September 30, 2007

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015300/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&dv=4618285&select=7253&select2=1&v.pos=901&h.pos=0

| url-status = dead

}}

Europe

Captain
{{flagicon|SCO}} Dale Reid - Ladybank, Scotland
Automatic qualifiers
{{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam - Stockholm, Sweden
{{flagicon|Spain}} Raquel Carriedo - Zaragoza, Spain
{{flagicon|FRA}} Karine Icher - Châteauroux, France
{{flagicon|Spain}} Paula Martí - Barcelona, Spain
{{flagicon|SWE}} Sophie Gustafson - Särö, Sweden
{{flagicon|NOR}} Suzann Pettersen - Oslo, Norway
{{flagicon|DEN}} Iben Tinning - Copenhagen, Denmark
{{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Hjorth - Falun, Sweden
Captains Picks
{{flagicon|ENG}} Laura Davies - Coventry, England
{{flagicon|SWE}} Helen Alfredsson - Gothenburg, Sweden
{{flagicon|SWE}} Carin Koch - Kungalv, Sweden
{{flagicon|SCO}} Mhairi McKay - Glasgow, Scotland

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=

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Davies/Martí

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 up

|Inkster/Diaz

Tinning/Carriedo

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Daniel/Ward

Alfredsson/Pettersen

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 4 & 2

|Robbins/Hurst

Sörenstam/Koch

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Mallon/Kuehne

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| 3

| Session

| 1

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! 3

! Overall

! 1

=Afternoon fourball=

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Davies/Martí

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Jones/Kerr

Gustafson/Icher

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 3

|Diaz/Klein

Sörenstam/Hjorth

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Redman/Mallon

McKay/Koch

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Inkster/Kuehne

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| 1

| Session

| 3

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! 4

! Overall

! 4

Day two

Saturday, September 21, 2002

=Morning foursomes=

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Sörenstam/Koch

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 4 & 3

|Redman/Kerr

McKay/Tinning

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Klein/Ward

Davies/Martí

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Mallon/Inkster

Alfredsson/Pettersen

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1

|Diaz/Robbins

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| 1

| Session

| 3

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! 5

! Overall

! 7

=Afternoon fourball=

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Sörenstam/Koch

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 4 & 3

|Daniel/Ward

Hjorth/Tinning

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Kuehne/Hurst

Icher/Carriedo

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Kerr/Jones

Davies/Gustafson

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Robbins/Klein

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| 4

| Session

| 0

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! 9

! Overall

! 7

Day three

Sunday, September 22, 2002

=Singles=

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Raquel Carriedo

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 3

|Juli Inkster

Paula Martí

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 3

|Laura Diaz

Helen Alfredsson

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Emilee Klein

Iben Tinning

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|halved

|halved

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 3

|Kelly Robbins

Sophie Gustafson

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Cristie Kerr

Laura Davies

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Meg Mallon

Mhairi McKay

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Pat Hurst

Carin Koch

|halved

|Beth Daniel

Karine Icher

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Rosie Jones

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| 3{{1/2}}

| Session

| 8{{1/2}}

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! 12{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 15{{1/2}}

Individual player records

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

=United States=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
align=left\|Beth Daniel	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	1–0–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Laura Diaz	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Pat Hurst	1	1–2–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Juli Inkster	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Rosie Jones	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Cristie Kerr	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Emilee Klein	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Kelli Kuehne	0	0–4–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0
align=left\|Meg Mallon	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Michele Redman	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	0–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Kelly Robbins	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Wendy Ward	2.5	2–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	0–1–0

=Europe=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Player !! Points !! Overall !! Singles !! Foursomes !! Fourballs
align=left\|Helen Alfredsson	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–0–0
align=left\|Raquel Carriedo	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Laura Davies	2	2–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Sophie Gustafson	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Maria Hjorth	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Karine Icher	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Carin Koch	4.5	4–0–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	2–0–0
align=left\|Paula Martí	1	1–3–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
align=left\|Mhairi McKay	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
align=left\|Suzann Pettersen	1.5	1–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	0–0–0
align=left\|Annika Sörenstam	3.5	3–1–1	0–0–1	2–0–0	1–1–0
align=left\|Iben Tinning	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	0–2–0	1–0–0

Notes and references

External links

[https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/11/2002-solheim-cup.html Solheim Cup Match Results]

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