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 15½ to 12½ points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.

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] 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]

Europe
*Captain
**flagicon|SCO Dale Reid (Captain) - Ladybank, Scotland

*Automatic qualifiers
**flagicon|SWE Annika Sörenstam - Stockholm, Sweden
**flagicon|Spain Raquel Carriedo - Zaragoza, Spain
**flagicon|FRA Karine Icher - Chateauroux, France
**flagicon|Spain Paula Marti - 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

USA
*Captain
**flagicon|USA Patty Sheehan (Captain) - Middlebury,Vermont

*Automatic qualifiers
**flagicon|USA Juli Inkster - Santa Cruz, California
**flagicon|USA Laura Diaz - Scotia, New York
**flagicon|USA Rosie Jones - Santa Ana, California
**flagicon|USA Michele Redman - Zanesville, Ohio
**flagicon|USA Cristie Kerr - Miami, Florida
**flagicon|USA Meg Mallon - Natick, Massachusetts
**flagicon|USA Beth Daniel - Charleston, South Carolina
**flagicon|USA Wendy Ward - San Antonio, Texas
**flagicon|USA Emilee Klein - Santa Monica, California
**flagicon|USA Kelli Kuehne - Dallas, Texas

*Captains Picks
**flagicon|USA Kelly Robbins - Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
**flagicon|USA 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 four-balls. 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

Foursomes

Four-ball

Day Three

ingles

ee also

*Solheim Cup

Notes and References

External links

* [http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/2002_solheim.htm 2002 Solheim Cup Match Results]