2007_Solheim_Cup

2007 Solheim Cup

The 2007 Solheim Cup, also known as the 10th Solheim Cup Matches was held between Friday, September 14 and Sunday, September 16, at Halmstad GK, Halmstad, Sweden. It was a three-day contest for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players born in Europe. The team from the United States won the competition by a score of 16 to 12.

Format

The Solheim Cup is a match play event, as opposed to the more common stroke play format. A total of 28 points are available, divided among four periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, consists of four rounds of foursomes. This is followed in the afternoon by four rounds of four-ball. This schedule is repeated on Saturday morning and afternoon. The four periods on Friday and Saturday account for 16 points. During these team periods, the players play in teams of two. The captain of each team can play a player as many or as few times as she desires. The final 12 points are decided in a round of singles match play, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) take part.

Teams

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

The U.S. Team 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 2005 State Farm Classic and concluding with the 2007 Safeway Classic. The ten players with the highest points were automatically selected for the Team. Two additional players were selected by captain Betsy King after the Safeway Classic on August 26, 2007.

The European Team was selected by taking the top five players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four European LET members on the Rolex Women’s World Rankings at the agreed cut off date who were not already qualified via The Solheim Cup standings, and three captain’s selections. Qualifying points for the European Team are awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.

Name	Age	Residence or Hometown*	Points rank	Points	Rolex ranking	Notes
Team USA
Betsy King	52	Limekiln, Pennsylvania				non-playing captain
Beth Daniel	50	Charleston, South Carolina				non-playing assistant captain
Paula Creamer	21	Pleasanton, California	1	741.00	7
Cristie Kerr	29	Miami, Florida	2	713.50	4
Morgan Pressel	19	Boca Raton, Florida	3	532.50	8	Solheim Cup rookie
Juli Inkster	47	Pasatiempo, California	4	512.00	10
Stacy Prammanasudh	27	Enid, Oklahoma	5	483.50	18	Solheim Cup rookie
Pat Hurst	38	Scottsdale, Arizona	6	449.00	28
Natalie Gulbis	24	Lake Las Vegas, Nevada	7	412.50	26
Brittany Lincicome	21	Seminole, Florida	8	396.50	15	Solheim Cup rookie
Angela Stanford	29	Saginaw, Texas	9	372.00	32
Sherri Steinhauer	44	Madison, Wisconsin	10	324.50	30
Nicole Castrale	28	Palm Desert, California	11	277.00	22	captain's pick / Solheim Cup rookie
Laura Diaz	32	Scotia, New York	13	240.00	38	captain's pick

*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation.
Rolex rankings as of August 20, 2007. Rolex ranking does not factor into US Team selection. Shown for comparison purposes only.

Name	Age	Residence or Hometown*	LET ranking	Rolex ranking	Notes
Team Europe
Helen Alfredsson	42	Gothenburg, Sweden			non-playing captain
Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	46	Biarritz, France			non-playing assistant captain
Gwladys Nocera	32	Moulins, France	1	51
Trish Johnson	41	Bristol, England	2	81
Bettina Hauert	25	Hagen, Germany	3	118	Solheim Cup rookie
Laura Davies	43	Surrey, England	4	40
Becky Brewerton	24	Abergele, Wales	5	80	Solheim Cup rookie
Annika Sörenstam	36	Stockholm, Sweden	7	3
Suzann Pettersen	26	Oslo, Norway	12	6
Catriona Matthew	38	North Berwick, Scotland	9	25
Sophie Gustafson	33	Varberg, Sweden	11	31
Maria Hjorth	33	Falun, Sweden	6	41	captain's pick
Iben Tinning	33	Copenhagen, Denmark	14	148	captain's pick
Linda Wessberg	27	Gothenburg, Sweden	8	70	captain's pick / Solheim Cup rookie

*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation.
LET rankings as of August 19, 2007
Rolex rankings as of August 20, 2007

Results

United States 16 – 12 Europe

The United States won the competition by a score of 16 to 12.

Friday's matches

Morning Foursomes

	Results
Kerr/Hurst	halved	Gustafson/Pettersen
Diaz/Steinhauer	4 and 2	Sörenstam/Matthew
Inkster/Creamer	2 and 1	Davies/Brewerton
Gulbis/Pressel	3 and 2	Nocera/Hjorth
2 ½	Foursomes	1 ½
2 ½	Overall	1 ½

Afternoon Four-Ball

	Results
Hurst/Lincicome	4 and 2	Matthew/Tinning
Stanford/Prammanasudh	halved	Sörenstam/Hjorth
Castrale/Kerr	3 and 2	Gustafson/Nocera
Creamer/Pressel	halved	Johnson/Davies
2	Four-Ball	2
4 ½	Overall	3 ½

Saturday's matches

Morning Foursomes

	Results
Diaz/Steinhauer	halved	Nocera/Hjorth
Inkster/Creamer	halved	Pettersen/Gustafson
Hurst/Stanford	4 & 2	Tinning/Hauert
Castrale/Kerr	1 up	Sörenstam/Matthew
2	Foursomes	2
6 ½	Overall	5 ½

Afternoon Four-Ball

	Results
Creamer/Lincicome	halved	Wessberg/Hjorth
Inkster/Prammanasudh	halved	Johnson/Tinning
Gulbis/Castrale	2 up	Brewerton/Davies
Kerr/Pressel	3 and 2	Sörenstam/Pettersen
1	Four-Ball	3
7 ½	Overall	8 ½

Sunday's matches

Singles

	Results
Laura Diaz	3 and 2	Catriona Matthew
Pat Hurst	2 and 1	Sophie Gustafson
Stacy Prammanasudh	2 up	Suzann Pettersen
Juli Inkster	4 and 3	Iben Tinning
Sherri Steinhauer	halved	Becky Brewerton
Angela Stanford	3 and 2	Trish Johnson
Morgan Pressel	2 and 1	Annika Sörenstam
Brittany Lincicome	4 and 3	Laura Davies
Nicole Castrale	3 and 2	Bettina Hauert
Paula Creamer	2 and 1	Maria Hjorth
Cristie Kerr	1 up	Linda Wessberg
Natalie Gulbis	4 and 3	Gwladys Nocera
8 ½	Singles	3 ½
16	Overall	12