2007 Solheim Cup

The 2007 Solheim Cup was the tenth Solheim Cup, held 14–16 September at Halmstad GK in 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 U.S. team won the competition, 16 to 12, to retain the Solheim Cup.

2007 Solheim Cup
Dates14–16 September 2007
VenueHalmstad GK
LocationHalmstad, Sweden
Captains
12 16
United States wins the Solheim Cup
Halmstad GK
Location in Europe

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 European and United States teams were selected by different methods.

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.

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.

   Team Europe
Name Age Residence or Hometown* LET
ranking		 Rolex
ranking		 Notes
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 Kungsbacka, 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

   Team USA
Name Age Residence or Hometown* Points
rank		 Points
 Rolex
ranking		 Notes
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.

Day one

Friday, 14 September 2007

Morning foursomes
Results
Gustafson/Pettersen halved Kerr/Hurst
Sörenstam/Matthew 4 & 2 Diaz/Steinhauer
Davies/Brewerton 2 & 1 Inkster/Creamer
Nocera/Hjorth 3 & 2 Gulbis/Pressel
1½ Session 2½
1½ Overall 2½

Afternoon fourball
Results
Matthew/Tinning 4 & 2 Hurst/Lincicome
Sörenstam/Hjorth halved Stanford/Prammanasudh
Gustafson/Nocera 3 & 2 Castrale/Kerr
Johnson/Davies halved Creamer/Pressel
2 Session 2
3½ Overall 4½

Day two

Saturday, 15 September 2007

Morning foursomes
Results
Nocera/Hjorth halved Diaz/Steinhauer
Pettersen/Gustafson halved Inkster/Creamer
Tinning/Hauert 4 & 2 Hurst/Stanford
Sörenstam/Matthew 1 up Castrale/Kerr
2 Session 2
5½ Overall 6½

Afternoon fourball
Results
Wessberg/Hjorth halved Creamer/Lincicome
Johnson/Tinning halved Inkster/Prammanasudh
Brewerton/Davies 2 up Gulbis/Castrale
Sörenstam/Pettersen 3 & 2 Kerr/Pressel
3 Session 1
8½ Overall 7½

Day three

Sunday, 16 September 2007

Singles
Results
Catriona Matthew 3 & 2 Laura Diaz
Sophie Gustafson 2 & 1 Pat Hurst
Suzann Pettersen 2 up Stacy Prammanasudh
Iben Tinning 4 & 3 Juli Inkster
Becky Brewerton halved Sherri Steinhauer
Trish Johnson 3 & 2 Angela Stanford
Annika Sörenstam 2 & 1 Morgan Pressel
Laura Davies 4 & 3 Brittany Lincicome
Bettina Hauert 3 & 2 Nicole Castrale
Maria Hjorth 2 & 1 Paula Creamer
Linda Wessberg 1 up Cristie Kerr
Gwladys Nocera 4 & 3 Natalie Gulbis
3½ Session 8½
12 Overall 16

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.

Europe
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Becky Brewerton1.51–1–10–0–10–1–01–0–0
Laura Davies2.52–1–11–0–00–1–01–0–1
Sophie Gustafson10–2–20–1–00–0–20–1–0
Bettina Hauert00–2–00–1–00–1–00–0–0
Maria Hjorth2.51–1–30–1–01–0–10–0–2
Trish Johnson10–1–20–1–00–0–00–0–2
Catriona Matthew33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Gwladys Nocera1.51–2–10–1–01–0–10–1–0
Suzann Pettersen21–1–20–1–00–0–21–0–0
Annika Sörenstam2.52–2–10–1–01–1–01–0–1
Iben Tinning1.51–2–10–1–00–1–01–0–1
Linda Wessberg1.51–0–11–0–00–0–00–0–1

United States
PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Nicole Castrale22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Paula Creamer3.52–0–31–0–01–0–10–0–2
Laura Diaz1.51–1–10–1–01–0–10–0–0
Natalie Gulbis11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Pat Hurst2.52–1–11–0–01–0–10–1–0
Juli Inkster32–0–21–0–01–0–10–0–1
Cristie Kerr1.51–3–10–1–00–1–11–1–0
Brittany Lincicome0.50–2–10–1–00–0–00–1–1
Stacy Prammanasudh21–0–21–0–00–0–00–0–2
Morgan Pressel1.51–2–11–0–00–1–00–1–1
Angela Stanford2.52–0–11–0–01–0–00–0–1
Sherri Steinhauer21–0–20–0–11–0–10–0–0

See also

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