Solheim Cup
Year2009
VenueRich Harvest Farms
LocationSugar Grove, Illinois
DatesAugust 21–23, 2009
HomeUSA
AwayEurope
HomecaptainBeth Daniel
AwaycaptainAlison Nicholas
Homescore16
Awayscore12
ResultUnited States wins

The 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held August 21–23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, west of Chicago. The biennial matches are a three-day team competition for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players of European nationality.

The United States claimed the Cup for the third consecutive meeting, winning 16–12. Entering the final day, the competition was tied at 8 points each, but the U.S. won eight of the dozen singles matches to retain the Solheim Cup.[1]

Teams

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

Team USA 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 2007 State Farm Classic and concluding with the 2009 Women's British Open. The ten players with the highest points were automatically selected for Team USA. Two additional players were selected by captain Beth Daniel after the conclusion of the Women's British Open on August 2, 2009.

Team Europe 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 Team Europe were awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.

Team USA

   Team USA
NameAgeFrom*Points
rank		Points
Rolex
ranking		Notes
Beth Daniel52Floridanon-playing captain
Kelly Robbins39Michigannon-playing assistant captain
Meg Mallon46Floridanon-playing assistant captain
Paula Creamer22California1826.55
Cristie Kerr31Florida2735.53
Angela Stanford31Texas3579.08
Kristy McPherson28South Carolina4321.018Solheim Cup rookie
Nicole Castrale30California5314.044
Christina Kim25California6312.042
Brittany Lang23Texas7301.530Solheim Cup rookie
Morgan Pressel21Florida8277.026
Brittany Lincicome23Florida9250.023
Natalie Gulbis26Nevada10201.048
Michelle Wie19Hawaii13166.524captain's pick / Solheim Cup rookie
Juli Inkster49California16152.045captain's pick

*Residence/Hometown according to official 2009 Solheim Cup designation.
Rolex rankings as of August 2, 2009. Rolex ranking does not factor into US Team selection. Shown for comparison purposes only. Lang was 24 on the second day.

Team Europe

   Team Europe
NameAgeResidence or Hometown*LET
ranking		Rolex
ranking		Notes
Alison Nicholas47Birmingham, Englandnon-playing captain
Liselotte Neumann43Finspång, Swedennon-playing assistant captain
Joanne Morley42Cheshire, Englandnon-playing assistant captain
Gwladys Nocera34Moulins, France1130
Tania Elósegui27San Sebastián, Spain2191Solheim Cup rookie
Diana Luna26Cannes, Italy3218Solheim Cup rookie
Laura Davies45Surrey, England492
Sophie Gustafson35Kungsbacka, Sweden534
Suzann Pettersen28Oslo, Norway76
Helen Alfredsson44Gothenburg, Sweden1010
Catriona Matthew39North Berwick, Scotland1314
Maria Hjorth35Falun, Sweden1435
Becky Brewerton26St Asaph, Wales11155captain's pick
Anna Nordqvist22Eskilstuna, Sweden2022captain's pick/Solheim Cup rookie
Janice Moodie36Glasgow, Scotland6788captain's pick

*Residence/Hometown according to official Solheim Cup designation.
LET rankings as of August 2, 2009
Rolex rankings as of August 2, 2009

Day one

Friday, August 21, 2009

Morning fourball

Results
Gustafson/Pettersen1 upKerr/Creamer
Alfredsson/Elósegui1 upStanford/Inkster
Davies/Brewerton5 & 4Lang/Lincicome
Matthew/HjorthhalvedPressel/Wie
1Session2
1Overall2

Afternoon foursomes

Results
Gustafson/Pettersen4 & 2Kim/Gulbis
Brewerton/Nocera3 & 1Stanford/Castrale
Hjorth/Nordqvist3 & 2McPherson/Lincicome
Matthew/Moodie2 & 1Creamer/Inkster
2Session2
3Overall4

Day two

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Morning fourball

Results
Alfredsson/Elósegui5 & 4Kim/Wie
Matthew/LunahalvedStanford/Lang
Pettersen/Nordqvist1 upKerr/Castrale
Nocera/Hjorth1 upLincicome/McPherson
2Session1
6Overall6

Afternoon foursomes

Results
Gustafson/Moodie4 & 3Creamer/Inkster
Alfredsson/Pettersen2 upMcPherson/Pressel
Brewerton/Nocera5 & 4Gulbis/Kim
Nordqvist/Hjorth1 upKerr/Wie
2Session2
8Overall8

Day three

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Singles

Results
Suzann Pettersen3 & 2Paula Creamer
Becky Brewerton5 & 4Angela Stanford
Helen Alfredsson1 upMichelle Wie
Laura DavieshalvedBrittany Lang
Gwladys NocerahalvedJuli Inkster
Catriona Matthew3 & 2Kristy McPherson
Sophie Gustafson3 & 2Brittany Lincicome
Diana Luna3 & 2Nicole Castrale
Tania Elósegui2 upChristina Kim
Maria HjorthhalvedCristie Kerr
Anna Nordqvist3 & 2Morgan Pressel
Janice MoodiehalvedNatalie Gulbis
4Session8
12Overall16

Individual player records

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

United States

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Nicole Castrale00–3–00–1–00–1–00–1–0
Paula Creamer33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Natalie Gulbis1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Juli Inkster1.51–2–10–0–11–1–00–1–0
Cristie Kerr2.52–1–10–0–11–0–01–1–0
Christina Kim33–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0
Brittany Lang21–0–20–0–10–0–01–0–1
Brittany Lincicome22–2–01–0–00–1–01–1–0
Kristy McPherson11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Morgan Pressel2.52–0–11–0–01–0–00–0–1
Angela Stanford1.51–2–11–0–00–1–00–1–1
Michelle Wie3.53–0–11–0–01–0–01–0–1

Europe

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Helen Alfredsson11–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0
Becky Brewerton22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Laura Davies0.50–1–10–0–10–0–00–1–0
Tania Elósegui11–2–00–1–00–0–01–1–0
Sophie Gustafson11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Maria Hjorth32–1–20–0–11–1–01–0–1
Diana Luna1.51–0–11–0–00–0–00–0–1
Catriona Matthew21–1–21–0–00–1–00–0–2
Janice Moodie1.51–1–10–0–11–1–00–0–0
Gwladys Nocera3.53–0–10–0–12–0–01–0–0
Anna Nordqvist22–2–00–1–01–1–01–0–0
Suzann Pettersen11–4–00–1–00–2–01–1–0

References

  1. ^ "United States retain Solheim Cup". BBC Sport. 2009-08-23. Archived 24 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-08-24.