2000 Solheim Cup

2000 Solheim Cup
Dates	6–8 October 2000
Venue	Loch Lomond Golf Club
Location	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Captains	Dale Reid (Europe); Pat Bradley (USA);
	Europe wins the Solheim Cup
	← 1998 2002 →

The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between 6 and 8 October 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Europe won the trophy for the second time, by a score of 141⁄2 to 111⁄2 points. Carin Koch holed the winning putt, coming back from three down to beat Michele Redman.

Teams

The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from Captain Dale Reid, presented on 3 September.^[1]^[2] The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Pat Bradley, presented on 24 September.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Europe

Captain
- Dale Reid – Ladybank, Scotland
Automatic qualifiers
- Sophie Gustafson – Särö, Sweden
- Trish Johnson – Bristol, England
- Laura Davies – Coventry, England
- Alison Nicholas – Gibraltar
- Patricia Meunier-Lebouc – Dijon, France
- Raquel Carriedo – Zaragoza, Spain
- Annika Sörenstam – Stockholm, Sweden
Captains Picks
- Helen Alfredsson – Gothenburg, Sweden
- Carin Koch – Kungälv, Sweden
- Janice Moodie – Glasgow, Scotland
- Liselotte Neumann – Finspång, Sweden
- Catrin Nilsmark – Gothenburg, Sweden

United States

Captain
- Pat Bradley – Westford, Massachusetts
Automatic qualifiers
- Juli Inkster – Santa Cruz, California
- Meg Mallon – Natick, Massachusetts
- Rosie Jones – Santa Ana, California
- Dottie Pepper – Saratoga Springs, New York
- Sherri Steinhauer – Madison, Wisconsin
- Pat Hurst – San Leandro, California
- Kelly Robbins – Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
- Michele Redman – Zanesville, Ohio
- Nancy Scranton – Centralia, Illinois
- Becky Iverson – Escanaba, Michigan
Captains Picks
- Brandie Burton – San Bernardino, California
- Beth Daniel – Charleston, South Carolina

Format

A total of 26 points were available, divided among three periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was repeated in the second period on Friday afternoon. The third period on Saturday was six rounds of fourballs in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part. The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay. This was a slight change from the 1998 format and was not kept, as the 2002 match reverted to the 1998 format.

Day one

Friday, 6 October 2000

Morning foursomes

	Results
Davies/Nicholas	4 & 3	Inkster/Pepper
Johnson/Gustafson	3 & 2	Robbins/Hurst
Nilsmark/Koch	2 & 1	Burton/Iverson
Sörenstam/Moodie	1 up	Mallon/Daniel
4	Session	0
4	Overall	0

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Davies/Nicholas	6 & 5	Jones/Iverson
Johnson/Gustafson	halved	Inkster/Steinhauer
Neumann/Alfredsson	1 up	Robbins/Hurst
Sörenstam/Moodie	1 up	Mallon/Daniel
11⁄2	Session	21⁄2
51⁄2	Overall	21⁄2

Day two

Saturday, 7 October 2000

Fourball

	Results
Johnson/Gustafson	3 & 2	Jones/Iverson
Nicholas/Alfredsson	3 & 2	Inkster/Steinhauer
Nilsmark/Koch	2 & 1	Scranton/Redman
Neumann/Meunier-Lebouc	halved	Pepper/Burton
Davies/Carriedo	halved	Mallon/Daniel
Sörenstam/Moodie	2 & 1	Robbins/Hurst
4	Session	2
91⁄2	Overall	41⁄2

Day three

Sunday, 8 October 2000

Singles

	Results
Annika Sörenstam	5 & 4	Juli Inkster
Sophie Gustafson	4 & 3	Brandie Burton
Helen Alfredsson	4 & 3	Beth Daniel
Trish Johnson	2 & 1	Dottie Pepper
Laura Davies	3 & 2	Kelly Robbins
Liselotte Neumann	halved	Pat Hurst
Alison Nicholas	halved	Sherri Steinhauer
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	1 up	Meg Mallon
Catrin Nilsmark	1 up	Rosie Jones
Raquel Carriedo	3 & 2	Becky Iverson
Carin Koch	2 & 1	Michele Redman
Janice Moodie	1 up	Nancy Scranton
5	Session	7
141⁄2	Overall	111⁄2

Individual player records

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

Europe

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Helen Alfredsson	2	2–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–0–0
Raquel Carriedo	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–1
Laura Davies	1.5	1–2–1	0–1–0	1–1–0	0–0–1
Sophie Gustafson	2.5	2–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–0–0
Trish Johnson	2.5	2–1–1	0–1–0	1–0–1	1–0–0
Carin Koch	3	3–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	0.5	0–1–1	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–1
Janice Moodie	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	0–1–0
Liselotte Neumann	1	0–1–2	0–0–1	0–1–0	0–0–1
Alison Nicholas	2.5	2–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	1–0–0
Catrin Nilsmark	3	3–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0	1–0–0
Annika Sörenstam	2	2–2–0	0–1–0	2–0–0	0–1–0

United States

Player	Points	Overall	Singles	Foursomes	Fourballs
Brandie Burton	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Beth Daniel	0.5	0–3–1	0–1–0	0–2–0	0–0–1
Pat Hurst	2.5	2–1–1	0–0–1	1–1–0	1–0–0
Juli Inkster	1.5	1–2–1	1–0–0	0–1–1	0–1–0
Becky Iverson	2	2–2–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0
Rosie Jones	1	1–2–0	0–1–0	1–0–0	0–1–0
Meg Mallon	1.5	1–2–1	1–0–0	0–2–0	0–0–1
Dottie Pepper	1.5	1–1–1	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–1
Michele Redman	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Kelly Robbins	3	3–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	1–0–0
Nancy Scranton	0	0–2–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	0–1–0
Sherri Steinhauer	1	0–1–2	0–0–1	0–0–1	0–1–0

Notes and references

^ Burnside, Elspeth (4 September 2000). "Matthew knocked out of cup by Reid's Swedes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "2000 Solheim Cup European Team". Golf Channel. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
^ Creighton, Brian (21 August 2000). "US Solheim Cup team surprised by venue". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Daniel, Burton added to Solheim Cup team". ESPN. 29 September 2000. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "2000 Solheim Cup US Team". Golf Channel. Retrieved 20 April 2007.

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[1] Burnside, Elspeth (4 September 2000). "Matthew knocked out of cup by Reid's Swedes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[EU1-2] "2000 Solheim Cup European Team". Golf Channel. Retrieved 20 April 2007.

[3] Creighton, Brian (21 August 2000). "US Solheim Cup team surprised by venue". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[4] "Daniel, Burton added to Solheim Cup team". ESPN. 29 September 2000. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[US1-5] "2000 Solheim Cup US Team". Golf Channel. Retrieved 20 April 2007.

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