# 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 151⁄2 to 121⁄2 points. Rosie Jones gained the winning point in her victory over Karine Icher.
This was the last Solheim Cup to be held in an even-numbered year, as the next Solheim Cup would take place in 2003 and every odd-numbered year thereafter.

## 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. The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Patty Sheehan.

## 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 fourballs. 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

Friday, September 20, 2002

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Davies/Martí | 2 up | Inkster/Diaz |
| Tinning/Carriedo | 1 up | Daniel/Ward |
| Alfredsson/Pettersen | 4 & 2 | Robbins/Hurst |
| Sörenstam/Koch | 3 & 2 | Mallon/Kuehne |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |

### Afternoon fourball

| | Results | |
| Davies/Martí | 1 up | Jones/Kerr |
| Gustafson/Icher | 4 & 3 | Diaz/Klein |
| Sörenstam/Hjorth | 2 & 1 | Redman/Mallon |
| McKay/Koch | 3 & 2 | Inkster/Kuehne |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 4 | Overall | 4 |

## Day two

Saturday, September 21, 2002

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Sörenstam/Koch | 4 & 3 | Redman/Kerr |
| McKay/Tinning | 3 & 2 | Klein/Ward |
| Davies/Martí | 2 & 1 | Mallon/Inkster |
| Alfredsson/Pettersen | 3 & 1 | Diaz/Robbins |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 5 | Overall | 7 |

### Afternoon fourball

| | Results | |
| Sörenstam/Koch | 4 & 3 | Daniel/Ward |
| Hjorth/Tinning | 1 up | Kuehne/Hurst |
| Icher/Carriedo | 1 up | Kerr/Jones |
| Davies/Gustafson | 1 up | Robbins/Klein |
| 4 | Session | 0 |
| 9 | Overall | 7 |

## Day three

Sunday, September 22, 2002

### Singles

| | Results | |
| Raquel Carriedo | 4 & 3 | Juli Inkster |
| Paula Martí | 5 & 3 | Laura Diaz |
| Helen Alfredsson | 2 & 1 | Emilee Klein |
| Iben Tinning | 3 & 2 | Kelli Kuehne |
| Suzann Pettersen | halved | Michele Redman |
| Annika Sörenstam | halved | Wendy Ward |
| Maria Hjorth | 5 & 3 | Kelly Robbins |
| Sophie Gustafson | 3 & 2 | Cristie Kerr |
| Laura Davies | 3 & 2 | Meg Mallon |
| Mhairi McKay | 3 & 2 | Pat Hurst |
| Carin Koch | halved | Beth Daniel |
| Karine Icher | 3 & 2 | Rosie Jones |
| 31⁄2 | Session | 81⁄2 |
| 121⁄2 | Overall | 151⁄2 |

## Individual player records

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

### United States

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Beth Daniel | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Laura Diaz | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Pat Hurst | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Juli Inkster | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Rosie Jones | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Cristie Kerr | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Emilee Klein | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Kelli Kuehne | 0 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Meg Mallon | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Michele Redman | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Kelly Robbins | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Wendy Ward | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |

### Europe

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Helen Alfredsson | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Raquel Carriedo | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Laura Davies | 2 | 2–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Sophie Gustafson | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Maria Hjorth | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Karine Icher | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Carin Koch | 4.5 | 4–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Paula Martí | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Mhairi McKay | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Suzann Pettersen | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Annika Sörenstam | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Iben Tinning | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 |