# 2023 Solheim Cup

The 2023 Solheim Cup was the 18th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held 22–24 September in southern Spain at the Finca Cortesin in Casares, Andalusia. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. Stacy Lewis captained the U.S. team for the first time and Suzann Pettersen captained the European team for the first time. The par-72 course was set at 6,312 metres (6,903 yd).
The previous competition in 2021 was won by Europe, 15 points to 13. The 2023 competition resulted in a draw, with each team scoring 14 points. As the Cup can only change hands on a victory by either side, Europe retained it.
The Solheim Cup will return to even-numbered years in 2024, the first time since 2002; the Ryder Cup returned to an odd-year schedule after the 2020 competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format

The competition was a three-day match play event between teams of 12 players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:
* Day 1 (Friday): Four foursomes (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and four fourball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate in each session.
* Day 2 (Saturday): Four foursomes matches in a morning session and four fourball matches in an afternoon session. A total of eight players from each team participate in each session.
* Day 3 (Sunday): 12 singles matches. All 12 players from each team participate.
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half point.

## Team qualification and selection
### Team Europe

In order to be eligible to be a member of the European team, players were required to:
* be current members of the Ladies European Tour in any category or membership;
* have played in eight Ranking Events (excluding the Excluded Championships) during the Qualifying Period as a member of the LET, unless the relevant player has been selected by the appointed captain for the 2023 European Team;
* be a "European national". To be a "European national", the player must satisfy the criteria set out in the "Nationality Policy" issued by the International Golf Federation.
Team Europe was made up of eight automatic qualifiers – the top two players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top six LET members on the Women's World Golf Rankings who were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings – and four captain's selections.

### Team USA

In order to be eligible to be a member of the United States team, players were required to be current members of the LPGA Tour and meet one of these three citizenship criteria:
* U.S. citizens by birth, regardless of their birthplace.
* Those who were naturalized as U.S. citizens before age 18.
* Those who became U.S. citizens by adoption before age 13.
Team USA was made up of nine automatic qualifiers – the leading seven players from the LPGA Solheim Cup points rankings and the top two players in the Women's World Golf Rankings not already qualified via the points rankings – and three chosen by the team captain. LPGA Solheim Cup points were earned for top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour over a two-year period.

## Teams

Coaching staff: captain – Suzann Pettersen, vice-captains – Laura Davies, Caroline Martens, Anna Nordqvist (playing vice-captain).
Team Europe :
| Player | Country | Age | Points rank | Rolex ranking | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Céline Boutier | France | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5–1–1 | 78.57% |
| Maja Stark | Sweden | 23 | 2 | 40 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Linn Grant | Sweden | 24 | 3 | 19 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Charley Hull | England | 27 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 11–5–3 | 65.79% |
| Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 33 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 19 | 7–8–4 | 47.37% |
| Georgia Hall | England | 27 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 7–5–1 | 57.69% |
| Anna Nordqvist | Sweden | 36 | 10 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 14–10–3 | 57.41% |
| Leona Maguire | Ireland | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4–0–1 | 90.00% |
| Caroline Hedwall (P) | Sweden | 34 | 17 | 120 | 4 | 15 | 8–6–1 | 56.67% |
| Madelene Sagström (P) | Sweden | 30 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 2–4–0 | 33.33% |
| Gemma Dryburgh (P) | Scotland | 30 | 42 | 48 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen (P) | Denmark | 27 | 48 | 114 | 2 | 7 | 3–4–0 | 42.86% |
Source:
Coaching staff: captain – Stacy Lewis, assistant captains – Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis, Angela Stanford
Team USA :
| Player | Age | Points rank | Rolex ranking | Previous appearances | Matches | W–L–H | Winning percentage |
| Lilia Vu | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Nelly Korda | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5–2–1 | 68.75% |
| Allisen Corpuz | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Megan Khang | 25 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1–3–2 | 33.33% |
| Jennifer Kupcho | 26 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 62.50% |
| Danielle Kang | 30 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 5–7–0 | 41.67% |
| Andrea Lee | 25 | 7 | 43 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Lexi Thompson | 28 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 6–6–7 | 50.00% |
| Rose Zhang | 20 | 17 | 30 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Ally Ewing (P) | 30 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31.25% |
| Cheyenne Knight (P) | 26 | 11 | 46 | 0 | Rookie | Rookie | Rookie |
| Angel Yin (P) | 24 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58.33% |
Source:
Ages on first day of matches, 22 September; Rolex rankings at team selection. Captain's picks (P) shown in yellow.

## Day one

Friday, 22 September 2023

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Stark/Grant | 2 & 1 | Thompson/Khang |
| Boutier/Hall | 1 up | Kang/Lee |
| Maguire/Nordqvist | 1 up | Korda/Corpuz |
| Hull/Pedersen | 5 & 4 | Ewing/Knight |
| 0 | Session | 4 |
| 0 | Overall | 4 |
For the first time in Solheim Cup history, Team USA swept a foursomes session.

### Afternoon four-ball

| | Results | |
| Dryburgh/Sagström | halved | Zhang/Khang |
| Maguire/Hall | 1 up | Thompson/Vu |
| Pedersen/Stark | halved | Kupcho/Corpuz |
| Ciganda/Grant | 4 & 2 | Yin/Ewing |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 5 |
Emily Kristine Pedersen made the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball.

## Day two

Saturday, 23 September 2023

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Pedersen/Ciganda | 2 & 1 | Vu/Kupcho |
| Maguire/Nordqvist | 1 up | Thompson/Khang |
| Boutier/Hall | 5 & 3 | Korda/Corpuz |
| Stark/Grant | 1 up | Kang/Lee |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 5 | Overall | 7 |

### Afternoon four-ball

| | Results | |
| Hull/Maguire | 4 & 3 | Korda/Ewing |
| Nordqvist/Hedwall | 2 up | Knight/Yin |
| Sagström/Pedersen | 2 & 1 | Zhang/Lee |
| Ciganda/Grant | 2 & 1 | Kang/Vu |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |

## Day three

Sunday, 24 September 2023

### Singles

| | Results | |
| Linn Grant | 1 up | Megan Khang |
| Leona Maguire | 4 & 3 | Rose Zhang |
| Charley Hull | 4 & 2 | Danielle Kang |
| Anna Nordqvist | 2 & 1 | Jennifer Kupcho |
| Georgia Hall | halved | Andrea Lee |
| Gemma Dryburgh | halved | Cheyenne Knight |
| Céline Boutier | 2 & 1 | Angel Yin |
| Caroline Hedwall | 2 up | Ally Ewing |
| Madelene Sagström | 4 & 3 | Lilia Vu |
| Maja Stark | 2 & 1 | Allisen Corpuz |
| Carlota Ciganda | 2 & 1 | Nelly Korda |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen | 2 & 1 | Lexi Thompson |
| 6 | Session | 6 |
| 14 | Overall | 14 |
Sources:

## Individual player records

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

### Europe

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Céline Boutier | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1-0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Carlota Ciganda | 4 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Gemma Dryburgh | 1 | 0–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Linn Grant | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Georgia Hall | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Caroline Hedwall | 1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Charley Hull | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Leona Maguire | 3 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Anna Nordqvist | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Madelene Sagström | 1.5 | 1–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Maja Stark | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–1 |

### United States

| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
| Allisen Corpuz | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Ally Ewing | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Danielle Kang | 2 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Megan Khang | 3.5 | 3–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Cheyenne Knight | 2.5 | 2–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Nelly Korda | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Jennifer Kupcho | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 |
| Andrea Lee | 1.5 | 1–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Lexi Thompson | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Lilia Vu | 1 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 |
| Angel Yin | 2 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
| Rose Zhang | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 |