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 14 to 11 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. The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Pat Bradley, presented on 24 September.
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
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 & 3Inkster/PepperJohnson/Gustafson 3 & 2Robbins/HurstNilsmark/Koch 2 & 1Burton/IversonSörenstam/Moodie 1 upMallon/Daniel 4 Session 0 4 Overall 0
Afternoon foursomes Results Davies/Nicholas 6 & 5Jones/IversonJohnson/GustafsonhalvedInkster/SteinhauerNeumann/Alfredsson 1 upRobbins/HurstSörenstam/Moodie 1 upMallon/Daniel 1 Session 2 5 Overall 2
Day two Saturday, 7 October 2000
Fourball Results Johnson/Gustafson 3 & 2Jones/IversonNicholas/Alfredsson 3 & 2Inkster/SteinhauerNilsmark/Koch 2 & 1Scranton/RedmanNeumann/Meunier-LebouchalvedPepper/BurtonDavies/CarriedohalvedMallon/DanielSörenstam/Moodie 2 & 1Robbins/Hurst 4 Session 2 9 Overall 4
Day three Sunday, 8 October 2000
Singles Results Annika Sörenstam 5 & 4Juli InksterSophie Gustafson 4 & 3Brandie BurtonHelen Alfredsson 4 & 3Beth DanielTrish Johnson 2 & 1Dottie PepperLaura Davies 3 & 2Kelly RobbinsLiselotte NeumannhalvedPat HurstAlison NicholashalvedSherri SteinhauerPatricia Meunier-Lebouc 1 upMeg MallonCatrin Nilsmark 1 upRosie JonesRaquel Carriedo 3 & 2Becky IversonCarin Koch 2 & 1Michele RedmanJanice Moodie 1 upNancy Scranton 5 Session 7 14 Overall 11
Individual player records Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
Europe Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsHelen Alfredsson 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–0Raquel Carriedo 0.5 0–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–1Laura Davies 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–1Sophie Gustafson 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–0–0Trish Johnson 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 1–0–0Carin Koch 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 0.5 0–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–1Janice Moodie 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–1–0Liselotte Neumann 1 0–1–2 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–0–1Alison Nicholas 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–0Catrin Nilsmark 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0Annika Sörenstam 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0
United States Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes FourballsBrandie Burton 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–1Beth Daniel 0.5 0–3–1 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–1Pat Hurst 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–0Juli Inkster 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–0Becky Iverson 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0Rosie Jones 1 1–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–0Meg Mallon 1.5 1–2–1 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–1Dottie Pepper 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–1Michele Redman 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Kelly Robbins 3 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0Nancy Scranton 0 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–0Sherri Steinhauer 1 0–1–2 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–1–0
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