The Solheim Cup is a biennial women's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The first Solheim Cup took place in 1990.

For details of individual players' complete Solheim Cup records see: List of European Solheim Cup golfers and List of American Solheim Cup golfers.

Summary There have been a total of 528 individual matches played in the 20 Solheim Cups.

Team Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs won 234 106 63 60 won 218 81 69 61Halved 76 33 17 26 points 272 127.5 71.5 73 points 256 104.5 77.5 74Total 528 232 149 147

Holes-in-one

Europe Hole Player Match Type Year 17th at Colorado Golf Club Anna Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist & Caroline Hedwall won 2 & 1 v Morgan Pressel & Jessica Korda Foursomes 201312th at Finca CortesínEmily Kristine PedersenEmily Kristine Pedersen & Maja Stark halved v Jennifer Kupcho & Allisen CorpuzFourball2023

United States None

Largest margins of victory in a match All victories by 5 or more holes are listed.

Europe

Margin Winner Loser Type Year 6 & 5 Laura Davies & Trish Johnson Kelly Robbins & Pat Bradley Fourball 1996 6 & 5 Laura Davies & Lisa Hackney Beth Daniel & Val Skinner Fourball 1996 6 & 5 Lisa Hackney Betsy King Singles 1998 6 & 5 Caroline Hedwall & Sophie Gustafson Angela Stanford & Stacy Lewis Foursomes 2011 6 & 5 Catriona Matthew Paula Creamer Singles 2011 6 & 5 Anna Nordqvist & Madelene Sagström Alison Lee & Lexi Thompson Fourball 2024 In 2011 Cristie Kerr conceded her match against Karen Stupples at the start, because of injury, resulting in a 10 & 8 defeat.

United States

Margin Winner Loser Type Year 8 & 7 Pat Bradley Trish Johnson Singles 1990 7 & 6 Beth Daniel Liselotte Neumann Singles 1990 7 & 6 Deb Richard Kitrina Douglas Singles 1992 7 & 5 Pat Hurst & Rosie Jones Lisa Hackney & Sophie Gustafson Fourball 1998 7 & 5 Paula Creamer Laura Davies Singles 2005 7 & 5 Ally McDonald & Angel Yin Anna Nordqvist & Caroline Hedwall Fourball 2019 6 & 5 Cathy Gerring & Dottie Mochrie Pam Wright & Liselotte Neumann Foursomes 1990 6 & 5 Patty Sheehan & Rosie Jones Dale Reid & Helen Alfredsson Foursomes 1990 6 & 5 Beth Daniel & Meg Mallon Annika Sörenstam & Catrin Nilsmark Fourball 1994 6 & 5 Dottie Mochrie Catrin Nilsmark Singles 1994 6 & 5 Rosie Jones & Becky Iverson Laura Davies & Alison Nicholas Foursomes 2000 6 & 5 Laura Diaz Iben Tinning Singles 2005 6 & 5 Brittany Lang Sandra Gal Singles 2011 6 & 5 Angel Yin & Lizette Salas Carlota Ciganda & Emily Kristine Pedersen Fourball 2017 6 & 5 Jessica Korda & Nelly Korda Carlota Ciganda & Bronte Law Foursomes 2019 6 & 5 Megan Khang Emily Kristine Pedersen Singles 2024 6 & 5 Alison Lee & Lauren Coughlin Charley Hull & Lottie Woad Foursomes 2026

Point streaks

Winning streaks Players who won 5 or more consecutive matches.

Europe Player Matches won Firstyear Lastyear Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Singles recordW–L–H Carin Koch 7 2000 2002 3–0–0 3–0–0 1–0–0 Caroline Hedwall 6 2013 2015 2–0–0 3–0–0 1–0–0 Charley Hull 6 2013 2015 2–0–0 3–0–0 1–0–0 Laura Davies 5 1990 1994 2–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 Annika Sörenstam 5 2003 2005 2–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0

United States Player Matches won Firstyear Lastyear Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Singles recordW–L–H Morgan Pressel 7 2009 2013 3–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 Megan Khang 6 2023 2026 1–0–0 3–0–0 2–0–0 Dottie Pepper 5 1994 1996 2–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0 Dottie Pepper 5 1996 1998 2–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0

Unbeaten streaks Players who went 7 or more consecutive matches unbeaten.

Europe Player Matches unbeaten Points Firstyear Lastyear Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Singles recordW–L–H Carin Koch 9 8 2000 2003 3–0–1 3–0–0 1–0–1 Caroline Hedwall 7 6.5 2011 2015 2–0–0 3–0–0 1–0–1 Suzann Pettersen 7 5 2005 2007 1–0–2 2–0–1 0–0–1

United States Player Matches unbeaten Points Firstyear Lastyear Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Singles recordW–L–H Paula Creamer 10 8.5 2005 2009 3–0–1 2–0–2 2–0–0 Morgan Pressel 9 8.5 2007 2013 3–0–0 2–0–1 3–0–0 Megan Khang 9 8.5 2021 2026 2–0–0 3–0–1 3–0–0 Cristie Kerr 9 7.5 2013 2017 2–0–1 2–0–1 2–0–1 Lexi Thompson 9 7 2013 2017 2–0–1 2–0–1 1–0–2 Lauren Coughlin 7 6 2024 2026 4–0–0 1–0–1 0–0–1 Meg Mallon 7 5.5 1994 1998 1–0–1 1–0–2 2–0–0 Juli Inkster 7 5.5 2005 2007 2–0–1 0–0–2 2–0–0

Pairings

Most frequent pairings Pairings used 6 or more times are listed.

Europe Pairing Number Points Firstyear Lastyear Overall recordW–L–H Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Laura Davies & Alison Nicholas 9 5 1990 2000 5–4–0 4–2–0 1–2–0 Sophie Gustafson & Suzann Pettersen 7 3.5 2003 2011 2–2–3 2–1–2 0–1–1 Helen Alfredsson & Liselotte Neumann 6 2.5 1992 2000 2–3–1 1–3–0 1–0–1 Catrin Nilsmark & Annika Sörenstam 6 3.5 1994 1998 3–2–1 2–0–1 1–2–0 Catriona Matthew & Annika Sörenstam 6 3 1998 2007 3–3–0 2–3–0 1–0–0 Caroline Hedwall & Anna Nordqvist 6 3 2013 2023 3–3–0 2–1–0 1–2–0 Céline Boutier & Georgia Hall 6 3.5 2019 2023 3–2–1 2–2–1 1–0–0

United States Pairing Number Points Firstyear Lastyear Overall recordW–L–H Foursomes recordW–L–H Fourball recordW–L–H Brandie Burton & Dottie Pepper 6 4.5 1994 2000 4–1–1 2–1–0 2–0–1 Beth Daniel & Meg Mallon 6 2 1994 2000 1–3–2 0–3–0 1–0–2 Pat Hurst & Kelly Robbins 6 4 1998 2002 4–2–0 3–2–0 1–0–0 Paula Creamer & Juli Inkster 6 3.5 2005 2009 3–2–1 3–1–1 0–1–0 Cristie Kerr & Lexi Thompson 6 5 2015 2017 4–0–2 2–0–1 2–0–1 Nelly Korda & Allisen Corpuz 6 5 2023 2026 5–1–0 5–1–0 0–0–0

Age-related records The ages given are on the first day of the Solheim Cup. Generally the leading 5 in each category are given.

Youngest players

Europe Age Player Year Date of birth Date of play Charley Hull 2013 20 March 1996 16 August 2013 Charley Hull 2015 20 March 1996 18 September 2015 Georgia Hall 2017 12 April 1996 18 August 2017 Charley Hull 2017 20 March 1996 18 August 2017 Emily Kristine Pedersen 2017 7 March 1996 18 August 2017

United States Age Player Year Date of birth Date of play Lexi Thompson 2013 10 February 1995 16 August 2013 Angel Yin 2017 3 October 1998 18 August 2017 Paula Creamer 2005 5 August 1986 9 September 2005 Morgan Pressel 2007 23 May 1988 14 September 2007 Michelle Wie 2009 11 October 1989 21 August 2009

Oldest players

Europe Age Player Year Date of birth Date of play Catriona Matthew 2017 25 August 1969 18 August 2017 Laura Davies 2011 5 October 1963 23 September 2011 Catriona Matthew 2015 25 August 1969 18 September 2015 Laura Davies 2009 5 October 1963 21 August 2009 Helen Alfredsson 2009 9 April 1965 21 August 2009 The oldest rookie was Giulia Sergas in 2013 who was .

United States Age Player Year Date of birth Date of play Juli Inkster 2011 24 June 1960 23 September 2011 Juli Inkster 2009 24 June 1960 21 August 2009 Beth Daniel 2005 14 October 1956 9 September 2005 Juli Inkster 2007 24 June 1960 14 September 2007 Beth Daniel 2003 14 October 1956 12 September 2003 The oldest rookie was Christa Johnson in 1998 who was .

Captains Youngest Solheim Cup captain: Catrin Nilsmark – in 2003 Youngest United States captain: Stacy Lewis – in 2023 Oldest Solheim Cup captain: Juli Inkster – in 2019 Oldest European captain: Catriona Matthew – in 2021

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