1998 Solheim Cup

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The fifth Solheim Cup took place from September 18 to September 20, 1998 at Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio, USA. The United States team retained the cup beating the European team by 16 points to 12.

1 Teams
2 Format
3 Day One
- 3.1 Morning Foursomes
- 3.2 Afternoon Fourballs
4 Day Two
- 4.1 Morning Foursomes
- 4.2 Afternoon Fourballs
5 Day Three
- 5.1 Singles
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Teams

Europe

Captain
- Pia Nilsson – Sweden

Automatic qualifiers
- Helen Alfredsson – Gothenburg, Sweden
- Laura Davies – Coventry, England
- Marie-Laure de Lorenzi – Biarritz, France
- Alison Nicholas – Gibraltar
- Trish Johnson – Bristol, England
- Catriona Matthew – North Berwick, Scotland
- Annika Sörenstam – Stockholm, Sweden

Captains Picks
- Sophie Gustafson – Särö, Sweden
- Lisa Hackney – England
- Liselotte Neumann – Finspang, Sweden
- Catrin Nilsmark – Gothenburg, Sweden
- Charlotta Sörenstam – Stockholm, Sweden

USA

Captain
- Judy Rankin – St Louis,Missouri

Automatic qualifiers
- Donna Andrews – Lynchburg, Virginia
- Brandie Burton – San Bernardino, California
- Tammie Green – Somerset, Ohio
- Pat Hurst – San Leandro, California
- Juli Inkster – Santa Cruz, California
- Christa Johnson – Arcata, California
- Kelly Robbins – Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
- Betsy King – Reading, Pennsylvania
- Meg Mallon – Natick, Massachusetts
- Dottie Pepper – Saratoga Springs, New York

Captains Picks
- Rosie Jones – Santa Ana, California
- Sherri Steinhauer – Madison, Wisconsin

[edit] Format

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 four-balls. 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. The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.

[edit] Day One

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
Laura Davies/Trish Johnson	3 and 1	Dottie Pepper/Juli Inkster
Helen Alfredsson/Alison Nicholas	3 and 1	Meg Mallon/Brandie Burton
Lisa Hackney/Liselotte Neumann	1 up	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
Annika Sörenstam/Catriona Matthew	3 and 2	Donna Andrews/Tammie Green
1	Foursomes	3
1	Overall	3

[edit] Afternoon Fourballs

	Results
Charlotta Sörenstam/Laura Davies	Match halved	Betsy King/Christa Johnson
Lisa Hackney/Sophie Gustafson	7 and 5	Pat Hurst/Rosie Jones
Helen Alfredsson/Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	2 and 1	Kelly Robbins/Sherri Steinhauer
Annika Sörenstam/Catrin Nilsmark	2 up	Dottie Pepper/Brandie Burton
1 ½	Fourballs	2 ½
2 ½	Overall	5 ½

[edit] Day Two

[edit] Morning Foursomes

	Results
Annika Sörenstam/Catriona Matthew	3 and 2	Donna Andrews/Sherri Steinhauer
Charlotta Sörenstam/Laura Davies	3 and 2	Meg Mallon/Brandie Burton
Helen Alfredsson/Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	1 up	Dottie Pepper/Juli Inkster
Liselotte Neumann/Catrin Nilsmark	1 up	Kelly Robbins/Pat Hurst
1	Foursomes	3
3 ½	Overall	8 ½

[edit] Afternoon Fourballs

	Results
Annika Sörenstam/Catrin Nilsmark	5 and 3	Betsy King/Rosie Jones
Lisa Hackney/Laura Davies	2 up	Christa Johnson/Tammie Green
Helen Alfredsson/Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	4 and 3	Donna Andrews/Sherri Steinhauer
Liselotte Neumann/Charlotta Sörenstam	2 and 1	Meg Mallon/Juli Inkster
2	Fourballs	2
5 ½	Overall	10 ½

[edit] Day Three

[edit] Singles

	Results
Laura Davies	1 up	Pat Hurst
Helen Alfredsson	2 and 1	Juli Inkster
Annika Sörenstam	2 and 1	Donna Andrews
Liselotte Neumann	1 up	Brandie Burton
Trish Johnson	3 and 2	Dottie Pepper
Charlotta Sörenstam	2 and 1	Kelly Robbins
Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	1 up	Christa Johnson
Catrin Nilsmark	6 and 4	Rosie Jones
Alison Nicholas	1 up	Tammie Green
Catriona Matthew	3 and 2	Sherri Steinhauer
Lisa Hackney	6 and 5	Betsy King
Sophie Gustafson	Match halved	Meg Mallon
6 ½	Fourballs	5 ½
12	Overall	16