Junior Solheim Cup

The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and features the top 12 U.S. amateur girls—defined as girls participating in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events—versus their European counterparts. College/university golfers are ineligible to participate in the event, even if they meet the age cutoff. The event is held over two days, with six fourball and six foursomes matches the first day, and twelve singles matches the second day. Each event to date has been held in the general vicinity of that year's Solheim Cup.

The 2015 edition was the first held at the same facility as that year's Solheim Cup, although the juniors played on a different course.[1] It was played on 14 and 15 September and was won by the United States.[2]

The home team has won six of the eight contests, while the 2011 match ended in a tie. The 2015 contest was the first won by the away team.

Results

Year Venue Winning team Score USA captain Europe captain
2015 Golf Club St. Leon-Rot (Rot Course), Germany United States United States 13–11 JoAnne Carner Denmark Iben Tinning
2013 Inverness Golf Club, Colorado, USA United States United States 14½–9½ Kathy Whitworth Scotland Janice Moodie
2011 Knightsbrook Golf Resort, Ireland United States United States1 12–12 Meg Mallon Sweden Liselotte Neumann
2009 Aurora Country Club, Illinois, USA United States United States 15½–8½ Nancy Lopez Sweden Carin Koch
2007 Bastad Golf Club, Sweden Europe Europe 14–10 Donna Andrews Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
2005 The Bridgewater Club, Indiana, USA United States United States 16–8 Colleen Walker Sweden Charlotta Sörenstam
2003 Bokskogens Golf Club, Sweden Europe Europe 12½–11½ Val Skinner Sweden Helen Alfredsson
2002 Oak Ridge Country Club, Minnesota, USA United States United States 17–7 Sherri Steinhauer Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti

1The matches ended in a 12–12 tie. The rules state that in the event of a tie the cup is retained by the team who held it before the contest.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2015 Solheim Cup: Highlight of the Sporting Year to take place in September" (Press release). Ladies European Tour. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.solheimcup.de/en/ping-junior-sc/news/news-details/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=259

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