1998 Solheim Cup

1998 Solheim Cup

Dates	September 18–20, 1998
Venue	Muirfield Village
Location	Dublin, Ohio
Captains	Judy Rankin (USA) Pia Nilsson (Europe)
16 12
United States wins the Solheim Cup

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.

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

United States 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

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 fourballs. 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.

Day one

Friday, September 18, 1998

Morning foursomes

	Results
Davies/Johnson	3 & 1	Pepper/Inkster
Alfredsson/Nicholas	3 & 1	Mallon/Burton
Hackney/Neumann	1 up	Robbins/Hurst
A. Sörenstam/Matthew	3 & 2	Andrews/Green
1	Session	3
1	Overall	3

Afternoon fourball

	Results
C. Sörenstam/Davies	halved	King/Johnson
Hackney/Gustafson	7 & 5	Hurst/Jones
Alfredsson/de Lorenzi	2 & 1	Robbins/Steinhauer
A. Sörenstam/Nilsmark	2 up	Pepper/Burton
1½	Session	2½
2½	Overall	5½

Day two

Saturday, September 19, 1998

Morning foursomes

	Results
A. Sörenstam/Matthew	3 & 2	Andrews/Steinhauer
C. Sörenstam/Davies	3 & 2	Mallon/Burton
Alfredsson/de Lorenzi	1 up	Pepper/Inkster
Neumann/Nilsmark	1 up	Robbins/Hurst
1	Session	3
3½	Overall	8½

Afternoon fourball

	Results
A. Sörenstam/Nilsmark	5 & 3	King/Jones
Hackney/Davies	2 up	Johnson/Green
Alfredsson/de Lorenzi	4 & 3	Andrews/Steinhauer
Neumann/C. Sörenstam	2 & 1	Mallon/Inkster
2	Session	2
5½	Overall	10½

Day three

Sunday, September 20, 1998

Singles

	Results
Laura Davies	1 up	Pat Hurst
Helen Alfredsson	2 & 1	Juli Inkster
Annika Sörenstam	2 & 1	Donna Andrews
Liselotte Neumann	1 up	Brandie Burton
Trish Johnson	3 & 2	Dottie Pepper
Charlotta Sörenstam	2 & 1	Kelly Robbins
Marie-Laure de Lorenzi	1 up	Christa Johnson
Catrin Nilsmark	6 & 4	Rosie Jones
Alison Nicholas	1 up	Tammie Green
Catriona Matthew	3 & 2	Sherri Steinhauer
Lisa Hackney	6 & 5	Betsy King
Sophie Gustafson	halved	Meg Mallon
6½	Session	5½
12	Overall	16

External links

• 1998 Solheim Cup Match Results

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