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| Dates | September 9–11, 2005 | ||||
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| Venue | Crooked Stick Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Carmel, Indiana | ||||
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| United States wins theSolheim Cup | |||||
The9thSolheim Cup Match was held September 9–11, 2005 atCrooked Stick Golf Club,Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north ofIndianapolis. The United States won the trophy for the sixth time by a score of 151⁄2 to 121⁄2 points. The winning point was gained byMeg Mallon in her win overKaren Stupples.
The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from CaptainCatrin Nilsmark.[1] The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from CaptainNancy Lopez.[2]
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The match format was the same as for 2003. 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 offoursomes. This was followed in the afternoon by four rounds offourballs. 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. All players had to play in at least one session of the first two days . The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.
Friday, September 9, 2005
At one point in the morning foursomes it looked like the US team would take a 3–1 lead but the European team staged a major fightback and finished the morning session with a 3–1 lead themselves. In the first matchCatriona Matthew andCarin Koch were two down with four to play, playing againstPaula Creamer andBeth Daniel, the youngest and oldest participants in the Solheim Cup,[3] but they managed to win the 15th and 17th holes to halve the match. In match three the Europeans snatched another unlikely half point whenSophie Gustafson andTrish Johnson won three holes in a row - the 15th and 17th to come back from three down with four to play against rookieChristina Kim and veteranPat Hurst.
The turnaround in the bottom match was even bigger whereSuzann Pettersen and world no.1Annika Sörenstam were four down after 12 holes. Sörenstam lipped out her tee shot on the par three 13th starting a run of five consecutive winning holes to complete a 1 up win overMichele Redman andLaura Diaz. Europe dominated the second match from the start withLaura Davies andMaria Hjorth going three up after six holes againstCristie Kerr andNatalie Gulbis finishing with a 2 and 1 victory.[4]
 | Results |  |
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| Koch/Matthew | halved | Daniel/Creamer |
| Davies/Hjorth |  2 & 1 | Kerr/Gulbis |
| Gustafson/Johnson | halved | Kim/Hurst |
| Sörenstam/Pettersen | 1 up | Redman/Diaz |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |
Europe and America shared the points in the afternoon fourballs giving the European team a 5–3 lead at the end of day one, this being only their second first day lead in the nine match series.[5] In the first match of the dayMeg Mallon andRosie Jones won three of the first four holes with Jones making five birdies in her first seven holes.[6] giving them a 3 and 2 win overIben Tinning andMaria Hjorth. The US also won match two with US rookieNatalie Gulbis andCristie Kerr going two up after four holes againstSophie Gustafson and European rookieKaren Stupples and never losing the lead, winning 2 and 1.
Europe won both the third and fourth matches. In match threeCatriona Matthew andAnnika Sörenstam went two down toPat Hurst andWendy Ward after eight holes but Sörenstam then birdied the 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th and 15th to help earn a 2 and 1 win. In the bottom matchLaura Davies was six under par for the 15 holes that she andSuzann Pettersen played in beatingJuli Inkster andPaula Creamer by 4 and 3.
| Results | |
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| Hjorth/Tinning |  3 & 2 | Jones/Mallon |
| Gustafson/Stupples | 2 & 1 | Kerr/Gulbis |
| Sörenstam/Matthew | 2 & 1 | Hurst/Ward |
| Davies/Pettersen | 4 & 3 | Creamer/Inkster |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 5 | Overall | 3 |
Saturday, September 10, 2005
America staged a fighting comeback in the morning foursomes gaining three out of the four available points to tie the scores at 6-6. The first match of the day featured fourSolheim Cup rookies. The all-French pairing ofLudivine Kreutz andGwladys Nocera, making their Solheim Cup debut, lost three holes from the second and were eventually beaten 4 and 2 byNatalie Gulbis andChristina Kim. In the second match veteranJuli Inkster teamed with rookiePaula Creamer to beat the in formLaura Davies andMaria Hjorth 3 and 2.
The third match saw the only victorious European team. The SwedesCarin Koch andSophie Gustafson won four straight holes at the turn and gained a 5-and-3 victory overLaura Diaz andWendy Ward. In the bottom matchMichele Redman, who was a late replacement afterCristie Kerr suffered a stiff neck, andPat Hurst were three down after five holes playingCatriona Matthew andAnnika Sörenstam, but staged a comeback and won 1 up when Sörenstam hit her tee shot into the water at the 18th.[7][8][9]
| Results | |
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| Nocera/Kreutz | 4 & 2 | Kim/Gulbis |
| Davies/Hjorth | 3 & 2 | Creamer/Inkster |
| Gustafson/Koch | 5 & 3 | Diaz/Ward |
| Sörenstam/Matthew | 1 up | Redman/Hurst |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |
The top three fourballs all came down to the final hole. In the top matchTrish Johnson andIben Tinning were 1 down with two to play againstBeth Daniel andJuli Inkster. Johnson made a winning eight foot birdie at the 17th and Tinning hit her approach on 18 within 5 feet (1.5 m) of the flag. She missed the birdie chance and the teams had to settle for a half.
Match two sawMeg Mallon andRosie Jones playingSophie Gustafson andSuzann Pettersen. All square playing 18, Pettersen put pressure on her partner by driving into the water but Gustafson hit her approach to six feet. Jones made a 30-footer for birdie and the pressure was put on Gustafson who responded with a birdie putt to conclude the match with a half.
In match threeCarin Koch, playing withCatriona Matthew, made three birdies in her first three holes which meant a 3-up lead for the Europeans.Paula Creamer birdied the fourth and fifth andCristie Kerr made par on eight and the match was even. Playing 18 all square Koch drove into the water, Matthew found the rough and Creamer made a three-foot putt to win a full point.
Match four saw the Solheim Cup leading points scorers,Laura Davies andAnnika Sörenstam, playing together for the first time againstPat Hurst andChristina Kim. Sörenstam made a 10-foot (3.0 m) birdie putt at the first and the Europeans also won the second and the sixth. The Americans got one back at eight, but Sörenstam sank an 8-foot (2.4 m) eagle putt at the ninth to go 3-up. The Europeans won the next two holes to move 5-up, but Hurst and Kim won the 13th and 15th holes but when neither American could birdie 16, the match went to the European side 4 & 2.
The score was thus tied with the 12 Sunday singles left, marking the first time since 1994 that the matches were tied after the opening two days.[10][11]
| Results | |
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| Tinning/Johnson | halved | Daniel/Inkster |
| Gustafson/Pettersen | halved | Jones/Mallon |
| Koch/Matthew | 1 up | Kerr/Creamer |
| Davies/Sörenstam | 4 & 2 | Kim/Hurst |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |
Sunday, September 11, 2005
The U.S. team got a good start winning the first five matches.Juli Inkster was 1 down with 6 to play but won three holes in a row from the 13th to beatSophie Gustafson, 2&1 in the opening match andPaula Creamer beatLaura Davies 7&5 in the second with 7 birdies in 13 holes.Pat Hurst won three in a row from 14 to beatTrish Johnson 2&1, in the first ever match between 2 pregnant playersLaura Diaz beatIben Tinning 6&5, and rookieChristina Kim got a 5&4 win overLudivine Kreutz.
Annika Sörenstam won the first point for the Europeans with a 4&3 win overBeth Daniel in the match six whilstNatalie Gulbis made it six points for the US with a 3&1 win overMaria Hjorth. Then followed a European rally.Catriona Matthew won four out of five holes on the back nine beatingWendy Ward 3&2,Carin Koch won three in a row to beatMichele Redman 2&1 and in an upset, rookieGwladys Nocera defeatedCristie Kerr 2&1.
It fell toMeg Mallon in the penultimate match to gain the point necessary for the US to win the cup with a 3&1 victory overKaren Stupples whilst Suzann Pettersen and Rosie Jones halved the final dead rubber to give the US team a victory 151⁄2–121⁄2.[12][13]
| Results | |
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| Sophie Gustafson | 2 & 1 | Juli Inkster |
| Laura Davies | 7 & 5 | Paula Creamer |
| Trish Johnson | 2 & 1 | Pat Hurst |
| Iben Tinning | 6 & 5 | Laura Diaz |
| Ludivine Kreutz | 5 & 4 | Christina Kim |
| Annika Sörenstam | 4 & 3 | Beth Daniel |
| Maria Hjorth | 2 & 1 | Natalie Gulbis |
| Catriona Matthew | 3 & 2 | Wendy Ward |
| Carin Koch | 2 & 1 | Michele Redman |
| Gwladys Nocera | 2 & 1 | Cristie Kerr |
| Karen Stupples | 3 & 1 | Meg Mallon |
| Suzann Pettersen | halved | Rosie Jones |
| 41⁄2 | Session | 71⁄2 |
| 121⁄2 | Overall | 151⁄2 |
Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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| Paula Creamer | 3.5 | 3–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Beth Daniel | 1 | 0–1–2 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 |
| Laura Diaz | 1 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Natalie Gulbis | 3 | 3–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
| Pat Hurst | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–2–0 |
| Juli Inkster | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 |
| Rosie Jones | 2 | 1–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Cristie Kerr | 2 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Christina Kim | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–0 |
| Meg Mallon | 2.5 | 2–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Michele Redman | 1 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Wendy Ward | 0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Player | Points | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
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| Laura Davies | 3 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Sophie Gustafson | 2 | 1–2–2 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–1 |
| Maria Hjorth | 1 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Trish Johnson | 1 | 0–1–2 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 |
| Carin Koch | 2.5 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–1–0 |
| Ludivine Kreutz | 0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Catriona Matthew | 2.5 | 2–2–1 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–1–0 |
| Gwladys Nocera | 1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Suzann Pettersen | 3 | 2–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
| Annika Sörenstam | 4 | 4–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 |
| Karen Stupples | 0 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
| Iben Tinning | 0.5 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 |
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