List of European Solheim Cup golfers

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This is a list of all the golfers who represented Europe in the Solheim Cup from the first staging in 1990 through to 2023.[1]

Players[edit]

Player Editions
Sweden Helen Alfredsson 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009
Netherlands Christel Boeljon 2011
France Céline Boutier 2019, 2021, 2023
Wales Becky Brewerton 2007, 2009
Spain Raquel Carriedo 2000, 2002
Finland Matilda Castren 2021
Spain Carlota Ciganda 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
England Laura Davies 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 1990, 1996, 1998
Belgium Florence Descampe 1992
England Kitrina Douglas 1992
Scotland Gemma Dryburgh 2023
Spain Tania Elósegui 2009
Germany Elisabeth Esterl 2003
England Jodi Ewart Shadoff 2013, 2017, 2019
England Lora Fairclough 1994
Germany Sandra Gal 2011, 2015
Sweden Linn Grant 2023
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
England Lisa Hackney* 1996, 1998
England Georgia Hall 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Germany Bettina Hauert 2007
Sweden Caroline Hedwall 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023
Sweden Maria Hjorth 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
England Charley Hull 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
France Karine Icher 2002, 2013, 2015, 2017
England Trish Johnson 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007
Sweden Carin Koch 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005
France Ludivine Kreutz 2005
England Bronte Law 2019
Italy Diana Luna 2009
Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 2021
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire 2021, 2023
Scotland Kathryn Marshall* 1996
Spain Paula Martí 2002
Germany Caroline Masson 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Scotland Catriona Matthew 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Scotland Mhairi McKay 2002, 2003
France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 2000, 2003
Scotland Janice Moodie 2000, 2003, 2009
England Joanne Morley 1996
Spain Azahara Muñoz 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019
Sweden Liselotte Neumann 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
England Alison Nicholas 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
France Gwladys Nocera 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
England Florentyna Parker 2017
Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen 2017, 2021, 2023
Norway Suzann Pettersen 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017+, 2019
Germany Sophia Popov 2021
Spain Beatriz Recari 2013
Scotland Dale Reid 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
England Melissa Reid 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021
Sweden Madelene Sagström 2017, 2021, 2023
Spain Ana Belén Sánchez 2003
Italy Giulia Sergas 2013
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Sweden Charlotta Sörenstam 1998
Sweden Maja Stark 2023
England Karen Stupples 2005, 2011
Denmark Iben Tinning 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Netherlands Anne van Dam 2019
Sweden Linda Wessberg 2007
Scotland Pam Wright 1990, 1992, 1994

+ Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced.
* Lisa Hackney later became Lisa Hall. Kathryn Marshall later became Kathryn Imrie.

Playing record[edit]

Source: [2]

O = Overall, S = Singles matches, Fs = Foursome matches, Fb = Fourball matches
W = Matches won, L = Matches lost, H = Matches halved

Cty Player First
year
Last
year
Solheim
Cups
Matches Points Winning
percentage
O
W
O
L
O
H
S
W
S
L
S
H
Fs
W
Fs
L
Fs
H
Fb
W
Fb
L
Fb
H
SWESweden Helen Alfredsson 1990 2009 8 28 12 42.86% 11 15 2 4 4 0 3 8 0 4 3 2
NEDNetherlands Christel Boeljon 2011 2011 1 3 1 33.33% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
FRAFrance Céline Boutier 2019 2023 3 10 5.5 55.00% 5 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
WALWales Becky Brewerton 2007 2009 2 7 3.5 50.00% 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
ESPSpain Raquel Carriedo 2000 2002 2 5 1.5 30.00% 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
FINFinland Matilda Castren 2021 2021 1 4 3 75.00% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
ESPSpain Carlota Ciganda 2013 2023 6 23 13 56.52% 11 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 5 5 2
ENGEngland Laura Davies 1990 2011 12 46 25 54.35% 22 18 6 5 5 2 8 6 1 9 7 3
FRAFrance Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 1990 1998 3 11 3 27.27% 3 8 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 0
BELBelgium Florence Descampe 1992 1992 1 3 0.5 16.67% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ENGEngland Kitrina Douglas 1992 1992 1 1 0 0.00% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SCOScotland Gemma Dryburgh 2023 2023 1 2 1 50.00% 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ESPSpain Tania Elósegui 2009 2009 1 3 1 33.33% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
DEUGermany Elisabeth Esterl 2003 2003 1 3 1.5 50.00% 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
ENGEngland Jodi Ewart Shadoff 2013 2019 3 10 3.5 35.00% 3 6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
ENGEngland Lora Fairclough 1994 1994 1 3 2 66.67% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
DEUGermany Sandra Gal 2011 2015 2 7 3 42.86% 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
SWESweden Linn Grant 2023 2023 1 5 3 60.00% 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
SWESweden Sophie Gustafson 1998 2011 8 31 16 51.61% 13 12 6 3 4 1 7 1 4 3 7 1
ENGEngland Lisa Hackney 1996 1998 2 6 3 50.00% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
ENGEngland Georgia Hall 2017 2023 4 17 9 52.94% 8 7 2 1 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 0
DEUGermany Bettina Hauert 2007 2007 1 2 0 0.00% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
SWESweden Caroline Hedwall 2011 2023 5 17 9.5 55.88% 9 7 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 4 4 0
SWESweden Maria Hjorth 2002 2011 5 21 8.5 40.48% 6 10 5 0 4 1 4 3 1 2 3 3
ENGEngland Charley Hull 2013 2023 6 22 13.5 61.36% 12 7 3 2 3 1 5 2 1 5 2 1
FRAFrance Karine Icher 2002 2017 4 14 8 57.14% 7 5 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 0
ENGEngland Trish Johnson 1990 2007 8 25 8.5 34.00% 5 13 7 1 7 0 2 4 2 2 2 5
SWESweden Carin Koch 2000 2005 4 16 11.5 71.88% 10 3 3 2 1 1 5 0 2 3 2 0
FRAFrance Ludivine Kreutz 2005 2005 1 2 0 0.00% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ENGEngland Bronte Law 2019 2019 1 4 2 50.00% 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
ITAItaly Diana Luna 2009 2009 1 2 1.5 75.00% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DNKDenmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 2021 2021 1 3 1.5 50.00% 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
IRLRepublic of Ireland Leona Maguire 2021 2023 2 10 7.5 75.00% 7 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1
SCOScotland Kathryn Marshall 1996 1996 1 3 1.5 50.00% 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
ESPSpain Paula Martí 2002 2002 1 4 1 25.00% 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
DEUGermany Caroline Masson 2013 2019 4 14 4.5 32.14% 3 8 3 1 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 2
SCOScotland Catriona Matthew 1998 2017 9 37 22 59.46% 18 11 8 6 2 1 8 5 4 4 4 3
SCOScotland Mhairi McKay 2002 2003 2 5 2 40.00% 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
FRAFrance Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 2000 2003 2 4 2.5 62.50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
SCOScotland Janice Moodie 2000 2009 3 11 8 72.73% 7 2 2 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 0
ENGEngland Joanne Morley 1996 1996 1 2 0 0.00% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
ESPSpain Azahara Muñoz 2011 2019 4 16 7 43.75% 6 8 2 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 3 1
SWESweden Liselotte Neumann 1990 2000 6 21 8.5 40.48% 6 10 5 2 2 2 1 6 1 3 2 2
ENGEngland Alison Nicholas 1990 2000 6 18 8.5 47.22% 7 8 3 1 3 2 4 3 0 2 2 1
SWESweden Catrin Nilsmark 1992 2000 5 16 8.5 53.13% 8 7 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 3 3 0
FRAFrance Gwladys Nocera 2005 2015 4 12 7 58.33% 6 4 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 0
SWESweden Anna Nordqvist 2009 2023 8 31 16.5 53.23% 15 13 3 3 2 3 7 8 0 5 3 0
ENGEngland Florentyna Parker 2017 2017 1 2 0 0.00% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DNKDenmark Emily Kristine Pedersen 2017 2023 3 12 5.5 45.83% 5 6 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 1
NORNorway Suzann Pettersen 2002 2019 9 36 21 58.33% 18 12 6 2 4 3 7 5 2 9 3 1
DEUGermany Sophia Popov 2021 2021 1 3 0 0.00% 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
ESPSpain Beatriz Recari 2013 2013 1 4 3 75.00% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
SCOScotland Dale Reid 1990 1996 4 11 4.5 40.91% 4 6 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0
ENGEngland Melissa Reid 2011 2021 4 16 7.5 46.88% 6 7 3 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 2
SWESweden Madelene Sagström 2017 2023 3 9 3.5 38.89% 3 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
ESPSpain Ana Belén Sánchez 2003 2003 1 2 0 0.00% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
ITAItaly Giulia Sergas 2013 2013 1 2 0.5 25.00% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
SWESweden Annika Sörenstam 1994 2007 8 37 24 64.86% 22 11 4 4 3 1 11 3 1 7 5 2
SWESweden Charlotta Sörenstam 1998 1998 1 4 1.5 37.50% 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
SWESweden Maja Stark 2023 2023 1 4 2.5 62.50% 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
ENGEngland Karen Stupples 2005 2011 2 5 1 20.00% 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
DNKDenmark Iben Tinning 2002 2007 4 14 5.5 39.29% 4 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 2
NEDNetherlands Anne van Dam 2019 2019 1 4 1 25.00% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
SWESweden Linda Wessberg 2007 2007 1 2 1.5 75.00% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SCOScotland Pam Wright 1990 1994 3 9 3 33.33% 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0

Record European point winners[edit]

Up to and including the 2023 Solheim Cup.
Rank Name Record
(W–L–H)
Points Winning
percentage
1 England Laura Davies 22–18–6 25 54.35%
2 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 22–11–4 24 64.86%
3 Scotland Catriona Matthew 18–11–8 22 59.46%
4 Norway Suzann Pettersen 18–12–6 21 58.33%
5 Sweden Anna Nordqvist 15–13–3 16.5 53.23%
6 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 13–12–6 16 51.61%
7 England Charley Hull 12–7–3 13.5 61.36%
8 Spain Carlota Ciganda 11–8–4 13 56.52%
9 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 11–15–2 12 42.86%
10 Sweden Carin Koch 10–3–3 11.5 71.88%

Laura Davies holds the record for most points won in the Solheim Cup by either a European or an American.

European country records[edit]

Up to and including the 2023 Solheim Cup.
Country Appearances Events Players Most capped player(#)
 Sweden 64 18 14 Helen Alfredsson (8)
Sophie Gustafson (8)
Annika Sörenstam (8)
 England 52 18 14 Laura Davies (12)
 Scotland 23 16 7 Catriona Matthew (9)
 France 17 15 6 Karine Icher (4)
Gwladys Nocera (4)
 Spain 16 11 7 Carlota Ciganda (6)
 Germany 9 8 5 Caroline Masson (4)
 Norway 9 9 1 Suzann Pettersen (9)
 Denmark 8 7 3 Iben Tinning (4)
 Italy 2 2 2 Diana Luna (1)
Giulia Sergas (1)
 Netherlands 2 2 2 Christel Boeljon (1)
Anne van Dam (1)
 Wales 2 2 1 Becky Brewerton (2)
 Ireland 2 2 1 Leona Maguire (2)
 Belgium 1 1 1 Florence Descampe (1)
 Finland 1 1 1 Matilda Castren (1)

There were eight players in 1990, 10 in 1992 and 1994 and 12 in the contests since then, giving a total of 196 total appearances.

Family relationships[edit]

Annika Sörenstam and Charlotta Sörenstam are sisters. They played together in the 1998 Solheim Cup.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Solheim Cup Participants 1990-2011". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Solheim Cup -- European Player Records". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

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