The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between 6 and 8 October 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Europe won the trophy for the second time, by a score of 14 to 11 points. Carin Koch holed the winning putt, coming back from three down to beat Michele Redman.

Teams

The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from Captain Dale Reid, presented on 3 September. The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Pat Bradley, presented on 24 September.

Europe

Captain

• Dale Reid – Ladybank, Scotland

Automatic qualifiers

• Sophie Gustafson – Särö, Sweden

• Trish Johnson – Bristol, England

• Laura Davies – Coventry, England

• Alison Nicholas – Gibraltar

• Patricia Meunier-Lebouc – Dijon, France

• Raquel Carriedo – Zaragoza, Spain

• Annika Sörenstam – Stockholm, Sweden

Captains Picks

• Helen Alfredsson – Gothenburg, Sweden

• Carin Koch – Kungälv, Sweden

• Janice Moodie – Glasgow, Scotland

• Liselotte Neumann – Finspång, Sweden

• Catrin Nilsmark – Gothenburg, Sweden

Captain

• Pat Bradley – Westford, Massachusetts

Automatic qualifiers

• Juli Inkster – Santa Cruz, California

• Meg Mallon – Natick, Massachusetts

• Rosie Jones – Santa Ana, California

• Dottie Pepper – Saratoga Springs, New York

• Sherri Steinhauer – Madison, Wisconsin

• Pat Hurst – San Leandro, California

• Kelly Robbins – Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

• Michele Redman – Zanesville, Ohio

• Nancy Scranton – Centralia, Illinois

• Becky Iverson – Escanaba, Michigan

Captains Picks

• Brandie Burton – San Bernardino, California

• Beth Daniel – Charleston, South Carolina

Format

A total of 26 points were available, divided among three periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was repeated in the second period on Friday afternoon. The third period on Saturday was six rounds of fourballss in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part. The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay. This was a slight change from the 1998 format and was not kept, as the 2002 match reverted to the 1998 format.

Day one

Friday, 6 October 2000

Morning foursomes

Afternoon foursomes

Day two

Saturday, 7 October 2000

Fourball

Day three

Sunday, 8 October 2000

Singles

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Europe

United States

Notes and references