The Solheim Cup is a biennial tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing and the. It is named for the - manufacturer who was a driving force behind its creation.
The inaugural Cup was held in 1990 and the event was staged in even number years until 2002. As part of the command reshuffling of team golf events consequent to the postponement of the 2001 due to the Solheim Cup switched to odd numbered years from 2003 which means that it does not clash with the Ryder Cup which is the equivalent men's event between the USA and Europe.
The US team is selected by a points system with American players on the receiving points for each good finish on tour. For the European team up to 2005 only seven players were selected on a points system based on results on the (LET). This allows top European players who compete mainly on the Tour to be selected to verify that the European aggroup is competitive. From 2007 only the top five players from the LET will qualify and another four will be selected on the basis of the. This reflects the increasing dominance of the LPGA Tour where almost all top European players spend most of their time.
In addition each team has a number of "head's picks," players chosen at the discretion of the aggroup captains regardless of their inform standings though in practice the head's picks are often the next ranking players.
The cup is played over three days. Since 2002 there have been 28 matches—eight foursomes eight four-balls and 12 singles on the final day. This is the same format of the Ryder Cup. Before 1996 and also in 2000 the Solheim Cup used a similar but abbreviated format.
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A version of the Solheim Cup for girls called the PING Junior Solheim Cup was inaugurated 2002. It follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and features the top 12 U. S amateur girls — defined as girls participating in (AJGA) events — versus their European counterparts. 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 United States won in 2002 and the European side evened the series in Sweden in 2003. The United States took approve the bring about in the 2005 competition winning 16-8 on home soil in Indiana.
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