2011 Solheim Cup
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| Dates | 23-25 September 2011 | ||||
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| Venue | Killeen Castle | ||||
| Location | County Meath, Ireland | ||||
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| Europe wins the Solheim Cup | |||||
The 2011 Solheim Cup was the 12th Solheim Cup matches, held 23-25 September in Ireland at Killeen Castle in County Meath, northwest of Dublin. The biennial matches are a three-day contest for professional female golfers, between teams of 12 top players from the United States and Europe. Entering the 2011 matches, the U.S. had won the three recent competitions, with Europe's last victory coming eight years earlier in 2003 in Sweden.
After the first two days of team play, the competition was tied at 8-all. Europe went 7–5 in singles on Sunday and regained the Cup, 15–13. It was Europe's fourth win, all won on home soil.
The Solheim Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows
With a total of 28 points, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. If the score is even after 18 holes, each team earns one-half point.
The European and United States teams have different eligibility criteria.
Members of the European Tour must be current members of the Ladies European Tour and must be "a European national," defined by Solheim Cup rules as someone:
Either:
(i) born in a European country; and
(ii) holds a current passport of that European country;
Or:
(i) has been naturalised as a citizen of a European country;
(ii) has held a current passport of that European country for the immediately preceding four (4) consecutive years;
(iii) has resided in that European country for the immediately preceding four (4) consecutive years.
A European country is a nation situated in the continent of Europe and is recognised as an independent state by the United Nations.
Any player who holds dual nationality (of which one shall be the nationality of a European country) shall elect on joining the Ladies European Tour in each of 2010 and 2011 whether she wishes to be eligible for selection for the 2011 European Solheim Cup Team.
Members of the United States team must be current members of the LPGA Tour and be born in the United States.
The European and United States teams are selected by different methods.
Team Europe was selected by taking the top four players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four Ladies European Tour members on the Women's World Golf Rankings as if 29 August 2011, were not already qualified via the Solheim Cup standings, and four captain’s selections. Qualifying points for Team Europe were awarded weekly to the top-10 finishers at official LET events.
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