2015 Solheim Cup
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| Dates | 18–20 September 2015 | ||||
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Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, St. Leon Course |
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| Location | St. Leon-Rot, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||||
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| United States wins the Solheim Cup | |||||
The 2015 Solheim Cup was the 14th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held 18–20 September at the St. Leon course of Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, St. Leon-Rot, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professional golfers from Europe and the United States. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup.
The United States won by a score of 14½ to 13½, the closest score in the history of the Cup.
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 had different eligibility criteria:
Team Europe
Members of the European team must:
Either:
(i) born in a European country; and
(ii) holding a current passport of that European country;
Or:
(i) having been naturalised as a citizen of a European country;
(ii) having held a current passport of that European country for the immediately preceding four consecutive years;
(iii) having resided in that European country for the immediately preceding four 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 LET in each of 2013 and 2014 whether she wishes to be eligible for selection for the 2015 European Solheim Cup Team.
Team USA
Members of the United States team must be current members of the LPGA Tour and meet one of these three citizenship criteria:
The European and United States teams were selected by different methods.
Team Europe
Team Europe consists of the top four players from the LET Solheim Cup standings, followed by the top four LET members on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 24 August who 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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