List of European Solheim Cup golfers explained

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

Player	Editions
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2009
	2011
	2019, 2021, 2023
	2007, 2009
	2000, 2002
	2021
	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
	1990, 1996, 1998
	1992
	1992
	2023
	2009
	2003
	2013, 2017, 2019
	1994
	2011, 2015
	2023
	1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
Lisa Hackney*	1996, 1998
	2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	2007
	2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023
	2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	2002, 2013, 2015, 2017
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007
	2000, 2002, 2003, 2005
	2005
	2019
	2009
	2021
	2021, 2023
Kathryn Marshall*	1996
	2002
	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
	1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
	2002, 2003
	2000, 2003
	2000, 2003, 2009
	1996
	2011, 2013, 2015, 2019
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
	1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
	2005, 2007, 2009, 2015
	2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	2017
	2017, 2021, 2023
	2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017+, 2019
	2021
	2013
	1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
	2011, 2015, 2017, 2021
	2017, 2021, 2023
	2003
	2013
	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
	1998
	2023
	2005, 2011
	2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
	2019
	2007
	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

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
SWE		1990	2009	8	28	12		11	15	2	4	4	0	3	8	0	4	3	2
NED		2011	2011	1	3	1		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
FRA		2019	2023	3	10	5.5		5	4	1	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
WAL		2007	2009	2	7	3.5		3	3	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0
ESP		2000	2002	2	5	1.5		1	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
FIN		2021	2021	1	4	3		3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
ESP		2013	2023	6	23	13		11	8	4	4	1	1	2	2	1	5	5	2
ENG		1990	2011	12	46	25		22	18	6	5	5	2	8	6	1	9	7	3
FRA		1990	1998	3	11	3		3	8	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	1	3	0
BEL		1992	1992	1	3	0.5		0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
ENG		1992	1992	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SCO		2023	2023	1	2	1		0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
ESP		2009	2009	1	3	1		1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
DEU		2003	2003	1	3	1.5		1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
ENG		2013	2019	3	10	3.5		3	6	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	2	1	1
ENG		1994	1994	1	3	2		2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
DEU		2011	2015	2	7	3		2	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
SWE		2023	2023	1	5	3		3	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
SWE		1998	2011	8	31	16		13	12	6	3	4	1	7	1	4	3	7	1
ENG		1996	1998	2	6	3		3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0
ENG		2017	2023	4	17	9		8	7	2	1	2	1	4	3	1	3	2	0
DEU		2007	2007	1	2	0		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
SWE		2011	2023	5	17	9.5		9	7	1	2	2	1	3	1	0	4	4	0
SWE		2002	2011	5	21	8.5		6	10	5	0	4	1	4	3	1	2	3	3
ENG		2013	2023	6	22	13.5		12	7	3	2	3	1	5	2	1	5	2	1
FRA		2002	2017	4	14	8		7	5	2	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	2	0
ENG		1990	2007	8	25	8.5		5	13	7	1	7	0	2	4	2	2	2	5
SWE		2000	2005	4	16	11.5		10	3	3	2	1	1	5	0	2	3	2	0
FRA		2005	2005	1	2	0		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
ENG		2019	2019	1	4	2		1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
ITA		2009	2009	1	2	1.5		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
DNK		2021	2021	1	3	1.5		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
IRL		2021	2023	2	10	7.5		7	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1
SCO		1996	1996	1	3	1.5		1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
ESP		2002	2002	1	4	1		1	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
DEU		2013	2019	4	14	4.5		3	8	3	1	3	0	0	3	1	2	2	2
SCO		1998	2017	9	37	22		18	11	8	6	2	1	8	5	4	4	4	3
SCO		2002	2003	2	5	2		2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
FRA		2000	2003	2	4	2.5		2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
SCO		2000	2009	3	11	8		7	2	2	2	0	1	4	1	1	1	1	0
ENG		1996	1996	1	2	0		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
ESP		2011	2019	4	16	7		6	8	2	1	3	0	4	2	1	1	3	1
SWE		1990	2000	6	21	8.5		6	10	5	2	2	2	1	6	1	3	2	2
ENG		1990	2000	6	18	8.5		7	8	3	1	3	2	4	3	0	2	2	1
SWE		1992	2000	5	16	8.5		8	7	1	2	3	0	3	1	1	3	3	0
FRA		2005	2015	4	12	7		6	4	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	0
SWE		2009	2023	8	31	16.5		15	13	3	3	2	3	7	8	0	5	3	0
ENG		2017	2017	1	2	0		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DNK		2017	2023	3	12	5.5		5	6	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	2	1	1
NOR		2002	2019	9	36	21		18	12	6	2	4	3	7	5	2	9	3	1
DEU		2021	2021	1	3	0		0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
ESP		2013	2013	1	4	3		3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
SCO		1990	1996	4	11	4.5		4	6	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0
ENG		2011	2021	4	16	7.5		6	7	3	1	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	2
SWE		2017	2023	3	9	3.5		3	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
ESP		2003	2003	1	2	0		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
ITA		2013	2013	1	2	0.5		0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
SWE		1994	2007	8	37	24		22	11	4	4	3	1	11	3	1	7	5	2
SWE		1998	1998	1	4	1.5		1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
SWE		2023	2023	1	4	2.5		2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
ENG		2005	2011	2	5	1		1	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
DNK		2002	2007	4	14	5.5		4	7	3	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	2
NED		2019	2019	1	4	1		1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
SWE		2007	2007	1	2	1.5		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
SCO		1990	1994	3	9	3		2	5	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	0

Record European point winners

Up to and including the 2023 Solheim Cup.

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–H)	Points	Winning percentage
1	Laura Davies	22–18–6	25
2	Annika Sörenstam	22–11–4	24
3	Catriona Matthew	18–11–8	22
4	Suzann Pettersen	18–12–6	21
5	Anna Nordqvist	15–13–3	16.5
6	Sophie Gustafson	13–12–6	16
7	Charley Hull	12–7–3	13.5
8	Carlota Ciganda	11–8–4	13
9	Helen Alfredsson	11–15–2	12
10	Carin Koch	10–3–3	11.5

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

European country records

Up to and including the 2023 Solheim Cup.

Country	Appearances	Events	Players	Most capped player(#)
	64	18	14	Helen Alfredsson (8) Sophie Gustafson (8) Annika Sörenstam (8)
	52	18	14	Laura Davies (12)
	23	16	7	Catriona Matthew (9)
	17	15	6	Karine Icher (4) Gwladys Nocera (4)
	16	11	7	Carlota Ciganda (6)
	9	8	5	Caroline Masson (4)
	9	9	1	Suzann Pettersen (9)
	8	7	3	Iben Tinning (4)
	2	2	2	Diana Luna (1) Giulia Sergas (1)
	2	2	2	Christel Boeljon (1) Anne van Dam (1)
	2	2	1	Becky Brewerton (2)
	2	2	1	Leona Maguire (2)
	1	1	1	Florence Descampe (1)
	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

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

See also

• List of American Solheim Cup golfers
• Lists of golfers

External links

• The Solheim Cup History & Results
• About.com golf Solheim Cup Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Solheim Cup Participants 1990-2011 . October 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203053/http://www.solheimcupusa.com/news/~/~/media/59D101BA6E4046379D8FAE9B9FC0272A.ashx . October 29, 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: The Solheim Cup -- European Player Records . October 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201448/http://www.solheimcupusa.com/news/~/~/media/0EF932AC6F7C4C289B397D7C19A4CC3D.ashx . October 29, 2013 . dead .