Solheim Cup Captains Picks (By Year, With Player Records)
Below is the list of every golfer who has received a captain's pick to play in the Solheim Cup. Which golfers have done the best (and worst) with their opportunities?
The number of captain's picks per team and per year has varied throughout the history of the tournament. The European team, for example, has used as many as five captain's picks in a given year.
The golfers who were Solheim Cup captain's picks most often? Catrin Nilsmark holds the record with five selections to Team Europe. Carin Koch, Liselotte Neumann and Catriona Matthew, also for Europe, all were picked four times. Koch was particularly successful playing as a wildcard: She once went unbeaten in two consecutive Solheim Cups.
Charley Hull was only 17 years old when she was a captain's pick in 2013. That same year, another European wildcard selection, Caroline Hedwall, became the first player in Solheim Cup history to go 5-0-0 in a single tournament.
On to the list. All the Solheim Cup captain's picks are listed here, by year, along the names of the captains who picked them. The golfers' records in each Solheim Cup are also included (as wins-losses-ties).
1990 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 11.5, Europe 4.5. Team captains: Mickey Walker for Europe, Kathy Whitworth for United States.Europe
- Laura Davies, 2-1-0
- Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, 0-3-0
- Nancy Lopez, 2-1-0
1992 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 11.5, USA 6.5. Team captains: Mickey Walker for Europe, Kathy Whitworth for United States.Europe
- Florence Descampe, 0-2-1
- Liselotte Neumann, 2-0-1
- Catrin Nilsmark, 1-0-0
- Dale Reid, 1-1-1
- Pamela Wright, 1-1-1
- Juli Inkster, 1-1-1
1994 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 13, Europe 7. Team captains: Mickey Walker for Europe, JoAnne Carner for United States.Europe
- Trish Johnson, 0-3-0
- Alison Nicholas, 2-1-0
- Catrin Nilsmark, 1-2-0
- Dale Reid, 2-1-0
- Pamela Wright, 0-3-0
- Kelly Robbins, 1-2-0
1996 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 17, Europe 11. Team captains: Mickey Walker for Europe, Judy Rankin for United States.Europe
- Helen Alfredsson, 1-2-1
- Kathryn Marshall, 1-1-1
- Liselotte Neumann, 1-2-2
- Catrin Nilsmark, 2-2-1
- Dale Reid, 0-2-0
- Brandie Burton, 2-1-0
- Beth Daniel, 1-1-2
1998 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 16, Europe 12. Team captains: Pia Nilsson for Europe, Judy Rankin for United States.Europe
- Sophie Gustafson, 0-1-1
- Lisa Hackney, 2-2-0
- Liselotte Neumann, 1-3-0
- Catrin Nilsmark, 1-3-0
- Charlotta Sorenstam, 1-2-1
- Rosie Jones, 2-1-0
- Sherri Steinhauer, 3-1-0
2000 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 14.5, USA 11.5. Team captains: Dale Reid for Europe, Pat Bradley for United States.Europe
- Helen Alfredsson, 2-1-0
- Carin Koch, 3-0-0
- Janie Moodie, 3-1-0
- Liselotte Neumann, 0-1-2
- Catrin Nilsmark, 3-0-0
- Brandie Burton, 1-1-1
- Beth Daniel, 0-3-1
2002 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5. Team captains: Dale Reid for Europe, Patty Sheehan for United States.Europe
- Helen Alfredsson, 1-2-0
- Laura Davies, 2-3-0
- Carin Koch, 4-0-1
- Mhairi McKay, 1-2-0
- Pat Hurst, 1-2-0
- Kelly Robbins, 2-2-0
2003 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 17.5, USA 10.5. Team captains: Catrin Nilsmark for Europe, Patty Sheehan for United States.Europe
- Carin Koch, 1-2-1
- Catriona Matthew, 3-1-1
- Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, 2-0-0
- Suzann Pettersen, 4-1-0
- Heather Bowie, 0-3-0
- Kelli Kuehne, 2-2-0
2005 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5. Team captains: Catrin Nilsmark for Europe, Nancy Lopez for United States.Europe
- Sophie Gustafson, 1-2-2
- Carin Koch, 2-1-1
- Catriona Matthew, 2-2-1
- Suzann Pettersen, 2-0-2
- Karen Stupples, 0-2-0
- Beth Daniel, 0-1-2
- Wendy Ward, 0-3-0
2007 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 16, Europe 12. Team captains: Helen Alfredsson for Europe, Betsy King for United States.Europe
- Maria Hjorth, 1-1-3
- Iben Tinning, 1-2-1
- Nicole Castrale, 2-2-0
- Laura Diaz, 1-1-1
2009 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 16, Europe 12. Team captains: Alison Nicholas for Europe, Beth Daniel for United States.Europe
- Becky Brewerton, 2-2-0
- Janice Moodie, 1-1-1
- Anna Nordqvist, 2-2-0
- Juli Inkster, 1-1-1
- Michelle Wie, 3-0-1
2011 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 15, USA 13. Team captains: Alison Nicholas for Europe, Rosie Jones for United States.Europe
- Sandra Gal, 0-2-1
- Caroline Hedwall, 2-1-1
- Azahara Munoz, 2-1-1
- Karen Stupples, 1-2-0
- Vicky Hurst, 1-1-0
- Ryann O'Toole, 2-0-2
2013 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 18, USA 10. Team captains: Liselotte Neumann for Europe, Meg Mallon for United States.Europe
- Jodi Ewart-Shadoff, 2-1-0
- Giulia Sergas, 0-1-1
- Caroline Hedwall, 5-0-0
- Charley Hull, 2-1-0
- Michelle Wie, 2-2-0
- Gerina Piller, 0-2-1
2015 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 14.5, Europe 13.5. Team captains: Carin Koch for Europe, Juli Inkster for United States.Europe
- Caroline Masson, 0-2-1
- Caroline Hedwall, 1-3-0
- Catriona Matthew, 3-1-0
- Karine Icher, 2-1-0
- Brittany Lang, 0-2-1
- Paula Creamer, 2-2-0
2017 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 16.5, Europe 11.5. Team captains: Annika Sorenstam for Europe, Juli Inkster for United States.Europe
- Anna Nordqvist, 3-0-1
- Caroline Masson, 1-3-0
- Emily Kristine Pedersen, 0-3-0
- Madelene Sagstrom, 1-2-0
- Catriona Matthew, 3-1-0
- Austin Ernst, 2-2-0
- Angel Yin, 1-1-1
- Paula Creamer, 3-1-0
2019 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 14.5, USA 13.5. Team captains: Catriona Matthew for Europe, Juli Inkster for United States.Europe
- Celine Boutier, 4-0-0
- Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 0-2-1
- Bronte Law, 1-1-2
- Suzann Pettersen, 2-1-0
- Stacy Lewis, DNP (injury)
- Morgan Pressel, 1-1-1
- Ally McDonald (replacement for Lewis), 1-3-0
2021 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 15, USA 13. Team captains: Catriona Matthew for Europe, Pat Hurst for United States.Europe
- Celine Boutier, 1-1-1
- Matilda Castren, 3-1-0
- Nanna Koerstz Madsen, 1-1-1
- Leona Maguire, 4-0-1
- Mel Reid, 2-1-1
- Madelene Sagstrom, 1-2-0
- Brittany Altomare, 2-2-0
- Mina Harigae, 1-2-0
- Yealimi Noh, 2-1-0
2023 Solheim Cup
Final score: Europe 14, USA 14 (Europe retain the Cup). Team captains: Suzann Pettersen for Europe, Stacy Lewis for United States.Europe
- Caroline Hedwall, 1-1-0
- Gemma Dryburgh, 0-0-2
- Emily Kristine Pedersen, 2-2-1
- Madelene Sagstrom, 1-1-1
- Ally Ewing, 1-3-0
- Cheyenne Knight, 2-0-1
- Angel Yin, 2-1-0
2024 Solheim Cup
Final score: USA 15.5, Europe 12.5. Team captains: Suzann Pettersen for Europe, Stacy Lewis for United States.Europe
- Georgia Hall, 2-2-0
- Anna Nordqvist, 2-2-0
- Albane Valenzuela, 0-1-1
- Emily Kristine Pedersen, 2-3-0
- Jennifer Kupcho, 1-2-0
- Sarah Schmelzel, 2-2-0
- Lexi Thompson, 1-3-0
