Solheim Cup Captains: Full List (Plus Assistants)
The list of Solheim Cup captains goes back to 1990, the year the competition was first played. It was launched that year to give the world's best women golfers a competition modeled after the Ryder Cup, with teams representing Europe and the United States.
The captain for Team Europe is selected by the Ladies European Tour; the captain for Team USA is selected by the LPGA Tour. Team captains' duties include selecting some of the players on their teams (known as captains' picks), choosing their assistants, deciding how to pair off their players for the doubles (foursomes, fourballs) formats, and deciding their players' order of play.
The List: Solheim Cup Captains
(Click on a year to view the final score, golf course, team rosters and match scores from that Solheim Cup. A "-w" following the captain's name indicates the winning captain if no captain is designated as winning, that Cup ended in a tie.)
| Year | Europe | USA |
| 2024 | Suzann Pettersen | Stacy Lewis-w |
| 2023 | Suzann Pettersen | Stacy Lewis |
| 2021 | Catriona Matthew-w | Pat Hurst |
| 2019 | Catriona Matthew-w | Juli Inkster |
| 2017 | Annika Sorenstam | Juli Inkster-w |
| 2015 | Carin Koch | Juli Inkster-w |
| 2013 | Liselotte Neumann-w | Meg Mallon |
| 2011 | Alison Nicholas-w | Rosie Jones |
| 2009 | Alison Nicholas | Beth Daniel-w |
| 2007 | Helen Alfredsson | Betsy King-w |
| 2005 | Catrin Nilsmark | Nancy Lopez-w |
| 2003 | Catrin Nilsmark-w | Patty Sheehan |
| 2002 | Dale Reid | Patty Sheehan-w |
| 2000 | Dale Reid-w | Pat Bradley |
| 1998 | Pia Nilsson | Judy Rankin-w |
| 1996 | Mickey Walker | Judy Rankin-w |
| 1994 | Mickey Walker | JoAnne Carner-w |
| 1992 | Mickey Walker-w | Kathy Whitworth |
| 1990 | Mickey Walker | Kathy Whitworth-w |
Related article: All Solheim Cup captains' picks, by year, with records
Captains' Assistants in the Solheim Cup
Team USA calls the captains' helpers Assistant Captains; Team Europe calls them Vice Captains. Each captain is responsible for selecting her assistants; there is no minimum or maximum number. Captains often invite others to serve in informal roles, too; only officially listed assistants are included here.Assistants were not officially part of the Solheim Cup until 2000, so the following list goes back only to that year.
- 2024: Europe — Anna Nordqvist, Laura Davies, Caroline Martens, Mel Reid. United States — Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome
- 2023: Europe — Anna Nordqvist, Laura Davies, Caroline Martens. United States — Morgan Pressel, Natalie Gulbis, Angela Stanford
- 2021: Europe — Laura Davies, Kathryn Imrie, Suzann Pettersen. United States — Stacy Lewis, Angela Stanford, Michelle Wie
- 2019: Europe — Laura Davies, Kathryn Imrie, Mel Reid. United States — Pat Hurst, Nancy Lopez, Wendy Ward
- 2017: Europe — Marta Figueras-Dotti, Maria Hjorth, Suzann Pettersen. United States — Pat Hurst, Nancy Lopez, Wendy Ward
- 2015: Europe — Sophie Gustafson, Maria Hjorth, Annika Sorenstam. United States — Pat Hurst, Wendy Ward
- 2013: Europe — Carin Koch, Annika Sorenstam. United States — Laura Diaz, Dottie Pepper
- 2011: Europe — Joanne Morley, Annika Sorenstam. United States — Juli Inkster, Sherri Steinhauer
- 2009: Europe — Joanne Morley, Liselotte Neumann. United States — Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins
- 2007: Europe — Marie-Laure de Lorenzi. United States — Beth Daniel
- 2005: Europe — Alison Nicholas. United States — Donna Caponi
- 2003: Europe — Alison Nicholas. United States — Jane Geddes
- 2002: Europe — Pamela Wright. United States — Jane Geddes
- 2000: Europe — Pamela Wright. United States — Debbie Massey
