Team competition
Solheim Cup
United States and Europe Established 1990
The women’s professional team match between the United States and Europe, built in the same compact language of pairings and singles.
At a glance
Across the years
Champions through time
Browse complete history 21 editions
2028 Solheim Cup Scheduled - Venue
- Valhalla Golf Club
2026 Solheim Cup Scheduled - Venue
- Bernardus Golf
2024 Solheim Cup Completed - Venue
- Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
- Champion
- United States
2023 Solheim Cup Completed - Venue
- Finca Cortesin
- Outcome
- Tied; Europe retained
2021 Solheim Cup Completed - Venue
- Inverness Club
- Champion
- Europe
Archive essay
Why it matters
The Solheim Cup brings teams of leading women professionals from the United States and Europe into a three-day match-play competition of foursomes, four-ball and singles. ↘
It gives women’s professional golf a recurring transatlantic team record in which partnerships, captains and collective points replace the ordinary individual leaderboard. ↘
Chapter 01
Origins and identity
The first match was played in 1990 at Lake Nona Country Club in Florida. Its early results established an alternating American and European geography that remains central to the competition. ↘
Chapter 02
Place and competitive character
American and European hosts alternate, connecting the match to clubs on both sides of the Atlantic rather than to one permanent venue. ↘
Chapter 03
Traditions, qualification and evolution
Each match awards one point for a win and a half point for a tie. Paired sessions build the score before twelve singles matches determine the final movement of the cup. ↘