The PING Junior Solheim Cup is the under-18 amateur event held in the days prior to the Solheim Cup, with a similar format (12 European players against 12 American players), under matchplay modality.
Following in the footsteps of his parents, Karsten and Louise Solheim, who created the Solheim Cup in 1990, John Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO, founded the tournament in 2002. He came up with the idea of organising a prestigious transatlantic competition for juniors, similar to the Solheim Cup, with the idea of providing talented young women golfers with a platform on which they could compete at the highest level against their rivals from across the Atlantic.
Paula Creamer, Azahara Muñoz, Britanny Lincicome, Melissa Reid, Anna Nordqvist, Carlota Ciganda, Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, Georgia Hall… are some of the names that have played the PING Junior Solheim Cup. Promising youngsters at the time, who have now become great stars of world golf, and now write the history of the Solheim Cup, becoming an essential focus of attention. Thanks to all of them, this biennial event occupies a well-deserved place among the best junior sports competitions in the world.
Each team has 12 participants
The tournament is played over two days with a total of 24 matches/points at stake:
Day 1: 6 Foursomes in the morning; 6 Fourballs in the afternoon.
Day 2: 12 singles.
year
Location
winner
Runner Up
2021
SYLVANIA COUNTRY CLUB
Ohio, USA

Europe - 13

USA - 11
2019
Gleneagles Hotel
Scotland

USA - 13

Europe - 11
2017
Des Moines Golf & Country Club
Iowa, USA

USA - 141/2

Europe - 91/2
2015
Golf Club St. Leon Rot
Germany

USA - 13

Europe - 11
2013
Inverness Golf Club
Colorado, USA

USA - 141/2

Europe - 91/2
2011
Knightsbrook Golf Resort
Ireland

USA - 12

Europe - 12
2009
Aurora Country Club
Illinois, USA

USA - 151/2

Europe - 81/2
2007
Bastad Golf Club
Sweden

Europe - 14

USA - 7
2005
The Bridgewater Club
Indiana, USA

USA - 16

Europe - 8
2003
Bokskogens Golf Club
Sweden

Europe - 121/2

USA - 111/2
2002
Oak Ridge Country Club
Minnesota, USA

USA - 17
