PING Junior Solheim Cup

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

Europe - 13

USA - 11

2019

Gleneagles Hotel

Scotland

USA - 13

Europe

Europe - 11

2017

Des Moines Golf & Country Club

Iowa, USA

USA - 141/2

Europe

Europe - 91/2

2015

Golf Club St. Leon Rot

Germany

USA - 13

Europe

Europe - 11

2013

Inverness Golf Club

Colorado, USA

USA - 141/2

Europe

Europe - 91/2

2011

Knightsbrook Golf Resort

Ireland

USA - 12

Europe

Europe - 12

2009

Aurora Country Club

Illinois, USA

USA - 151/2

Europe

Europe - 81/2

2007

Bastad Golf Club

Sweden

Europe

Europe - 14

USA - 7

2005

The Bridgewater Club

Indiana, USA

USA - 16

Europe

Europe - 8

2003

Bokskogens Golf Club

Sweden

Europe

Europe - 121/2

USA - 111/2

2002

Oak Ridge Country Club

Minnesota, USA

USA - 17

Europe

Europe - 7