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Sunday 23 October 1994Team cupsYear in Review
United States wins Solheim Cup
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia · Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October 1994 · third Solheim Cup (Wikipedia); dates October 21–23, 1994 (Wikipedia; LPGA.com Oct 21–23)
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/6°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/4°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/9°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 48 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Europe · 7Led 3–2 after the foursomes and were level 5–5 after the fourballs, then lost eight of the 10 singles Golf: Europe's Solheim Cup collapse (The Independent, 24 Oct 1994)
20 started
Same week
Team cup
Solheim Cup
The Greenbrier, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
United States
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Independent
24 October 1994
I'm so proud of this team. They wanted to win so bad and so did I. I didn't think it would end that quick.
The Independent
24 October 1994
The United States were really tough this afternoon. We knew we had to play great golf to win and we just didn't.
The Independent
24 October 1994
All of a sudden my match didn't seem important any more. I was just playing for pride and I even messed that up.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 1994
it is probably the highest honor I could ever have that pertains to golf, but doesn't involve me playing golf.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 1994
I think maybe some people thought that Dalmahoy was a freak result and I think there has been some wonderful individual and team performances from the European players
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet