The first Cup. Whatever followed later, this is where the private mythology begins: Sweden at home, England arriving as the visitors, and a trophy with no history yet to hide behind.
Sweden created a 4-point gap over the weekend — enough to settle the Cup without making the losing side disappear from the story.
The final score is only the surface. The format splits below show where the weekend moved, while the full match record preserves the awkward detail.
New Course Greensomes · session 2–1.
Masters Course Betterballs · session 3–0.
Masters Course Singles · session 3–3.
After New Course Greensomes, Sweden led 2–1.
After Masters Course Betterballs, Sweden led 5–1.
Going into the final session, Sweden needed 1.5 of the remaining 6 points to win; England needed 5.5 to win.
The final score was Sweden 8 – 4 England.
Sweden 2 – 1 England
Sweden 3 – 0 England
Sweden 3 – 3 England
The detailed record is deliberately kept below the story rather than replacing it.
| ID | Format | Course | Sweden | England | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greensomes | New Course | Matte Eriksson(4)/Tomas Persson(5) | Alex Scheepers(0)/Chris Kibbey(9) | 4 & 2 | Sweden |
| 2 | Greensomes | New Course | Helena Carlson Rydman(5)/Lisen Schortz(0) | Ben Blackburn(16)/John Mitchell(11) | All Square | HALVED |
| 3 | Greensomes | New Course | Janne Nordlander(3)/Johan Lindgren(10) | Eddie Yeandle(0)/Martin Turner(9) | All Square | HALVED |
| 4 | Betterballs | Masters Course | Magnus Hedman(15)/Matte Eriksson(0) | John Mitchell(7)/Martin Turner(14) | 4 & 2 | Sweden |
| 5 | Betterballs | Masters Course | Anders Ryden(0)/Johan Lindgren(18) | Alex Scheepers(1)/Eddie Yeandle(8) | 4 & 3 | Sweden |
| 6 | Betterballs | Masters Course | Benny Eklund(0)/Tomas Persson(0) | Ben Blackburn(11)/Chris Kibbey(6) | 5 & 4 | Sweden |
| 7 | Singles | Masters Course | Matte Eriksson(0) | Alex Scheepers(0) | 5 & 4 | England |
| 8 | Singles | Masters Course | Anders Ryden(0) | Ben Blackburn(17) | 4 & 3 | Sweden |
| 9 | Singles | Masters Course | Johan Lindgren(0) | Martin Turner(1) | 4 & 3 | England |
| 10 | Singles | Masters Course | Lisen Schortz(0) | Eddie Yeandle(10) | 8 & 7 | Sweden |
| 11 | Singles | Masters Course | Benny Eklund(0) | Chris Kibbey(8) | 6 & 5 | Sweden |
| 12 | Singles | Masters Course | Tomas Persson(0) | John Mitchell(8) | 1 & 0 | England |