Vasatorp was founded in 1973 and has hosted players including Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman and Annika Sörenstam. Magersfontein’s visit continued the venue’s international habit, at a slightly different competitive altitude.
Sweden won by 2 points. This is the kind of margin that keeps individual holes alive in conversation for years.
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.
Tournament Course Betterballs · session 2–2.
Tournament Course Betterballs · session 3–1.
Classic Course Singles · session 4–4.
After Tournament Course Betterballs, the Cup was level at 2–2.
After Tournament Course Betterballs, Sweden led 5–3.
Going into the final session, Sweden needed 3.5 of the remaining 8 points to win; England needed 5 to retain.
The final score was Sweden 9 – 7 England.
Sweden 2 – 2 England
Sweden 3 – 1 England
Sweden 4 – 4 England
The detailed record is deliberately kept below the story rather than replacing it.
| ID | Format | Course | Sweden | England | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Matte Eriksson(2)/Staffan Persson(0) | Eddie Yeandle(3)/Graham Carter(13) | 1 & 0 | England |
| 138 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Janne Nordlander(9)/Markus Lindström(5) | Chris Kibbey(0)/Ryan Howard(10) | 2 & 0 | Sweden |
| 139 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Pasi Mäkeläinen(0)/Tomas Persson(7) | Ben Blackburn(10)/Martin Turner(9) | 2 & 1 | England |
| 140 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Björn Ekholm(22)/Edward Trick(11) | Alex Scheepers(0)/John Mitchell(12) | 2 & 0 | Sweden |
| 141 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Edward Trick(0)/Markus Lindström(8) | Graham Carter(12)/Ryan Howard(14) | 2 & 1 | Sweden |
| 142 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Matte Eriksson(13)/Tomas Persson(16) | Alex Scheepers(0)/Ben Blackburn(17) | 7 & 5 | Sweden |
| 143 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Pasi Mäkeläinen(0)/Staffan Persson(2) | Chris Kibbey(6)/Eddie Yeandle(3) | 4 & 3 | Sweden |
| 144 | Betterballs | Tournament Course | Björn Ekholm(8)/Janne Nordlander(9) | John Mitchell(0)/Martin Turner(3) | 5 & 3 | England |
| 145 | Singles | Classic Course | Markus Lindström(2) | Martin Turner(0) | All Square | HALVED |
| 146 | Singles | Classic Course | Janne Nordlander(0) | Ryan Howard(1) | 5 & 4 | Sweden |
| 147 | Singles | Classic Course | Pasi Mäkeläinen(0) | Ben Blackburn(10) | 6 & 4 | Sweden |
| 148 | Singles | Classic Course | Björn Ekholm(0) | Graham Carter(1) | 2 & 1 | England |
| 149 | Singles | Classic Course | Edward Trick(0) | Eddie Yeandle(4) | 5 & 3 | England |
| 150 | Singles | Classic Course | Staffan Persson(10) | Alex Scheepers(0) | 2 & 1 | England |
| 151 | Singles | Classic Course | Matte Eriksson(0) | Chris Kibbey(4) | All Square | HALVED |
| 152 | Singles | Classic Course | Tomas Persson(3) | John Mitchell(0) | 6 & 4 | Sweden |