2014 Curtis Cup Explained

Curtis Cup
Year:2014
Dates:June 6–8, 2014
Venue:St. Louis Country Club
Location:Ladue, Missouri
Home:USA
Away:GB&I
Homecaptain:Ellen Port
Awaycaptain:Tegwen Matthews
Homescore:13
Awayscore:7
Result:United States wins

The 38th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 6 to 8, 2014 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri. The United States won 13 to 7.[1]

Format

The contest was a three-day competition, with three fourball and three foursomes matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.

Each of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 10 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.

Teams

Eight players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

The American team was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee.[2]

   Team USA
NameAgeNotes
Ellen Port52non-playing captain
Kyung Kim20
Alison Lee19
Erynne Lee21
Ally McDonald21
Annie Park19
Ashlan Ramsey18
Mariah Stackhouse20
Emma Talley20

Six members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top four in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of May 5, 2014 and the leading two players in the LGU’s Order of Merit not selected from the WAGR. The remaining two were picked by the LGU Selection Panel.[3]

& Great Britain & Ireland
NameAgeNotes
Tegwen Matthews58non-playing captain
Eilidh Briggs21LGU Order of Merit
Gabriella Cowley18LGU Order of Merit
Annabel Dimmock17WAGR
Gemma Dryburgh20Selection Panel Pick
Georgia Hall18WAGR
Bronte Law19WAGR, played in 2012
Stephanie Meadow22WAGR, played in 2012
Charlotte Thomas21Selection Panel Pick

Friday's matches

Morning fourballs

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Meadow/Hall 2 & 1Stackhouse/Talley
Dimmock/Dryburgh 4 & 3A. Lee/Kim
Law/Thomas 4 & 3Park/McDonald
0Session3
0Overall3

Afternoon foursomes

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Meadow/HallhalvedRamsey/A. Lee
Briggs/Cowley 3 & 1E. Lee/Park
Dimmock/LawhalvedTalley/McDonald
1Session2
1Overall5

Saturday's matches

Morning fourballs

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Meadow/Hall 4 & 2Kim/A. Lee
Dimmock/Law 1 upE. Lee/Park
Cowley/Dryburgh 2 & 1Talley/Stackhouse
1Session2
2Overall7

Afternoon foursomes

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Thomas/Dryburgh 2 & 1Ramsey/A. Lee
Briggs/Cowley 3 & 2Kim/E. Lee
Meadow/HallhalvedMcDonald/Stackhouse
Session2
2Overall9

Sunday's singles matches

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Bronte Law 4 & 3Emma Talley
Annabel Dimmock 4 & 3Ally McDonald
Georgia Hall 3 & 2Kyung Kim
Gemma Dryburgh 1 upAshlan Ramsey
Charlotte Thomas 2 upErynne Lee
Eilidh BriggshalvedMariah Stackhouse
Gabriella Cowley 5 & 4Annie Park
Stephanie Meadow 2 & 1Alison Lee
4Session3
7Overall13

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA Wins 2014 Curtis Cup Match . www.usga.org . United States Golf Association . June 7, 2014 . October 8, 2016.
  2. Web site: 2014 USA Curtis Cup Team Announced . www.usga.org . United States Golf Association . March 12, 2014 . October 6, 2016.
  3. Web site: 2014 GB&I Curtis Cup Team Named . www.usga.org . United States Golf Association . May 5, 2014 . October 6, 2016.