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2024 Curtis Cup

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43rd Curtis Cup Match
Dates30 August – 1 September 2024 (2024-08-30 – 2024-09-01)
VenueSunningdale Golf Club
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Captains
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
1012 912 United States
Great Britain & Ireland wins the Curtis Cup
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Location in the United Kingdom
Sunningdale GC is located in England
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Location in England
Sunningdale GC is located in Berkshire
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The 43rd Curtis Cup Match was played from 30 August to 1 September 2024 on the Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club near Sunningdale, Berkshire, England. Great Britain and Ireland won 1012 to 912.

Unofficial match in 1930

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Although this was the first Curtis Cup match to be held at Sunningdale, an unofficial match between America and Britain was played there on 1 May 1930, two years before the first Curtis Cup match.[1] The match was arranged by Glenna Collett and Molly Gourlay. The American team was selected from a group that had just arrived in England to play in the Women's Amateur Championship at Formby starting on 12 May. There were five foursomes matches followed by ten singles matches in the afternoon.[2] The match was level after the foursomes, with each team winning two matches and one match halved. Britain won six of the ten singles matches to win the contest.[3]

Format

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The contest was a three-day competition, with three foursomes and three fourball 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 was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match ended all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 12 point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 1012 points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retained the Cup.

Teams

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

The Great Britain & Ireland team was announced on 1 August 2024. The top five players from the World Amateur Golf Ranking were chosen, together with three selections. Mimi and Patience Rhodes are sisters.[4]

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Great Britain & Ireland
Name Age Rank Notes
Scotland Catriona Matthew 55 non-playing captain
Republic of Ireland Sara Byrne 23 49
Northern Ireland Beth Coulter 20 74
Scotland Hannah Darling 21 30 played in 2021 and 2022
Republic of Ireland Aine Donegan 22 78
Scotland Lorna McClymont 23 95 2024 Scottish Women's Amateur champion
England Mimi Rhodes 22 84
England Patience Rhodes 20 101
England Lottie Woad 20 1

Zoe Campos, Catherine Park and Jasmine Koo were the first players to make the American team, as the three highest-ranked Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) on 10 July 2024.[5] The rest of the team was announced on 12 August.[6]

United States   USA
Name Age Rank Notes
Meghan Stasi 46 non-playing captain
Zoe Campos 21 4
Anna Davis 18 16
Melanie Green 22 32 2024 Women's Amateur champion
Jasmine Koo 18 6
Rachel Kuehn 23 10 played in 2021 and 2022
Catherine Park 20 7
Megan Schofill 23 24
Asterisk Talley 15 39

Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
P. Rhodes/M. Rhodes United States 6 & 4 Green/Kuehn
Donegan/Coulter halved Koo/Campos
Woad/Byrne halved Park/Talley
1 Session 2
1 Overall 2

Afternoon fourballs

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Darling/Donegan United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Davis/Schofill
M. Rhodes/McClymont United States 5 & 4 Koo/Talley
Woad/Byrne United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Park/Campos
2 Session 1
3 Overall 3

Saturday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Woad/Byrne halved Green/Kuehn
Darling/Donegan United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Davis/Schofill
Coulter/P. Rhodes United States 2 & 1 Park/Campos
112 Session 112
412 Overall 412

Afternoon fourballs

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Darling/M. Rhodes United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Koo/Talley
McClymont/Coulter United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Davis/Green
Woad/Byrne halved Kuehn/Schofill
212 Session 12
7 Overall 5

Sunday's singles matches

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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Results United States
Lottie Woad United States 3 & 2 Asterisk Talley
Sara Byrne United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Catherine Park
Hannah Darling United States 3 & 2 Anna Davis
Patience Rhodes United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 6 & 5 Zoe Campos
Mimi Rhodes halved Melanie Green
Beth Coulter United States 4 & 3 Jasmine Koo
Lorna McClymont United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 2 Megan Schofill
Aine Donegan United States 3 & 2 Rachel Kuehn
312 Session 412
1012 Overall 912

References

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  1. ^ "American ladies arrive". The Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1930. p. 22.
  2. ^ "British v American women". The Glasgow Herald. 1 May 1930. p. 2.
  3. ^ "American women defeated". The Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1930. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Great Britain and Ireland team announced for the 43rd Curtis Cup". The R&A. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. ^ Pine, Julia (11 July 2024). "First Three Players Named to 2024 USA Curtis Cup Team". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ Pine, Julia (12 August 2024). "2024 USA Curtis Cup Team Finalized With Final 5 Players". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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