2018 Curtis Cup

40th Curtis Cup Match
Dates	June 8–10, 2018
Venue	Quaker Ridge Golf Club
Location	Scarsdale, New York
Captains	Virginia Derby Grimes (USA); Elaine Farquharson-Black (GB&I);
	United States wins the Curtis Cup
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The 40th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 8–10, 2018 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, New York. The United States dominated the match, winning by 17 matches to 3 including all 8 of the singles matches.^[1]

Format edit

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 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 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101⁄2 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.

Teams edit

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]

Name	Age	Rank	Notes
Team USA
Virginia Derby Grimes	54	–	non-playing captain
Mariel Galdiano	19	22	played in 2016
Kristen Gillman	20	8
Jennifer Kupcho	20	2
Andrea Lee	19	5	played in 2016
Lucy Li	15	9
Sophia Schubert	22	15
Lauren Stephenson	20	6
Lilia Vu	20	1

Two members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of April 25, 2018. The remaining six were picked by the R&A Women's Selection Committee.^[3] Leona Maguire, second in the world rankings, ruled herself out, as she intended to turn professional before the event.

Name	Age	Rank	Notes
& Great Britain & Ireland
Elaine Farquharson-Black	50	–	non-playing captain
India Clyburn	21	96
Annabell Fuller	15	98
Paula Grant	24	69
Alice Hewson	20	33	played in 2016
Lily May Humphreys	16	67
Sophie Lamb	20	73
Shannon McWilliam	18	204
Olivia Mehaffey	20	16	played in 2016

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

Friday's matches edit

Morning fourballs edit

&	Results
Mehaffey/Lamb	halved	Kupcho/Li
Hewson/Humphreys	4 & 3	Vu/Gillman
Grant/McWilliam	halved	Stephenson/Schubert
1	Session	2
1	Overall	2

Afternoon foursomes edit

&	Results
Mehaffey/Lamb	3 & 2	Galdiano/Lee
Hewson/Clyburn	2 up	Kupcho/Vu
Grant/Humphreys	4 & 2	Stephenson/Gillman
1	Session	2
2	Overall	4

Saturday's matches edit

Morning fourballs edit

&	Results
Mehaffey/Lamb	3 & 2	Kupcho/Gillman
Hewson/Fuller	2 & 1	Galdiano/Vu
Humphreys/McWilliam	3 & 2	Li/Lee
0	Session	3
2	Overall	7

Afternoon foursomes edit

&	Results
Mehaffey/Lamb	2 & 1	Kupcho/Vu
Fuller/Clyburn	6 & 5	Gillman/Stephenson
Grant/McWilliam	7 & 5	Li/Schubert
1	Session	2
3	Overall	9

Sunday's singles matches edit

&	Results
Olivia Mehaffey	2 & 1	Sophia Schubert
Sophie Lamb	2 up	Lilia Vu
Lily May Humphreys	2 & 1	Jennifer Kupcho
Alice Hewson	2 & 1	Andrea Lee
Shannon McWilliam	2 & 1	Lauren Stephenson
Annabell Fuller	5 & 4	Kristen Gillman
India Clyburn	5 & 4	Lucy Li
Paula Grant	1 up	Mariel Galdiano
0	Session	8
3	Overall	17

References edit

^ "Kristen Gillman leads U.S. singles blowout in Curtis Cup". ESPN. Associated Press. June 10, 2018.
^ "Eight of USA's Best Set for 2018 Curtis Cup". United States Golf Association. April 17, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
^ "14 Named to Provisional Squad for 2018 Match at Quaker Ridge". United States Golf Association. December 14, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

External links edit

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[1] "Kristen Gillman leads U.S. singles blowout in Curtis Cup". ESPN. Associated Press. June 10, 2018.

[2] "Eight of USA's Best Set for 2018 Curtis Cup". United States Golf Association. April 17, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

[3] "14 Named to Provisional Squad for 2018 Match at Quaker Ridge". United States Golf Association. December 14, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.

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