2021 Curtis Cup
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| Dates | 26–28 August 2021 | ||||
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| Venue | Conwy Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Conwy, Wales | ||||
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| United States wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
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The 41st Curtis Cup Match was played from 26–28 August 2021 at Conwy Golf Club near Conwy, Wales. It was originally scheduled for 12–14 June 2020 but was postponed to 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
Great Britain & Ireland had the better of the first day and led to by 41⁄2 points to 11⁄2 points at the end of the day. The USA team levelled the match at 6 points a piece by the end of the second day. The third day singles matches were initially very tight but ultimately, most of the matches swung toward the USA team and they secured 61⁄2 points of the 8 available. The USA team retained the Curtis Cup with a total score of 121⁄2 to 71⁄2 for the GB&I team. It was the USA's first away win in the contest since 2008.[3]
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 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 1⁄2 point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 101⁄2 points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder would have retained the Cup.
Teams
[edit]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 9 August 2021.[4]
 &  Great Britain & Ireland
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| Name | Age | Rank | Notes | |
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 Elaine Ratcliffe
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48 | – | non-playing captain | |
 Hannah Darling
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18 | 25 | 2021 Girls Amateur champion | |
| Louise Duncan
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21 | 31 | 2021 Womens Amateur champion; tied 10th in 2021 Women's Open | |
| Annabell Fuller
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19 | 27 | played in 2018; 2020 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play champion | |
| Charlotte Heath
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19 | 49 | 2020 Australian Women's Amateur champion | |
| Caley McGinty
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20 | 53 | ||
| Emily Toy
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23 | 87 | 2019 Womens Amateur champion | |
 Lauren Walsh
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20 | 14 | ||
 Annabel Wilson
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20 | 67 | ||
Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Allisen Corpuz were the first players to make the American team, as the three highest-ranked Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) on 21 July 2021.[5][6] Automatic selection was also given to Jensen Castle, the winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur, which finished on 8 August. The winner of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal, which was awarded to the number one ranked player in the WAGR after that event, was also guaranteed a place, provided they were American. This was won by Zhang who was already guaranteed a place. The remainder of the team was announced on 9 August.[7]
 USA
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| Name | Age | Rank | Notes | ||
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| Sarah LeBrun Ingram | c. 55 | – | non-playing captain | ||
| Jensen Castle | 20 | 146 | 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champion | ||
| Allisen Corpuz | 23 | 9 | |||
| Rachel Heck | 19 | 2 | |||
| Gina Kim | 21 | 17 | 2021 North and South Women's Amateur champion | ||
| Rachel Kuehn | 20 | 23 | 2020 North and South Women's Amateur champion | ||
| Brooke Matthews | 22 | 35 | |||
| Emilia Migliaccio | 22 | 15 | 2019 Pan American Games gold medal | ||
| Rose Zhang | 18 | 1 | 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior champion | ||
Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.
Thursday's matches
[edit]Morning foursomes
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Results | 
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| Duncan/Darling | halved | Heck/Zhang |
| Fuller/Heath |  4 & 3
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Kuehn/Migliaccio |
| McGinty/Toy | 3 & 1
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Kim/Matthews |
| 21⁄2 | Session | 1⁄2 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 1⁄2 |
Afternoon fourballs
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Results |
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| Darling/Fuller | 1 up
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Heck/Migliaccio |
| Walsh/McGinty | 2 & 1
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Castle/Kim |
| Wilson/Toy |  1 up
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Zhang/Corpuz |
| 2 | Session | 1 |
| 41⁄2 | Overall | 11⁄2 |
Friday's matches
[edit]Morning foursomes
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Results |
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| Duncan/Darling | 3 & 2
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Heck/Zhang |
| Heath/Fuller | 3 & 2
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Kuehn/Migliaccio |
| McGinty/Toy | halved | Castle/Matthews |
| 1⁄2 | Session | 21⁄2 |
| 5 | Overall | 4 |
Afternoon fourballs
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Results |
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| Walsh/Duncan | 3 & 2
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Castle/Kuehn |
| Darling/Fuller | 4 & 3
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Heck/Kim |
| McGinty/Toy | 3 & 2
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Corpuz/Zhang |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |
Saturday's singles matches
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Results |
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| Hannah Darling | halved | Jensen Castle |
| Lauren Walsh | 3 & 1
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Rachel Heck |
| Charlotte Heath | 3 & 2
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Brooke Matthews |
| Louise Duncan | 2 up
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Rachel Kuehn |
| Annabel Wilson | 2 & 1
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Allisen Corpuz |
| Caley McGinty | 4 & 3
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Gina Kim |
| Annabell Fuller | 2 up
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Emilia Migliaccio |
| Emily Toy | 1 up
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Rose Zhang |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 61⁄2 |
| 71⁄2 | Overall | 121⁄2 |
Source: [8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Curtis Cup postponed to 2021; British Ams rescheduled". Golf Channel. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Curtis Cup moved off Solheim Cup dates for 2021". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Curtis Cup: Team USA power to five-point win after dominating singles at Conwy". Sky Sports. 28 August 2021.
- ^ "GB&I Team Named for 41st Curtis Cup Match". United States Golf Association. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Pine, Julia (21 June 2021). "3 Automatic USA Curtis Cup WAGR Selections Set for July 21". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Pine, Julia (26 July 2021). "First 3 USA Players Named to 2021 Curtis Cup Team". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Pine, Julia (9 August 2021). "USA Team Finalized for 41st Curtis Cup Match". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "USGA Curtis Cup 2021 Scoring". USGA. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- The R&A site
- USGA site Archived 27 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine