The forty third Curtis Cup will get below method at Sunningdale Golf Membership this week, with the opening ceremony going down on August 29 forward of the three days of aggressive motion from Friday to Sunday.
The format of the matches sees eight feminine amateurs from Nice Britain & Eire taking up their counterparts from the USA.
Every of the primary two competitors days options three foursomes and three four-ball matches. On Sunday, eight singles matches are contested.
One full level is awarded for every victory, whereas a half-point is earned for matches which can be tied after 18 holes. The USA wants 10 factors to retain the Cup, whereas GB&I requires 10.5 factors to reclaim it.
USA handed out a heavy 15.5-4.5 defeat to GB&I when the matches had been held at Merion Golf Membership in 2022, and the visiting facet shall be sturdy favourites to carry the title once more.
Of the 42 matches performed to this point, USA have received 31 instances, GB & Eire have received 8, with three matches tied (1936, 1958 and 1994).
The house facet, which is being captain by Catriona Matthew, will take pleasure in having present girls’s world newbie no.1 Lottie Woad in its ranks.
Contemporary off her top-10 end within the AIG Ladies’s Open at St Andrews, Farnham-based Woad is wanting ahead to competing alongside her newbie friends once more, and at a course with which she could be very acquainted.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to the Curtis Cup,” she stated. “It is likely one of the large objectives that I feel any newbie needs to play in and being close to the place I dwell, there’s going to be a whole lot of supporters. It’s certainly one of my favorite golf programs on the planet – I simply love heathland programs. It’s going to be actually enjoyable.
“I’ve performed Sunningdale fairly a bit, so I do know the course. It seems to be just like the climate goes to be rather a lot higher than it was in Scotland final week, and I’m wanting ahead to with the ability to hit the ball within the air once more after taking part in knock-down pictures all week at St Andrews!
The house facet additionally contains Mimi and Endurance Rhodes, with the English duo the primary sisters to compete in the identical match since Leona and Lisa Maguire in 2010.
Endurance stated: “I’m so excited to be right here. Being right here with my sister, Mimi, as nicely, it’s simply making it that extra particular. We’ve been saying it since we had been youthful that it could be actually cool to play collectively within the Curtis Cup and having that occur is sort of a dream come true.
“I really like match play, you form of simply go for issues and it’s extra thrilling. Something can occur. Sunningdale is a beautiful course. The greens are wonderful and rolling so nicely. Simply being right here at house with the house crowds is nice.”
HOW THE TEAMS LINE UP
Nice Britain & Eire
Sara Byrne, 23, Eire
Beth Coulter, 19, Eire
Hannah Darling, 21, Scotland
Aine Donegan, 21, Scotland
Lorna McClymont, 23, Scotland
Euphemie Rhodes, 22, England
Endurance Rhodes, 20, England
Lottie Woad, 20, England
United States
Zoe Campos, 21, Valencia, Calif.
Anna Davis, 18, Spring Valley, Calif.
Rachel Kuehn, 23, Asheville, N.C.
Asterisk Talley, 15, Chowchilla, Calif.
Catherine Park, 20, Irvine, Calif.
Jasmine Koo, 18, Cerritos, Calif.
Melanie Inexperienced, 22, Medina, N.Y.
Megan Schofill, 23, Monticello, Fla.
Tickets to look at the forty third Curtis Cup could be purchased at Sunningdale on the day, with walk-up costs on the gate every day being £25 for adults, with 50% off for teens and free for under-16s.
The entire occasion is being screened dwell on Sky Sports activities from August 30-September 1.
