Nice Britain & Eire win first Curtis Cup since 2016 in dramatic end

The forty third Curtis Cup Match culminated in a dramatic end on Sunday at Sunningdale Golf Membership in England, with hosts Nice Britain & Eire claiming their first win within the biennial competitors since 2016.

The Curtis Cup, a three-day competitors that includes the perfect feminine amateurs in america and Nice Britain & Eire, incorporates a format that features three foursomes and three four-ball matches on the primary two days adopted by eight singles matches on the ultimate day.

Staff GB&I led by a rating of 7-5 heading into Sunday’s singles matches, and wanted solely 3.5 factors to safe a victory. The primary 4 matches had been cut up between the Individuals and GB&I: American Asterisk Talley defeated GB&I’s Lottie Woad 3 and a couple of; GB&I’s Sara Byrne defeated American Catherine Park 3 and a couple of; American Anna Davis defeated GB&I’s Hannah Darling 3 and a couple of; and GB&I’s Persistence Rhodes defeated American Zoe Campos 6 and 5, bringing the rating to 9-7 with the 4 remaining matches tied.

American Jasmine Koo then secured a much-needed level for Staff USA with a 3 and a couple of victory over GB&I’s Beth Coulter to convey the rating to 9-8 with three matches remaining.

Nice Britian & Eire’s Lorna McClymont then sealed a decisive victory in her match in opposition to Megan Schofill with a string of birdies that allowed her to go 3-up on No. 13. McClymont secured a 3-up victory on the sixteenth gap, making GB&I’s Mimi Rhodes’ half-point in opposition to American Melanie Inexperienced the match’s clincher. American Rachel Kuehn’s 3 and a couple of win in opposition to Aine Donegan within the closing match was then a moot level. The ultimate tally: 10.5-9.5 to Nice Britain & Eire.

This yr’s match recorded a report attendance determine of extra 16,680. Staff GB&I used to be captained by two-time Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew, who led the European workforce to victory in back-to-back years in 2019 and 2021, whereas Staff USA was captained by four-time U.S. Ladies’s Mid-Newbie champion Meghan Stasi.

The forty fourth Curtis Cup might be performed at Bel-Air Nation Membership in Los Angeles, Calif., from June 12-14, 2026.

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