The GB&I TeamThe 36th biennial competition between teams of eight amateur female golfers from the United States and Great Britian and Ireland was held at Essex County Club. The Americans have now won a seven-match winning streak and won it 27 times.
Essex County Club also happens to be the home course of sisters Harriot and Margaret Curtis, who established the competition in 1932. The competition was also held at the club in 1938.
The USA have won the Curtis Cup
DAY 3 SINGLES -- USA 4 - GB&I 4 READ FULL REPORT AT KIRKWOODGOLF
SINGLE Results
GBI Names first
Danielle McVeigh beat Jennifer Song 3 and 2
Sally Watson lost to Alexis Thompson 6 and 5
Rachel Jennings lost to Jennifer Johnson 5 and 4
Lisa Maguire beat Kimberly Kim 1 Up
Hannah Barwood loat to Cydney Clanton 4 and 3
Leona Maguire beat Tiffany Lua 2 and 1
Pamela Pretswell lost to Jessica Korda 4 and 3
Holly Clyburn beat Stephanie Kono 2 and 1
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DAY 2 FOURSOMES (AFTERNOON)
Match 1:Danielle McVeigh and Leona MaGuire lost Alexis Thomson and Jessica Korda 3/1
Match 2 : Hannah Barwood and Holly Clyburn lost to Jennifer Song and Stephanie Kono 3/1
Match 3: Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings lost to Lua Tiffany and Jennifer Johnson 3/2
DAY 2 FOURBALL (MORNING)
Match 1: Alexis Thompson, Coral Springs, Fla., and Jessica Korda, Bradenton, Fla. (USA) beat Danielle McVeigh, Ireland, and Pamela Pretswell, Scotland (GB&I), 2 and 1
Match 2: Jennifer Song, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Cydney Clanton, Concord, N.C. (USA) beat Leona Maguire, Ireland, and Lisa Maguire, Ireland (GB&I), 3 and 2
Match 3:Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Kimberly Kim, Pahoa, Hawaii (USA) beat Sally Watson, Scotland, and Rachel Jennings, England, (GB&I), 2 up
Day 2 (After the Foursomes and Fourballs): UNITED STATES 8 1/2, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 3 1/2. READ THE FULL REPORT AT KIRKWOODGOLF
CURTIS CUP SCOREBOARD at Essex County Club, Massachusetts
DAY 1 MORNING FOURSOMES:
UNITED STATES 1 1/2, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1 1/2
American players named first
Foursomes
Match 1: Jennifer Johnson and Jennifer Song HALVED with Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings.
Match 2: Alexis Thompson and Jessica Korda HALVED with Hannah Barwood and Holly Clyburn.
Match 3: Cydney Clanton and Stephanie Kono HALVED with Danielle McVeigh and Leona Maguire.
DAY 1 AFTERNOON FOUR-BALLS
UNITED STATES 1, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 2
American players named first
Jennifer Song and Kimberly Kim LOST to Danielle McVeigh and Pamela Pretswell
4 and 3.
Alexis Thompson and Jennifer Johnson BEAT Rachel Jennings and Leona Maguire.
3 and 2.
Jessica Korda and Tiffany Lua LOST to Sally Watson and Lisa Maguire.1 hole.
END OF DAY 1 SCORELINE
UNITED STATES 2 1/2, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 3 1/2 -
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