Connie Jaffrey's World Ranking could gain her Curtis Cup team selection
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
The GB and I team of eight to defend the Curtis Cup against the Americans at Quaker Ridge, New York State from June 8 to 10 will be revealed on the R and A website at noon tomorrow (Thursday).
Only Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) is an automatic selection through her position at No 17 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Leona Maguire would also have been an automatic selection through her WAGR but she has said she is not available for the biennial match as she is turning professional.
If the selection panel sticks with the WAGR, then the GB and I team will be (WAGR positions before players' names):
7 Olivia Mehaffey (Ireland).
36 Alice Hewson (England)
59 Lily May Humphreys (England)
62 Paula Grant (Ireland)
69 Isobel Wardle (England)
92 Connie Jaffrey (Scotland)
96 Sophie Lamb (England) 1
00 India Clyburn (England).
The next three eligible players in the World Rankings are:
117 Annabell Fuller (England)
147 Lianna Bailey (England)
174 Emma Allen (England)
There was not a Scot in the GB and I team who won the Curtis Cup match at Dun Laoghaire GC, near Dublin two years ago.
The last two Scots to gain Curtis Cup team selection were Eilidh Briggs and Gemma Dryburgh in 2014.
Jaffrey, in her final year as a student at Kansas State University, won the Scotytish women's amateur title at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club last year. She is a member of Troon Ladies Golf Club and hails from Kilwinning, Ayrshire.
