GB&I crash to record Curtis Cup defeat but the GB&I Executive Team win for the first time in history !

The USA won all eight singles to conclude the 40th Curtis Cup match to win  17-3, a record victory.

One piece of good news was the fact that GB&I won the Executive Spoons Trophy for the first time in the history of the match between GB&I and USGA.

They  have halved a couple of times but this was the first win! Picture of the trophy, scoreboard and  Pam Murray presenting Gillian Kirkwood (R&A/LGU) with the trophy.

Singles - Day 3

Olivia Mehaffey lost to Sophia Schubert. 2&1

Sophie Lamb lost to Lilia Vu. 2 Dn

Lily May Humphreys lost to Jennifer Kupcho 2&1

Alice Hewson lost to Andrea Lee 2&1

Shannon McWilliam lost tp Lauren Stephenson 2&1

Annabelle Fuller lost to Kristen Gillman 5&4

India Clyburn lost to  Lucy Li 5&4

Paula Grant lost to Mariel Galdiano. 1 Dn

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Some photographs from the Curtis Cup 

Thanks go to Sandy Bushby for some photos from the Curtis Cup 



Top Left - David and Gillian Kirkwood
Top Right - Lee and Sandy Bushby
Bottom Left - Janice Moodie
Middle - Nancy Chisholm
Right - Jennifer Abbot from Nairn

Gillian leads the Choir 

GB&I Choir 

Past Curtis Cup Captain and player -- Mary McKenna has been taking some photos too -- 
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Past GB&I  Captain Mary McKenna - (BOTTOM ROW RHS) with the some others Past Captains and players - Tegwen Mathews - Top LHS 2nd along 

The GB&I and USA teams at the opening ceremony 

GBI Curtis Cup Team - Photo courtesy of Colin Farquharson

LIVE SCORING FROM THE CURTIS CUP 

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 Singles (GB and I names first) 

USA time

1 p.m. - Olivia Mehaffey vs. Sophia Schubert.

1:10 p.m. – Sophie Lamb vs. Lilia Vu.

1:20 p.m. - Lily May Humphreys vs. Jennifer Kupcho 

1:30 p.m. - Alice Hewson vs. Andrea Lee.

1:40 p.m. - Shannon McWilliam vs. Lauren Stephenson 

1:50 p.m. - Annabelle Fuller vs. Kristen Gillman.

2 p.m. - India Clyburn vs. Lucy Li.

2:10 p.m. - Paula Grant vs. Mariel Galdiano.

Sunday's final round of play will feature eight singles matches. The USA Team needs 1.5 points to win the Match, while the GB and I team needs seven points to be assured of retaining the Curtis Cup

USA builds commanding 9-3 lead, Closer to reclaiming the Curtis Cup

Some GB&I supporters - courtesy of USGA

See photos from Day 2 

The USA appears on the verge of reclaiming the Curtis Cup from Great Britain and Ireland.

After earning five of the available six points to grab a 9-3 lead on Saturday – including a sweep of the three morning four-ball encounters, captain Virginia Derby Grimes’ charges need just 1½ of the available eight points in Sunday’s singles to return the Cup to American soil after a three-point defeat in 2016 in the Republic of Ireland.

The lone bright spot for GB&I came from the tandem of Olivia Mehaffey, 20, of Northern Ireland, and Sophie Lamb, 20, of England. The duo registered their second foursomes victory of the competition, defeating Kupcho, the No. 2 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking™, and world No. 1 Lilia Vu, 2 and 1. Mehaffey is one of two returning players from the victorious 2016 team and the side’s highest-ranked golfer in the WAGR (No. 16), while Lamb was the low amateur in last year’s Women’s British Open.

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Day 2 Fourball

Olivia Mehaffey & Sophie Lamb bt  Jennifer Kupcho & Kristen Gillman 3 &2
Alice Hewson & Annabell Fuller lost to  Mariel Galdiano & Lilia VuLily 2&1
May Humphreys & Shannon McWilliam lost to Lucy Li & Andrea Lee 3&2
GB&I 0 USA 3

Day 2 Foursomes

Olivia Mehaffey &Sophie Lamb bt Jennifer Kupcho & L. Vu 2&1
A Fuller & I Clyburn lost to K Gillman and L Stephenson 6&5
P Grant & S McWilliam lost to L Li & S Schubert 7&5
GB&I 1 USA 2

Score after Day 2  - GB&I 3 USA 9

Day 1 -- Curtis Cup USA  lead by 4 - 2

Paula Grant and Shannon McWilliam - photo courtesy of Mary McKenna

Quaker Ridge, New York: The United States hold a 4-2 lead over Great Britain and Ireland after the first day of the 40th Curtis Cup match at Quaker Ridge. 

The hosts won both the morning four-balls and afternoon foursomes by a 2-1 scoreline to take a two point lead going into the second day.

Shannon McWilliam on the 1st tee -- Photo courtesy of Sandy Bushby

Results: 
Morning Four-balls

Olivia Mehaffey / Sophie Lamb (GB and I) vs. Jennifer Kupcho / Lucy Li (USA) – Match Halved 
Alice Hewson / Lily May Humphreys (GB and I vs. Lilia Vu / Kristen Gillman (USA) – United States win 4 and 3. 
Paula Grant / Shannon McWilliam (GB and I) vs. Lauren Stephenson / Sophia Schubert – Match Halved 

Afternoon Foursomes 
Olivia Mehaffey / Sophie Lamb (GB and I) vs. Mariel Galdiano / Andrea Lee (USA) – Great Britain and Ireland win 3 and 2 
 Alice Hewson / India Clyburn (GB and I) vs. Jennifer Kupcho / Lilia Vu (USA) – United States win by two holes 
Paula Grant / Lily May Humphreys (GB and I) vs. Lauren Stephenson / Kristen Gillman – United States win 4 and 2

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The Curtis Cup begins tomorrow 

Photo of GB&I Team Captain Elaine Farquharson-Black and Shannon McWilliam for Aboyne Golf Club. - Courtesy of Colin Farquharson  

GB&I will look to retain the trophy after beating the United states 111/2-81/2 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in June 2016. The 40th Curtis Cup Match, a between top female amateur golfers from the GB&I and United States, will be contested June 8-10, 2018 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York State 

 The GB&I Curtis Cup Captain is Elaine Farquharson-Black who led the team to victory in 2014 and the team manager is Helen Hewlett . The 1998 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Virginia Derby Grimes is the captain of the 2018 USA team. 

GB&I Team 
India Clyburn (21, Woodhall Spa, England) 
Lily May Humphreys (16, Stoke-by-Nayland, England) 
Annabell Fuller (15, Roehampton, England) 
Sophie Lamb (20, Clitheroe, England) 
Paula Grant (24, Lisburn, Ireland) 
Shannon McWilliam (18, Aboyne, Scotland) 
Alice Hewson (20, Berkhamsted, England) 
Olivia Mehaffey (20, Royal County Down Ladies, Ireland)

 We wish the team every success.  

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