News
13th June 2004
Sunday
Singles
MATCH ONE
Emma Duggleby (GB&I) lost to Paula Creamer
(USA) by 3 and 2.
Creamer drew first blood with a winning par 4
at the second and Duggleby also bogeyed the fifth
to go down. Duggleby got the first birdie of the
match - a 2 from 4ft at the short fifth - to cut
the American's lead to one hole. Duggleby
had her fourth bogey of the outward half to lose
the ninth and be two down at the turn, which she
reached in 40 to her opponent's 38.
The first five holes of the inward
half were halved as Creamer held at bay her opponent's
attempts to make inroads on her two-hole deficit.
Creamer broke the stalemate with a birdie 3 at
the 15th to go dormie three up. A half in par-3s
at the 16th gave Creamer a 3 and 2 victory. The
American was level par for the holes played.
MATCH TWO
Anne Laing (GB&I) beat Jane Park (USA) by
3 and 1.
Park drove right of the trees at the first and
eventually conceded the hole to Laing who was
on the green in two. Laing went two up when Park
bogeyed the second. Laing holed a 6ft putt
to match Park's birdie 4 at the long third and
then birdied the fourth from 4ft to go three up.
Park won the seventh with a par 4 to get back
to one down. The eighth was halved in birdie 4s
and Laing reached the turn in two-under 35.
The first four holes after the
turn were halved, Laing holed a long putt from
off the green at the 13th to stay one up and then
doubled her lead when Park bogeyed the 15th. The
16th was halved, leaving the Scot dormie two.
Laing finished her opponent off by sinking a 3ft
eagle putt at the long 17th to win by 3 and 1.
Laing was three under par for the holes played.
MATCH THREE
Shelley McKevitt (GB&I) lost to Elizabeth
Janangelo (USA) by one hole.
After an opening half in bogeys, Janangelo also
bogeyed the second with three putts to go one
behind. Janangelo got home in two at the 508yd
third hole and two-putted for a winning birdie
4 to square the match. Janangelo three-putted
for a second time to lose the seventh. The American
conceded the ninth to McKevitt, who was out in
38 and two up.
The short 10th was halved in bogey
4s and the 11th in par 4s. McKevitt badly pulled
her tee shot and eventually conceded the 12th
to be only one up with six to play. McKevitt
bogeyed the 13th to be pulled back to square for
the first time since the sixth but after halving
the 14th and 15th, the GB&I player pulled
her tee shot at the short 16th and went one down
to a par from Janangelo.
A half in par-5s at the 17th left
the American one up with one to play. Janangelo's
par 4 to halve the last gave her a one-hole win
and the United States nine points - a total which
ensured that, as holders, they retained the Curtis
Cup.
MATCH FOUR
Nicola Timmins (GB&I) lost to Michelle Wie
(USA) by 6 and 5.
Timmins bogeyed the first to go one down immediately
but came out well from a bunkered drive to halve
the second in par. Wie birdied the short fifth
from 15ft and also birdied the sixth to go two
up. Timmins had driven into bushes and had to
lift and drop out under penalty.
Timmins had her third early bogey
at the seventh to fall four down. Timmins
birdied the long eighth to cut her deficit to
three but Wie produced her third birdie in five
holes at the ninth to be out in 34 and four up.
Timmins got up and down from a bunker to halve
the short 10th but Wie hit her approach to within
2ft of the stick for a tap-in birdie at the 11th
and a five-hole lead. Timmins went six down at
the 12th where she hit the stick with a chip but
could not hole the subsequent putt to match Wie's
solid par-4.
Wie won the match at the 13th
where she had yet another birdie - her fifth in
a stretch of nine holes. Her margin of victory
was officially recorded as 6 and 5. Wie was five
under par for the holes played.
MATCH FIVE
Claire Coughlan (GB&I) beat Brittany Lang
(USA) by two holes.
Coughlan bunkered her second to lose the first
hole with a bogey but was back on level terms
with a par 4 at the second where Lang drove into
the trees and could only pitch out. Coughlan
was bunkered again, with her third shot, to lose
the long third to a par. Lang birdied the fourth
from 6ft to go two up but fluffed a pitch to lose
the short fifth to a par.
Lang drove into the left rough
at the sixth and could only hack out, losing the
hole to a par 4 and going back to all square.
Coughlan drove into the trees at the seventh took
two shots to get out on her way to a double-bogey
6. Lang was able to go one up with a bogey 5.
Coughlan won the eighth with a par 5 to square
the game and the ninth was halved in bogey 5s.
Both players were out in five-over 42. Lang
went one up with a 3ft birdie at the 11th where
Coughlan was bunkered. Coughlan three-putted
to go two down at the 12th. The GB&I player
got her first birdie of the match with 4ft putt
at the 14th to get back to one down.
Lang drove into the left rough
at the 15th and lost the hole to a par 4 from
Coughlan. All square with three to play. The short
16th was halved in bogey 4s. Lang had an
unplayable lie in the trees on the left at the
17th and had to take a lift and drop. Coughlan
won the hole with a par 5 to be one up with one
to play. Coughlan birdied the last from
8ft to win by two holes. She was approximately
six over par.
MATCH SIX
Danielle Masters (GB&I) lost to Annie Thurman
(USA) by one hole.
Masters pitched and putted to halve the first
in par 4s but could not save par at the second
and went one down. Masters birdied the long third
to square the game. After halves at the next three
holes, Masters went one up with a par 4 at the
seventh and the eighth was halved in birdie 4s.
Masters holed a 12ft putt for a half in par 4s
at the ninth and was out in one-under 36 for a
one-hole lead.
Thurman squared the match when Masters bogeyed
the 12th but Masters regained a one-hole lead
by holing a 7ft putt for a par at the 13th.
Thurman levelled it again with a par at the 14th
but Thurman holed a 15ft birdie putt to win the
15th and go one up. Masters missed the green and
lost the short 16th to a par to go two down with
two to play.
Masters holed an 8ft birdie putt
for a 4 at the 17th to get one back. The
last hole was halved in 4s, leaving Thurman the
winner by one hole. Thurman was an approximate
level par at the finish.
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