United States Retain Curtis Cup

United States retained the Curtis Cup after an exciting finish before a crowd in excess of 8,000 in glorious sunshine at Formby.

Great Britain & Ireland won the morning foursomes 2-1 to tie up the scoreline at 6-6 with the final six singles to play.

GB & I at one stage led in 3 ties and were all square in another but the United States finished strongly to take the singles 4-2 for a 10-8 overall victory.  more ...

Results from Sunday Singles
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GB&I, USA level going into final singles
Great Britain & Ireland were locked with United States at 6-6 after the Sunday morning foursomes.

GB&I wiped out their overnight one-point deficit when Emma Duggleby and Shelley McKevitt won the No 1 foursomes tie by 2 and 1. But United States went 6-5 ahead when Brittany Lang and Annie Thurman, with the best scoring so far, won the third foursomes 5 and 4.

Anne Laing and Claire Coughlan won by 3 and 2 to tie up the scoreline at 6-6.  more ...

Results from Sunday Foursomes
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Saturday Singles
United States, trailing 3-0 after the foursomes, came back strongly to take the Singles 5-1 for a 5-4 lead at the halfway stage of the 33rd Curtis Cup. more ...

Results from Saturday Singles
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Saturday Foursomes
Great Britain and Ireland made a flying start to the Curtis Cup by making a clean sweep to the opening foursomes. Emma Duggleby and Shelley McKevitt won the first tie by 3 and 2. Nicola Timmins and Danielle Masters won the second by one hole. Anne Laing and Claire Coughlan completed a 3-0 lunchtime scoreline with a one hole win. more ...

Results from Saturday Foursomes