The 37th Curtis Cup Match was played from 8 to 10 June 2012 at Nairn Golf Club in Nairn, Scotland. Great Britain and Ireland won 101⁄2 to 91⁄2.[1]
| Dates | 8–10 June 2012 | ||||
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| Venue | Nairn Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Nairn, Scotland | ||||
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| Great Britain & Ireland wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
Format
editThe contest was a three-day competition, with three foursomes and three fourball matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.
Each of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101⁄2 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.
Teams
editEight players for the Great Britain & Ireland and USA participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.
The Great Britain & Ireland team was selected by the Selection Panel of the LGU in March 2012.[2]
 &  Great Britain & Ireland
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| Name | Age | Notes | ||
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 Tegwen Matthews
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56 | non-playing captain | ||
| Amy Boulden
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18 | |||
 Holly Clyburn
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21 | played in 2010 | ||
| Charley Hull
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16 | |||
| Bronte Law
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17 | |||
 Leona Maguire
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17 | played in 2010 | ||
 Stephanie Meadow
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20 | |||
 Pamela Pretswell
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22 | played in 2010 | ||
| Kelly Tidy
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20 | |||
Five of the American team were selected in December 2011 (Anderson, Duncan, Ernst, Lua and Pancake).[3] The remaining three members of the team (McCloskey, Popson and Tubert) were announced in January 2012.[4][5]
 Team USA
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| Name | Age | Notes | |||
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| Pat Cornett | 56 | non-playing captain | |||
| Amy Anderson | 19 | ||||
| Lindy Duncan | 21 | ||||
| Austin Ernst | 20 | ||||
| Tiffany Lua | 21 | played in 2010 | |||
| Lisa McCloskey | 20 | ||||
| Brooke Pancake | 22 | ||||
| Erica Popson | 21 | ||||
| Emily Tubert | 20 | ||||
Friday's matches
editMorning foursomes
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Results | 
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| Tidy/Boulden |  1 up
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Ernst/Pancake |
| Clyburn/Law | 2 & 1
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Anderson/Lua |
| Maguire/Meadow | 5 & 4
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Duncan/McCloskey |
| 0 | Session | 3 |
| 0 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon fourballs
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Results |
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| Prestwell/Hull | 4 & 3
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Anderson/Tubert |
| Tidy/Clyburn |  2 & 1
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Pancake/Popson |
| Law/Boulden | 3 & 2
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Duncan/McCloskey |
| 2 | Session | 1 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |
Saturday's matches
editMorning foursomes
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Results |
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| Pretswell/Hull | 3 & 2
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Anderson/Lua |
| Clyburn/Boulden | 2 up
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Ernst/Pancake |
| Meadow/Maguire | 3 & 1
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Duncan/McCloskey |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 3 | Overall | 6 |
Afternoon fourballs
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Results |
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| Clyburn/Tidy | 1 up
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Anderson/Tubert |
| Maguire/Law | halved | Pancake/Ernst |
| Meadow/Pretswell | 2 up
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Popson/Lua |
| 21⁄2 | Session | 1⁄2 |
| 51⁄2 | Overall | 61⁄2 |
Sunday's singles matches
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Results |
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| Kelly Tidy | 2 & 1
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Austin Ernst |
| Amy Boulden | 3 & 1
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Emily Tubert |
| Holly Clyburn | 3 & 2
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Erica Popson |
| Pamela Pretswell | 4 & 3
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Lisa McCloskey |
| Bronte Law | 2 up
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Tiffany Lua |
| Charley Hull | 5 & 3
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Lindy Duncan |
| Stephanie Meadow | 4 & 2
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Amy Anderson |
| Leona Maguire | 6 & 5
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Brooke Pancake |
| 5 | Session | 3 |
| 101⁄2 | Overall | 91⁄2 |
References
edit- ^ "GB&I Wins 2012 Curtis Cup Match". www.usga.org. United States Golf Association. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "International Selectors Spring GB & I Curtis Cup Surprises". www.lgu.org. Ladies Golf Union. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Anderson, Duncan, Ernst, Lua, Pancake to compete in Match at The Nairn Golf Club". www.usga.org. United States Golf Association. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Collegians McCloskey, Popson, Tubert round out eight-woman squad". www.usga.org. United States Golf Association. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "2012 USA Curtis Cup Team Bios". www.usga.org. United States Golf Association. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
External links
edit- USGA archive
- 2012 Curtis Cup (about.sports) Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine