The 41st Curtis Cup Match was played from 26–28 August 2021 at Conwy Golf Club near Conwy, Wales. It was originally scheduled for 12–14 June 2020 but was postponed to 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

41st Curtis Cup Match
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Dates26–28 August 2021 (2021-08-26 – 2021-08-28)
VenueConwy Golf Club
LocationConwy, Wales
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United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
712 1212 United States
United States wins the Curtis Cup
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Great Britain & Ireland had the better of the first day and led to by 412 points to 112 points at the end of the day. The USA team levelled the match at 6 points a piece by the end of the second day. The third day singles matches were initially very tight but ultimately, most of the matches swung toward the USA team and they secured 612 points of the 8 available. The USA team retained the Curtis Cup with a total score of 1212 to 712 for the GB&I team. It was the USA's first away win in the contest since 2008.[3]

Format

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The 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 was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match ended all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 12 point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 1012 points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder would have retained the Cup.

Teams

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Eight players for Great Britain & Ireland and USA participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.

The Great Britain & Ireland team was announced on 9 August 2021.[4]

  &   Great Britain & Ireland
Name Age Rank Notes
  Elaine Ratcliffe 48 non-playing captain
  Hannah Darling 18 25 2021 Girls Amateur champion
  Louise Duncan 21 31 2021 Womens Amateur champion; tied 10th in 2021 Women's Open
  Annabell Fuller 19 27 played in 2018; 2020 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play champion
  Charlotte Heath 19 49 2020 Australian Women's Amateur champion
  Caley McGinty 20 53
  Emily Toy 23 87 2019 Womens Amateur champion
  Lauren Walsh 20 14
  Annabel Wilson 20 67

Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Allisen Corpuz were the first players to make the American team, as the three highest-ranked Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) on 21 July 2021.[5][6] Automatic selection was also given to Jensen Castle, the winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur, which finished on 8 August. The winner of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal, which was awarded to the number one ranked player in the WAGR after that event, was also guaranteed a place, provided they were American. This was won by Zhang who was already guaranteed a place. The remainder of the team was announced on 9 August.[7]

    USA
Name Age Rank Notes
Sarah LeBrun Ingram c. 55 non-playing captain
Jensen Castle 20 146 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
Allisen Corpuz 23 9
Rachel Heck 19 2
Gina Kim 21 17 2021 North and South Women's Amateur champion
Rachel Kuehn 20 23 2020 North and South Women's Amateur champion
Brooke Matthews 22 35
Emilia Migliaccio 22 15 2019 Pan American Games gold medal
Rose Zhang 18 1 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior champion

Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.

Thursday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  &   Results  
Duncan/Darling halved Heck/Zhang
Fuller/Heath    4 & 3 Kuehn/Migliaccio
McGinty/Toy    3 & 1 Kim/Matthews
212 Session 12
212 Overall 12

Afternoon fourballs

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  &   Results  
Darling/Fuller    1 up Heck/Migliaccio
Walsh/McGinty    2 & 1 Castle/Kim
Wilson/Toy   1 up Zhang/Corpuz
2 Session 1
412 Overall 112

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  &   Results  
Duncan/Darling   3 & 2 Heck/Zhang
Heath/Fuller   3 & 2 Kuehn/Migliaccio
McGinty/Toy halved Castle/Matthews
12 Session 212
5 Overall 4

Afternoon fourballs

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  &   Results  
Walsh/Duncan   3 & 2 Castle/Kuehn
Darling/Fuller    4 & 3 Heck/Kim
McGinty/Toy   3 & 2 Corpuz/Zhang
1 Session 2
6 Overall 6

Saturday's singles matches

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  &   Results  
Hannah Darling halved Jensen Castle
Lauren Walsh   3 & 1 Rachel Heck
Charlotte Heath   3 & 2 Brooke Matthews
Louise Duncan   2 up Rachel Kuehn
Annabel Wilson   2 & 1 Allisen Corpuz
Caley McGinty    4 & 3 Gina Kim
Annabell Fuller   2 up Emilia Migliaccio
Emily Toy   1 up Rose Zhang
112 Session 612
712 Overall 1212

Source: [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Curtis Cup postponed to 2021; British Ams rescheduled". Golf Channel. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Curtis Cup moved off Solheim Cup dates for 2021". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Curtis Cup: Team USA power to five-point win after dominating singles at Conwy". Sky Sports. 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "GB&I Team Named for 41st Curtis Cup Match". United States Golf Association. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ Pine, Julia (21 June 2021). "3 Automatic USA Curtis Cup WAGR Selections Set for July 21". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ Pine, Julia (26 July 2021). "First 3 USA Players Named to 2021 Curtis Cup Team". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. ^ Pine, Julia (9 August 2021). "USA Team Finalized for 41st Curtis Cup Match". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ^ "USGA Curtis Cup 2021 Scoring". USGA. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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