The forty third Curtis Cup will get underneath approach at Sunningdale Golf Membership this week, with the opening ceremony going down on August 29 forward of the three days of aggressive motion from Friday to Sunday.
The format of the matches sees eight feminine amateurs from Nice Britain & Eire taking over their counterparts from the USA.
Every of the primary two competitors days options three foursomes and three four-ball matches. On Sunday, eight singles matches are contested.
One full level is awarded for every victory, whereas a half-point is earned for matches which are tied after 18 holes. The USA wants 10 factors to retain the Cup, whereas GB&I requires 10.5 factors to reclaim it.
USA handed out a heavy 15.5-4.5 defeat to GB&I when the matches had been held at Merion Golf Membership in 2022, and the visiting aspect can be sturdy favourites to carry the title once more.
Of the 42 matches performed up to now, USA have received 31 instances, GB & Eire have received 8, with three matches tied (1936, 1958 and 1994).
The house aspect, which is being captain by Catriona Matthew, will benefit from having present ladies’s world novice no.1 Lottie Woad in its ranks.
Recent off her top-10 end within the AIG Ladies’s Open at St Andrews, Farnham-based Woad is trying ahead to competing alongside her novice friends once more, and at a course with which she could be very acquainted.
“I’m actually trying ahead to the Curtis Cup,” she stated. “It is among the huge targets that I feel any novice desires to play in and being close to the place I dwell, there’s going to be a variety of supporters. It’s certainly one of my favorite golf programs on the earth – I simply love heathland programs. It’s going to be actually enjoyable.
“I’ve performed Sunningdale fairly a bit, so I do know the course. It appears to be like just like the climate goes to be quite a bit higher than it was in Scotland final week, and I’m trying ahead to having the ability to hit the ball within the air once more after taking part in knock-down pictures all week at St Andrews!
The house aspect additionally consists of Mimi and Endurance Rhodes, with the English duo the primary sisters to compete in the identical match since Leona and Lisa Maguire in 2010.
Endurance stated: “I’m so excited to be right here. Being right here with my sister, Mimi, as nicely, it’s simply making it that extra particular. We’ve been saying it since we had been youthful that it might be actually cool to play collectively within the Curtis Cup and having that occur is sort of a dream come true.
“I like match play, you type of simply go for issues and it’s extra thrilling. Something can occur. Sunningdale is a beautiful course. The greens are wonderful and rolling so nicely. Simply being right here at house with the house crowds is nice.”
HOW THE TEAMS LINE UP
Nice Britain & Eire
Sara Byrne, 23, Eire
Beth Coulter, 19, Eire
Hannah Darling, 21, Scotland
Aine Donegan, 21, Scotland
Lorna McClymont, 23, Scotland
Euphemie Rhodes, 22, England
Endurance Rhodes, 20, England
Lottie Woad, 20, England
United States
Zoe Campos, 21, Valencia, Calif.
Anna Davis, 18, Spring Valley, Calif.
Rachel Kuehn, 23, Asheville, N.C.
Asterisk Talley, 15, Chowchilla, Calif.
Catherine Park, 20, Irvine, Calif.
Jasmine Koo, 18, Cerritos, Calif.
Melanie Inexperienced, 22, Medina, N.Y.
Megan Schofill, 23, Monticello, Fla.
Tickets to observe the forty third Curtis Cup might be purchased at Sunningdale on the day, with walk-up costs on the gate every day being £25 for adults, with 50% off for teens and free for under-16s.
The entire occasion is being screened dwell on Sky Sports activities from August 30-September 1.
