The 39th Curtis Cup Match was played from 10 to 12 June 2016 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club near Enniskerry, Ireland. Great Britain and Ireland won 11 to 8. Bronte Law became the first golfer from Great Britain and Ireland to win 5 matches in a Curtis Cup match, a feat only previously achieved by Stacy Lewis in 2008.
Format 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 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 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 10 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.
Teams Eight players for the Great Britain & Ireland and USA participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.
Six members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top four in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of 27 April 2016 and the leading two players in the LGU’s Order of Merit not selected from the WAGR. The remaining two were picked by the LGU Selection Panel.
& Great Britain & IrelandNameAgeNotes Elaine Farquharson-Black48non-playing captain Maria Dunne32Selection Panel Pick Alice Hewson18WAGR Bronte Law21WAGR, played in 2012 and 2014 Meghan MacLaren21LGU Order of Merit Leona Maguire21WAGR, played in 2010 and 2012 Olivia Mehaffey18WAGR Rochelle Morris20LGU Order of Merit Charlotte Thomas23Selection Panel Pick, played in 2014
The American team was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee. American captain Robin Burke is married to Jack Burke Jr.
Team USANameAgeNotesRobin Burke53non-playing captainSierra Brooks17Mariel Galdiano17Andrea Lee17Mika Liu17Hannah O'Sullivan18Bailey Tardy19Monica Vaughn21Bethany Wu19
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes & Results Law/Mehaffey 2 & 1O'Sullivan/GaldianoThomas/Maguire 4 & 2Lee/LiuMacLaren/Dunne 1 upTardy/Vaughn 2 Session 1 2 Overall 1
Afternoon fourballs & Results Maguire/Law 4 & 3Wu/BrooksMehaffey/Thomas 1 upO'Sullivan/GaldianoMacLaren/Hewson 2 & 1Tardy/Vaughn 1 Session 2 3 Overall 3
Saturday's matches
Morning foursomes & Results Maguire/Thomas 1 upWu/O'SullivanMacLaren/Dunne 1 upBrooks/LeeMehaffey/Law 3 & 2Tardy/Vaughn 2 Session 1 5 Overall 4
Afternoon fourballs & Results Mehaffey/Law 3 & 2Vaughn/WuMacLaren/Dunne 3 & 2Tardy/GaldianoMaguire/Thomas 5 & 4O'Sullivan/Liu 3 Session 0 8 Overall 4
Sunday's singles matches & Results Olivia MehaffeyhalvedHannah O'SullivanCharlotte Thomas 4 & 3Bailey TardyLeona Maguire 3 & 2Sierra BrooksRochelle Morris 4 & 3Monica VaughnAlice Hewson 2 & 1Andrea LeeBronte Law 2 upMika LiuMeghan MacLaren 2 & 1Bethany WuMaria Dunne 2 & 1Mariel Galdiano 3 Session 4 11 Overall 8
References
External links Official site USGA site