The 42nd Curtis Cup Match was played from June 10–12, 2022 at Merion Golf Club , Ardmore, Pennsylvania . It was played less than a year after the previous contest, at Conwy Golf Club in 2021 , which had been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic . The USA team retained the Curtis Cup by a score of 151 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
The contest is 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 ends all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
Teams
Eight players for USA and Great Britain & Ireland will participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.
Sarah LeBrun Ingram and Elaine Ratcliffe were named captains of the US and "Great Britain and Ireland" teams. They had captained the teams at Conwy Golf Club in 2021.[ 1] [ 2]
Jensen Castle , the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, and Rose Zhang , the recipient of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal , received automatic places in the US team.[ 3] Rachel Heck and Rachel Kuehn also gained automatic selection based on the World Amateur Golf Ranking on April 6, 2022.[ 4] [ 5]
The Great Britain & Ireland team was announced on April 25, 2022.[ 6] Hannah Darling and Caley McGinty were automatic selections as the top two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on April 21, 2022.
Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.
Morning fourballs
Results
Darling/Fuller
Heck/Kuehn
McGinty/Walsh
Avery/Ganne
Duncan/Heath
Zhang/Migliaccio
1
Session
2
1
Overall
2
Afternoon foursomes
Results
Darling/Fuller
Castle/Stone
McGinty/Price
Kuehn/Avery
Heath/Williamson
Zhang/Heck
0
Session
3
1
Overall
5
Morning fourballs
Results
McGinty/Walsh
Castle/Kuehn
Darling/Fuller
Avery/Ganne
Heath/Duncan
Migliaccio/Stone
1
Session
2
2
Overall
7
Afternoon foursomes
Results
McGinty/Walsh
halved
Heck/Zhang
Williamson/Price
Avery/Kuehn
Darling/Fuller
Castle/Stone
11 ⁄2
Session
11 ⁄2
31 ⁄2
Overall
81 ⁄2
Results
Louise Duncan
Rose Zhang
Caley McGinty
Rachel Kuehn
Lauren Walsh
Rachel Heck
Hannah Darling
Jensen Castle
Charlotte Heath
Latanna Stone
Annabell Fuller
Emilia Migliaccio
Amelia Williamson
Megha Ganne
Emily Price
Amari Avery
1
Session
7
41 ⁄2
Overall
151 ⁄2
References
^ Pine, Julia (August 30, 2021). "Ingram to Return as USA Curtis Cup Captain in 2022" . United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 15, 2022 . ^ "Ratcliffe Chosen to Captain GB&I Side Again in 2022" . United States Golf Association. December 20, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022 .^ Pine, Julia (November 2, 2021). "Castle, Zhang Automatic Selections to 2022 USA Team" . United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 15, 2022 . ^ Pine, Julia (April 6, 2022). "Heck, Kuehn Named to 2022 USA Curtis Cup Team" . United States Golf Association. Retrieved June 5, 2022 . ^ Pine, Julia (April 15, 2022). "USA Team Finalized for 42nd Curtis Cup Match at Merion" . United States Golf Association. Retrieved June 5, 2022 . ^ "GB&I Team Named for 2022 Curtis Cup Match" . United States Golf Association. April 25, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022 .
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