2008 Curtis Cup
# 2008 Curtis Cup

The 35th Curtis Cup Match was played from 30 May to 1 June 2008 on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The United States won 13 to 7. This was the first Curtis Cup played over three days, including fourball matches for the first time. Stacy Lewis won all her five matches.

## 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 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

Eight 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 LGU in March 2008.

& Great Britain & Ireland :

| Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Mary McKenna | 59 | non-playing captain |
| Liz Bennett | 25 | |
| Carly Booth | 15 | |
| Krystle Caithness | 19 | |
| Jodi Ewart | 20 | |
| Breanne Loucks | 20 | played in 2006 |
| Florentyna Parker | 18 | |
| Michele Thomson | 20 | |
| Sally Watson | 16 | |

The American team was selected by the USGA's International Team Selection Committee in January 2008.

Team USA :

| Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Carol Semple Thompson | 59 | non-playing captain |
| Amanda Blumenherst | 21 | played in 2006 |
| Meghan Bolger | 30 | |
| Mina Harigae | 18 | |
| Tiffany Joh | 21 | |
| Kimberly Kim | 16 | |
| Jennie Lee | 21 | played in 2006 |
| Stacy Lewis | 23 | |
| Alison Walshe | 23 | |

## Friday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Bennett/Ewart | 3 & 1 | Lewis/Walshe |
| Thomson/Watson | 1 up | Harigae/Lee |
| Loucks/Parker | 1 up | Blumenherst/Joh |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 2 |

### Afternoon fourballs

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Booth/Thomson | 3 & 2 | Kim/Harigae |
| Watson/Caithness | 3 & 2 | Joh/Bolger |
| Parker/Bennett | 3 & 1 | Blumenherst/Lewis |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |

## Saturday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Booth/Loucks | 3 & 2 | Kim/Lee |
| Watson/Thomson | 5 & 4 | Walshe/Lewis |
| Bennett/Ewart | halved | Blumenherst/Joh |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 11⁄2 |
| 31⁄2 | Overall | 51⁄2 |

### Afternoon fourballs

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Booth/Loucks | 2 & 1 | Kim/Harigae |
| Watson/Caithness | 3 & 2 | Blumenherst/Bolger |
| Bennett/Parker | 1 up | Walshe/Lewis |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 41⁄2 | Overall | 71⁄2 |

## Sunday's singles matches

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Breanne Loucks | 3 & 1 | Kimberly Kim |
| Jodi Ewart | 2 & 1 | Amanda Blumenherst |
| Elizabeth Bennett | 3 & 2 | Stacy Lewis |
| Carly Booth | 6 & 5 | Tiffany Joh |
| Michele Thomson | halved | Jennie Lee |
| Florentyna Parker | 6 & 4 | Meghan Bolger |
| Krystle Caithness | 2 & 1 | Mina Harigae |
| Sally Watson | 1 up | Alison Walshe |
| 21⁄2 | Session | 51⁄2 |
| 7 | Overall | 13 |
