2012 Curtis Cup
# 2012 Curtis Cup

The 37th Curtis Cup Match was played from 8 to 10 June 2012 at Nairn Golf Club in Nairn, Scotland. Great Britain and Ireland won 101⁄2 to 91⁄2.

## 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 Selection Panel of the LGU in March 2012.

& Great Britain & Ireland :

| Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Tegwen Matthews | 56 | non-playing captain |
| Amy Boulden | 18 | |
| Holly Clyburn | 21 | played in 2010 |
| Charley Hull | 16 | |
| Bronte Law | 17 | |
| Leona Maguire | 17 | played in 2010 |
| Stephanie Meadow | 20 | |
| Pamela Pretswell | 22 | played in 2010 |
| Kelly Tidy | 20 | |

Five of the American team were selected in December 2011 (Anderson, Duncan, Ernst, Lua and Pancake). The remaining three members of the team (McCloskey, Popson and Tubert) were announced in January 2012.

Team USA :

| Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Pat Cornett | 56 | non-playing captain |
| Amy Anderson | 19 | |
| Lindy Duncan | 21 | |
| Austin Ernst | 20 | |
| Tiffany Lua | 21 | played in 2010 |
| Lisa McCloskey | 20 | |
| Brooke Pancake | 22 | |
| Erica Popson | 21 | |
| Emily Tubert | 20 | |

## Friday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Tidy/Boulden | 1 up | Ernst/Pancake |
| Clyburn/Law | 2 & 1 | Anderson/Lua |
| Maguire/Meadow | 5 & 4 | Duncan/McCloskey |
| 0 | Session | 3 |
| 0 | Overall | 3 |

### Afternoon fourballs

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Prestwell/Hull | 4 & 3 | Anderson/Tubert |
| Tidy/Clyburn | 2 & 1 | Pancake/Popson |
| Law/Boulden | 3 & 2 | Duncan/McCloskey |
| 2 | Session | 1 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |

## Saturday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Pretswell/Hull | 3 & 2 | Anderson/Lua |
| Clyburn/Boulden | 2 up | Ernst/Pancake |
| Meadow/Maguire | 3 & 1 | Duncan/McCloskey |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 3 | Overall | 6 |

### Afternoon fourballs

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Clyburn/Tidy | 1 up | Anderson/Tubert |
| Maguire/Law | halved | Pancake/Ernst |
| Meadow/Pretswell | 2 up | Popson/Lua |
| 21⁄2 | Session | 1⁄2 |
| 51⁄2 | Overall | 61⁄2 |

## Sunday's singles matches

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Kelly Tidy | 2 & 1 | Austin Ernst |
| Amy Boulden | 3 & 1 | Emily Tubert |
| Holly Clyburn | 3 & 2 | Erica Popson |
| Pamela Pretswell | 4 & 3 | Lisa McCloskey |
| Bronte Law | 2 up | Tiffany Lua |
| Charley Hull | 5 & 3 | Lindy Duncan |
| Stephanie Meadow | 4 & 2 | Amy Anderson |
| Leona Maguire | 6 & 5 | Brooke Pancake |
| 5 | Session | 3 |
| 101⁄2 | Overall | 91⁄2 |
