Great Britain & Ireland are set for a tough challenge if they wish to regain the Curtis Cup in June, after an extremely strong USA team was named today.
Great Britain & Ireland are set for a tough challenge if they wish to regain the Curtis Cup in June, after an extremely strong USA team was named today.
Hannah O’Sullivan, the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, was among the eight players named today by the United States Golf Association (USGA) to the USA Team for the 2016 Curtis Cup Match, to be played June 10-12 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in Enniskerry, Ireland, outside Dublin.
The players are:
Sierra Brooks, 17, of Sorrento, Fla.
Mariel Galdiano, 17, of Pearl City, Hawaii
Andrea Lee, 17, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Mika Liu, 17, of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Hannah O’Sullivan, 17, of Chandler, Ariz.
Bailey Tardy, 19, of Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Monica Vaughn, 21, of Reedsport, Ore.
Bethany Wu, 19, of Diamond Bar, Calif.
“These eight young women who will represent the United States in the 39th Curtis Cup Match are among the most talented players in the world,” said Diana Murphy, USGA president. “The USGA is proud to have them as ambassadors for the game, and we wish them the best of luck as they prepare for the competition in June.”
The Curtis Cup Match is a biennial international women’s amateur golf competition between eight-player teams from the United States of America and Great Britain and Ireland (GB&I). It consists of six foursomes (alternate-shot) matches, six four-ball matches and eight singles matches over three days of competition. The USGA’s International Team Selection (ITS) Committee selects the USA Team, while the Ladies’ Golf Union selects the GB&I Team.
All eight players on the USA Team are among the top 30 of the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™, with O’Sullivan (No. 2), Brooks (No. 4), Galdiano (No. 6) and Tardy (No. 7) in the top 10.
