The R&A has introduced an preliminary squad of 12 gamers who’re in competition for choice for the eight-strong Nice Britain & Eire staff to play in opposition to the USA within the forty second Curtis Cup at Merion Golf Membership in Pennsylvania this summer season.
The biennial encounter will likely be performed from June 10-12, with GB&I aiming to bounce again from the 12-8 loss to the USA within the earlier match, which was performed final yr at Conwy after being postponed in 2020 attributable to Covid-19.
Merion will host the 2022 Curtis Cup from June 8-10
Elaine Ratcliffe, GB&I captain, mentioned: “We’ve got chosen a bunch of very proficient gamers for our Curtis Cup squad and we will likely be monitoring their type and outcomes over the approaching months as we glance to pick out the strongest doable facet to play at Merion. Regardless of the end result, there have been actually encouraging indicators within the staff’s efficiency at Conwy and with various the gamers returning to affix this yr’s squad, there’s a sturdy basis to construct upon as we put together for the match in June.”
Roehampton Membership’s Annabell Fuller is hoping to be chosen for her third Curtis Cup look and is joined within the squad by 5 of her 2020 team-mates. Reigning R&A Ladies’ Beginner champion, Hannah Darling, the 2021 Ladies’s Beginner champion Louise Duncan from Scotland, Eire’s Lauren Walsh and English duo Charlotte Heath and Caley McGinty have all been named.
Gamers trying to earn their first Curtis Cup staff choice embody Farnham’s Lottie Woad, who gained the ladies’ and the ladies’s England Golf Order of Advantage final yr, whereas Northern Eire’s Beth Coulter and 2020 English Ladies’s Beginner champion Emily Worth are additionally within the body to make their debuts.
The highest-two GB&I gamers within the World Beginner Golf Rating on April 21 will routinely achieve choice to the staff with the six remaining gamers introduced April 26.
The highest-two GB&I gamers within the World Beginner Golf Rating on April 21 will routinely achieve choice to the staff, with the six remaining gamers introduced on April 26.
GB&I Curtis Cup squad
Rosie Belsham (20, Whitley Bay, England)
Beth Coulter (17, Kirkistown Fortress, Eire)
Hannah Darling (18, Broomieknowe, Scotland)
Louise Duncan (22, West Kilbride, Scotland)
Anna Foster (22, Elm Park, Eire)
Annabell Fuller (19, Roehampton, England)
Charlotte Heath (20, Huddersfield, England)
Caley McGinty (21, Knowle, England)
Emily Worth (22, Ludlow, England)
Lauren Walsh (21, Castlewarden, Eire)
Amelia Williamson (21, Hunstanton, England)
Lottie Woad (18, Farnham, England)
