2012 Curtis Cup

37th Curtis Cup Match

Dates	8–10 June 2012
Venue	Nairn Golf Club
Location	Nairn, Scotland
Captains	Tegwen Matthews (GB&I) Pat Cornett (USA)
101⁄2 91⁄2
Great Britain & Ireland wins the 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.^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

& 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).^[3] The remaining three members of the team (McCloskey, Popson and Tubert) were announced in January 2012.^[4][5]

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

&	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

&	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

&	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

&	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

&	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

• USGA archive
• 2012 Curtis Cup (about.sports) Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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