| The United States won the 19th International
Match for the Curtis Cup, 11 ½ to 6 ½, at Royal Lytham and St.
Annes Golf Club, St. Annes- On- Sea, Lancashire, England, playing
in bitter, rainy, windy weather the first day and in sunny,
yet windy weather the next. This was the 15th victory for the
United States in 19 Matches; Great Britain and Ireland won twice
and two Matches ended in ties. The American side won two of
the first day's foursomes while Great Britain and Ireland took
one. In the afternoon singles, the United States gained 4 ½
points, winning four matches and halving another. Miss Beth
Daniel, Mrs. Nancy Roth Syms, Miss Nancy Lopez and Miss Deborah
Massey all won. Only Mrs. Dinah Henson was able to win a point
for Great Britain and Ireland, while Miss Barbara Barrow, for
the United States, and Miss Julia Greenhalgh halved.
At the end of the first day, the United States led, 6 ½
to 2 ½, needing only three points to assure the victory. In
the next day's foursomes the United States gained two more
points and needed just one more to win. Miss Beth Daniel supplied
that point, defeating Mrs. Dinah Henson, 3 and 2, in the first
singles match of the afternoon. After Miss Daniel closed out
her match, the Great Britain- Ireland Team won three of the
remaining five matches. Miss Daniel, the 1975 United States
Women's Amateur Champion, was the only player on either side
to win four points. Miss Tegwin Perkins led the Great Britain
- Ireland side with three points. Miss Deborah Massey also
had three points, while Misses Hill, Lopez and Horton each
added two. Miss Barbara McIntire, U.S. Amateur Champion in
1959 and 1964, was the non- playing Captain. Mrs. I.C. Robertson,
a former Scottish Women's Amateur Champion, was the non- playing
Captain for the Great Britain and Ireland side. The gallery,
despite the wind and rain, reached 5,000.
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