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Janice Moodie earned a win over Carol Semple Thompson in
the final singles match of the international amateur competition,
securing a 9- 9 tie between teams from the United States and
Great Britain and Ireland. The tie keeps the Curtis Cup in
Europe by virtue of the Europeans' win in 1992.
Moodie, a student at San Jose State, went ahead to stay
versus Thompson at the par 3 No. 16 hole where Moodie earned
her par while Thompson missed the green with her tee shot
and settled for a bogey. Moodie also won the final hole with
a conceded birdie from 6 feet.
The 28th Match was played at The Honors Course, in Chattanooga,
Tenn., which was the site of the 1991 U.S. Amateur and a future
sit of the NCAA Championship.
Moodie was just one of the standouts for GB&I. Others were
Catronia Matthew and Lisa Walton, who had records of 3-0-1
and 3-1 respectively. The best individual mark for the U.S.
squad belonged to Emilee Klein, of Studio City, Calif., and
Thompson, of Sewickley, Pa., who were both 3-1. Klein, like
Thompson, suffered her only loss of the Match on the final
day. Matthew defeated Klein on the final day, 2 and 1, with
the decisive hole being the par 3 16th where Matthew holed
an uphill birdie putt from 38 feet. They then halved the 17th.
The two teams stood tied at 6-6 heading into the six afternoon
singles matches. Each team gained three wins, with the U.S.
victories coming from Wendy Ward, of San Antonio, Texas; Jill
McGill, of Denver, Colo.; and Ellen Port, of St. Louis, Mo.
Other U.S. team members were Wendy Kaupp, of Los Altos, Calif.;
Stephanie Stparks, of Wheeling, W.Va.; and Sarah LeBrun Ingram,
of Nashville, Tenn. Ingram played despite a neck problem,
and Sparks was still nursing tendonitis in an elbow. The two
of them played sparingly, and were a combined 0-3-1.
The other member of the GB&I team who finished with a winning
record was veteran Julie Hall, who was 2-1-1. Hall had also
played for GB&I in 1992.
Thompson and Ingram were returnees from the U.S. squad in
1992. Thompson was named to the Curtis Cup squad for the eighth
time. Ingram was selected for her second. The other U.S. team
members were playing in their first Curtis Cup competition.
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