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Great Britain & Ireland Team Profile
| Elizabeth Bennett, 25, Brokenhurst Manor, England | ||
The English women's stroke-play amateur champion of 2006 boosted her selection hopes early in 2007 by winning the Hampshire County and ELGA South-East Divisional Championships. In the same year, Bennett represented GB&I in the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent of Europe and reached the quarterfinals of the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. She also won the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur and reached the semifinals of the Jones/Doherty Championship in 2008. |
| Carly Booth, 15, Comrie, Scotland | ||
Booth makes her debut as the youngest ever GB&I player to be selected. Currently based in Phoenix, Ariz., she racked up a number of championship wins in 2007 including the European Young Masters and two Scottish titles, the Under 18 (Close) Girls and Under 21 Junior Open Stroke Play. She also earned a sixth-place finish at the St Rule Trophy, St Andrews and finished 13th at the De Vere Ladies’ Scottish Open. |
| Krystle Caithness, 19, St Regulus Golf Club, Scotland | ||
Edwards is playing in her first Curtis Cup … began playing golf when she was 15 … most memorable golf experience is listed as being selected to this year’s Curtis Cup … lowest competitive 18-hole score is 67 (8 under par) at the 2005 Helen Holm on the Portland Course at Troon … had two holes-in-one and one double eagle within one week in 2004 … won the 2005 St. Rule Trophy, 2005 English Mid-Amateur and the 2006 Welsh Stroke Play … runner-up in the 2003 and 2006 English Match Play Championships … in secondary school she played hockey, netball and rounders at county level … named Scarborough female achiever of the year. |
| Jodi Ewart, 20, Catterick, England | ||
The 2007 English Stroke play champion gained her place in the team following notable successes on the US college circuit including six top-10 finishes in 2006-07. A student at the University of New Mexico, Ewart won the Mountain West Conference Championship (2007) and was named the conference’s player of the year. Back in the UK, she was third qualifier in the 2007 Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship and in 2006 won the English Northern Ladies Championship and Daily Telegraph Girls Championship in Dubai |
| Breanne Loucks, 20, of Wrexham, Wales | ||
Loucks is the most experienced player for the GB&I side, producing a 100% winning record in the 2006 Curtis Cup. In addition to representing Wales in the Home Internationals in 2007 she represented GB&I in the Vagliano Trophy and Acer Five Nations Tournament. A win at the 2007 Welsh Ladies (Close) Amateur Championship and a joint fourth finish at the 2008 Portuguese Women’s Open Amateur Championship sealed her place. |
| Florentyna Parker, 18, Royal Birkdale, England | ||
Also a member of Gut Waldhof Golf Club in Germany, the 2006 Lancashire County Champion highlighted her ability in match play by being selected twice for the Junior Solheim Cup Team (2005 & 2007), scoring maximum points last year in helping Europe beat the US. Named as third reserve for the 2006 Curtis Cup match, she helped her selection chances by winning the 2007 French under 21 Junior Women’s Open Championship and was runner-up at the 2007 Ladies’ British Stroke Play Championship. Remaining on form this season, she was the runner-up at the Portuguese Amateur Championship. |
| Michele Thomson, 19 McDonald Ellon, Scotland | ||
The 2006 Scottish Schools Girls Champion made an early bid in 2007 for a Curtis Cup spot with impressive performances, reaching the quarterfinals of the Ladies Amateur Championship and the semifinals of the Scottish Ladies Amateur. In the same year, Thomson was selected for Scotland to participate in the International matches, won the Aberdeenshire County Championship and the Ness Open. This season top-three finishes in the South Atlantic Ladies Amateur and Portuguese Women’s Amateur cemented her place. |
| Sally Watson, 16, Elie & Earlferry, Scotland | ||
Watson, the second youngest on the team, attends the David Leadbetter Academy in the US and earlier in the year won the Leadbetter Girls Championship in Florida. Her performance throughout the 2007 Ricoh Women’s British Open over the Old Course, St Andrews will have impressed the selectors. Sally was a member of the victorious 2007 Junior Solheim Cup Team and Scottish team that retained the Girls International Matches. She finished 19th in the De Vere Ladies’ Scottish Open, a Ladies’ European Tour Event. |
| Captain: Mary McKenna, Donabate, Ireland | ||
One of Ireland’s leading female amateurs, Mary won eight Irish Championships between 1969 and 1989 and was the runner-up four times. She participated in nine successive Curtis Cup matches and ten Vagliano Trophies. She has been capped for her native Ireland on innumerable occasions and played in the Home Internationals between 1968 and 1991. In 2000, she was captain of the GB&I team competing in the World Amateur Team Championships at the Sporting Club Berlin. Twenty-six years earlier, McKenna, in one of her four playing appearances in the Espirito Santo Trophy, helped GB&I to second place in the Dominican Republic. In 2007 she played for Ireland in the Senior Internationals matches. |
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Curtis Cup Match PAR AND YARDAGE – The Old Course at St. Andrews will be set up at 6,638 yards and par is 36-36—72. GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT – The Old Course was not designed by an architect but has evolved over six centuries. Golf was first played over the Old Course in the early 1400s. THE OLD COURSE AT ST. ANDREWS HOLE-BY-HOLE: Total: 6,638 yards, par 72 SCHEDULE OF PLAY – On May 30 and May 31 there will be three foursomes and three four-ball matches. On June 1 there will be eight singles matches (18 holes each). Starting Times – The 2008 Match will be the first year for the three-day format. The four-ball matches will be new to the Curtis Cup. WHAT IS THE CURTIS CUP MATCH? – The Curtis Cup Match is contested by women amateur golfers, one team from the United States of America (USA) and one team from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (GB&I). The teams consist of not more than eight players and a captain. The Match is conducted every two years, alternately in the United States and Great Britain/Ireland. FOURSOME – A match where two players compete against two other players in alternate-shot format, with each side playing just one ball. FOUR-BALL – A match in which two players (side) play their better ball against the better ball of the two other players (side). SINGLES – A match in which one player plays against another. SCORING – A victory in each match scores one point. In the event a match goes 18 holes without a decision, one-half point is awarded to each side. OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES – The flag raising ceremony will be held at the Old Course at St. Andrews at 6 p.m. on May 29. The closing ceremony will be held immediately following play Sunday. Both events are open to the public. ADMISSION – For more information about tickets, click here.
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