# 2018 Curtis Cup

The 40th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 8–10, 2018 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, New York. The United States dominated the match, winning by 17 matches to 3 including all 8 of the singles matches.

## Format

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.

## Teams

Eight players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.
The American team was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee.
Team USA :
| Name | Age | Rank | Notes |
| Virginia Derby Grimes | 54 | – | non-playing captain |
| Mariel Galdiano | 19 | 22 | played in 2016 |
| Kristen Gillman | 20 | 8 | |
| Jennifer Kupcho | 20 | 2 | |
| Andrea Lee | 19 | 5 | played in 2016 |
| Lucy Li | 15 | 9 | |
| Sophia Schubert | 22 | 15 | |
| Lauren Stephenson | 20 | 6 | |
| Lilia Vu | 20 | 1 | |
Two members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top two in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of April 25, 2018. The remaining six were picked by the R&A Women's Selection Committee. Leona Maguire, second in the world rankings, ruled herself out, as she intended to turn professional before the event.
& Great Britain & Ireland :
| Name | Age | Rank | Notes |
| Elaine Farquharson-Black | 50 | – | non-playing captain |
| India Clyburn | 21 | 96 | |
| Annabell Fuller | 15 | 98 | |
| Paula Grant | 24 | 69 | |
| Alice Hewson | 20 | 33 | played in 2016 |
| Lily May Humphreys | 16 | 67 | |
| Sophie Lamb | 20 | 73 | |
| Shannon McWilliam | 18 | 204 | |
| Olivia Mehaffey | 20 | 16 | played in 2016 |
Note: "Rank" is the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of the start of the Cup.

## Friday's matches
### Morning fourballs

| & | Results | |
| Mehaffey/Lamb | halved | Kupcho/Li |
| Hewson/Humphreys | 4 & 3 | Vu/Gillman |
| Grant/McWilliam | halved | Stephenson/Schubert |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 2 |

### Afternoon foursomes

| & | Results | |
| Mehaffey/Lamb | 3 & 2 | Galdiano/Lee |
| Hewson/Clyburn | 2 up | Kupcho/Vu |
| Grant/Humphreys | 4 & 2 | Stephenson/Gillman |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |

## Saturday's matches
### Morning fourballs

| & | Results | |
| Mehaffey/Lamb | 3 & 2 | Kupcho/Gillman |
| Hewson/Fuller | 2 & 1 | Galdiano/Vu |
| Humphreys/McWilliam | 3 & 2 | Li/Lee |
| 0 | Session | 3 |
| 2 | Overall | 7 |

### Afternoon foursomes

| & | Results | |
| Mehaffey/Lamb | 2 & 1 | Kupcho/Vu |
| Fuller/Clyburn | 6 & 5 | Gillman/Stephenson |
| Grant/McWilliam | 7 & 5 | Li/Schubert |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 3 | Overall | 9 |

## Sunday's singles matches

| & | Results | |
| Olivia Mehaffey | 2 & 1 | Sophia Schubert |
| Sophie Lamb | 2 up | Lilia Vu |
| Lily May Humphreys | 2 & 1 | Jennifer Kupcho |
| Alice Hewson | 2 & 1 | Andrea Lee |
| Shannon McWilliam | 2 & 1 | Lauren Stephenson |
| Annabell Fuller | 5 & 4 | Kristen Gillman |
| India Clyburn | 5 & 4 | Lucy Li |
| Paula Grant | 1 up | Mariel Galdiano |
| 0 | Session | 8 |
| 3 | Overall | 17 |