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Championships - Curtis Cup 2008

May 30-Jun 1, 2008
St Andrews, Old Course
OLD COURSE TO HOST 2008 CURTIS CUP

The Curtis Cup will be played for a first time over the Old Course, St Andrews in 2008.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS


THURSDAY 29th MAY

6.00PM OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY

FRIDAY 30th MAY: 

3 x Foursomes 8:00-8:24       12 minute intervals
3 x Fourballs 12:45 – 13.15   15 minute intervals.

SATURDAY 31ST MAY: 

3 x Foursomes 8:00-8:24       12 minute intervals
3 x Fourballs 12:45 – 13.15   15 minute intervals.

SUNDAY 1ST JUNE

8 X Singles 10.00 – 11.10        10 minute starts.


This will be the first time that the women amateurs of Great Britain & Ireland and the United States have contested the Curtis Cup at the Home of Golf.

The Curtis Cup was played in Scotland in 1936 at Gleneagles; 1952, Muirfield; 1972, Western Gailes and 1984, Muirfield.

Commenting on the announcement, the Ladies’ Golf Union said:

“We are delighted that the 2008 Curtis Cup will be played at St Andrews. The history and tradition of the Old Course make it an unrivalled setting for the biennial contest between the best amateurs of the United States and Great Britain & Ireland and we are certain that it will be a memorable match.”

The Old Course is one of six courses administered by St Andrews Links Trust, and their General Manager Alan Macgregor said: “Thousands of ladies play on our courses every year and it seems wholly appropriate that the foremost ladies' amateur matchplay tournament should be staged at the Home of Golf.”

The Curtis Cup was donated by the sisters Harriet and Margaret Curtis in 1927 and is inscribed: “to stimulate friendly rivalry among the women golfers of many lands.” However largely due to financial reasons, the first official match was not played until 1932 at Wentworth where the US beat GB&I 5½ - 3½.

In the series the US have won 22 matches, GB&I 6, with three matches halved. However since 1984 the results have been much closer with four wins each and one halved match.

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