News Release from Ladies Golf Union
GB and I CURTIS CUP TEAM WILL WARM UP WITH
MATCH AGAINST CASTLE GOLF CLUB TEAM
The
Great Britain and Ireland team to challenge the United States of
America, at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, near Dublin from June 10 to 12,
will warm up for the international contest with a "friendly" match
against a members' men's team from Castle Golf Club on the south side of
Dublin.
The
GB and I team of eight players will be finalised immediately after the
Helen Holm Scottish Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Troon and
will be announced on Thursday 28th April at 2pm.
Six
of the home line-up will earn automatic selection - the leading four
eligible players in the Women's World Amateur Rankings at the designated
cut-off point and also the leading two players on the Ladies’ Golf
Union Order of Merit not selected through the World Rankings.
The remaining places in the team will go to two players selected by the LGU Selection Panel.
Elaine
Farquharson-Black (Deeside), the first Scot to captain the GB and I
Curtis Cup team since Belle Robertson in 1976, played in two Curtis Cup
and two Vagliano Trophy matches during her playing career. She was also a
member of the winning line-up when the match was played at Royal
Liverpool Golf Club in 1992.
Elaine said
"It
is very kind of the Castle Golf Club to allow the GB & I team to
use their marvellous facilities to prepare for the Curtis Cup match. I
know they have a wonderful short game facility and course and I thank
the members for allowing us to visit. “
Elaine
and team manager Helen Hewlett, also a past Curtis Cup player and a
former British champion, will arrive with the GB and I squad at Castle
Golf Club on Wednesday, June 1 and get straight down to practice in the
afternoon.
The four-ball match against the Castle GC team will tee off at 1pm on Friday 3rd June.
They will have a further practice session at Castle Golf Club on the morning of Saturday 4th June before being given an organised tour of Dublin in the afternoon.
Castle Golf Club general manager John McCormack said,
"Our
captains Bernadette Murray and Paul Williams, and all our members, are
honoured to welcome the GB & I Curtis Cup team to our club in
advance of the match against the United States and we will do everything
possible to assist”
Castle
Golf Club is a magnificent 18-hole parkland course in South Dublin.
Nestled between Churchtown and Rathfarnham, the club offers its members
and guests exceptional playing conditions and facilities. The club
celebrated its centenary in 2013 and the course is a fine example of
golf course design, originally by Harry Colt.
This
will be only the second Curtis Cup match to be played in Ireland. The
first, in 1996, was at Killarney and was won by GB and I. Four years
ago, at Nairn Golf Club, GB and I came from behind to win the trophy
after an excellent match, watched by big galleries.
Further information about the LGU and the Curtis Cup match is available on www.lgu.org.
The
Great Britain and Ireland team to challenge the United States of
America, at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, near Dublin from June 10 to 12,
will warm up for the international contest with a "friendly" match
against a members' men's team from Castle Golf Club on the south side of
Dublin.
The
GB and I team of eight players will be finalised immediately after the
Helen Holm Scottish Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Troon and
will be announced on Thursday 28th April at 2pm.
Six
of the home line-up will earn automatic selection - the leading four
eligible players in the Women's World Amateur Rankings at the designated
cut-off point and also the leading two players on the Ladies’ Golf
Union Order of Merit not selected through the World Rankings.
The remaining places in the team will go to two players selected by the LGU Selection Panel.
Elaine
Farquharson-Black (Deeside), the first Scot to captain the GB and I
Curtis Cup team since Belle Robertson in 1976, played in two Curtis Cup
and two Vagliano Trophy matches during her playing career.
She was also a member of the winning line-up when the match was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in 1992.
She was also a member of the winning line-up when the match was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in 1992.
Elaine, pictured, said
"It
is very kind of the Castle Golf Club to allow the GB and I team to
use their marvellous facilities to prepare for the Curtis Cup match. I
know they have a wonderful short game facility and course and I thank
the members for allowing us to visit. “
Elaine
and team manager Helen Hewlett, also a past Curtis Cup player and a
former British champion, will arrive with the GB and I squad at Castle
Golf Club on Wednesday, June 1 and get straight down to practice in the
afternoon.
The four-ball match against the Castle GC team will tee off at 1pm on Friday 3rd June.
They will have a further practice session at Castle Golf Club on the morning of Saturday 4th June before being given an organised tour of Dublin in the afternoon.
Castle Golf Club general manager John McCormack said,
"Our
captains Bernadette Murray and Paul Williams, and all our members, are
honoured to welcome the GB and I Curtis Cup team to our club in
advance of the match against the United States and we will do everything
possible to assist”
Castle
Golf Club is a magnificent 18-hole parkland course in South Dublin.
Nestled between Churchtown and Rathfarnham, the club offers its members
and guests exceptional playing conditions and facilities. The club
celebrated its centenary in 2013 and the course is a fine example of
golf course design, originally by Harry Colt.
This
will be only the second Curtis Cup match to be played in Ireland. The
first, in 1996, was at Killarney and was won by GB and I. Four years
ago, at Nairn Golf Club, GB and I came from behind to win the trophy
after an excellent match, watched by big galleries.
Further information about the LGU and the Curtis Cup match is available on www.lgu.org.
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