The 2021 Curtis Cup, August 26-28

[18majors]

Curtis Cup is a match between top women's amateurs between the US and the Great Britain/Ireland.  It servers as a prelude to the Solheim Cup next week:

Curtis Cup, Conwy Golf Club, North Wales

 

Team USA

 

 

 

Team GB&i

Edited August 23, 2021 by 18majors

[18majors]

 

The US has a strong team on paper, but playing on foreign soil has always been a big challenge.

[18majors]

Conwy Golf Club

 

 

[18majors]

The Match will be broadcasted all three days (EDT):

 

Thursday, August 26              Foursomes/Four Balls                  2:30 - 11:00 AM              Golf Channel

                                                                                                       11:00 - 1:00  PM              Peacock

Friday, August 27                    Foursomes/Four Balls                  2:30 - 11:00 AM              Golf Channel

                                                                                                       11:00 - 1:00  PM              Peacock

Saturday, August 28               Singles                                          4:45 - 10:30 AM             Golf Channel

                                                               

[18majors]

Traveling is a big part of the fun!

 

 

[KBong]

Was Gina Kim the only one who played Q school stage 1?....no wonder she rested and bailed on the USGA Women's Am.

[KBong]

I wanted to attend the 2006 Curtis Cup at Bandon....but a 11-12 hr drive is a long trek and I wasn't retired at the time...so not much leisure time.

Though the wife and I headed to the Safeway LPGA event weeks later....for a few days in Portland that same year.

The Safeway was such a great event at Columbia Edgewater.

And ya gotta LUV the OR no sales tax too.

 

Shame on me....I've yet to cross off Bandon on my bucket list....I wanted to head down for my 60th earlier in the year...but the land border continues to be closed and I wasn't willingly to fly down and then have to spend $2000 on a quarantine hotel for 3 days on my return and 11 other days of quarantine....damn Covid.

 

[KBong]

Zhang & Heck better beat up on their GB&I opponents or be labelled POSERS.🤣

[18majors]

4 hours ago, KBong said:

Was Gina Kim the only one who played Q school stage 1?..

 

Brooke Matthews and Allisen Corpuz also passed Stage I test.

[Argonne69]

Coverage looks fantastic. 

[18majors]

 

The 2021 USWO sensation Megha Ganne is there as the alternate.

 

 

[18majors]

We're almost there:

 

 

[18majors]

This is a good read:

 

 

[18majors]

Good news!

 

 

[18majors]

 

Rose Zhang and Rachel Heck, USA means business!

 

 

[elwhippy]

Played the course last month. Decent test but not that tough unless it blows a hoolie. Rough was sparse and greens fairly easy to read. Awesome setting and the forecast is good. 

[JungleJimbo]

Curtis Cup = being shown on Youtube! 

Seems to be slickly-produced, with the regular European Tour (IMG?) commentary team including Dougie Donnelly, Richard Kaufman, and Sophie Walker  from SkySportsUK (with Beth Allen, and George Harper Jr)
 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by JungleJimbo

[18majors]

1 hour ago, JungleJimbo said:

Curtis Cup = being shown on Youtube! 

 

 

Are you watching?

 

The Americans are getting clobbered; hope this isn't the harbinger of things to come next week.

[JungleJimbo]

15 minutes ago, 18majors said:

 

 

Are you watching?

 

The Americans are getting clobbered; hope this isn't the harbinger of things to come next week.

Yes, watching the Zhang/Heck vs Duncan /Darling 1st match (currently on 18th hole)

 

Hoping Megha Ganne also gets a run-out eventually (1st alternate?)

The youtube Live-stream Link i shared = allows you to re-start from the beginning (useful for catch-up)
 

Edited August 26, 2021 by JungleJimbo

[JungleJimbo]

44 minutes ago, 18majors said:

The Americans are getting clobbered; hope this isn't the harbinger of things to come next week.

USA 🇺🇸 team got their bottoms smacked 🍑 🙌 in the first session 4somes today 🙄

 

Rose Zhang & Rachel Heck avoided a loss... but then smacked each other’s bottoms...

 

is that choreographed celebration= a “Stanford thing”, as mentioned by the commentators? 🤔

 

[18majors]

Wake up, Team USA!

 

 

[jobin]

I watched a few minutes on UTube.  Compared to pro tour events, very skimpy coverage due no doubt to absence of ADVERTISING. 

 

I found the plastic face tattoos on some of the girls very juvenile. I saw few children in attendance, mostly old folks and not too many of those.

 

It's a low key event; hope the players can learn, improve and avoid injury from the nasty rough (easily found).

[18majors]

 

 

Team USA didn't play well; the team is lucky to be only 3.0 points behind at 4-1/2 - 1-1/2.

 

They can still come back and win; but they've little margin of error and need to execute to perfection.

[KBong]

7 hours ago, jobin said:

I found the plastic face tattoos on some of the girls very juvenile.

Agree

[Argonne69]

OK, what happened with the morning coverage? I recorded it, but it started with the first group on the 16th hole? Grrr. Golf Channel replayed the coverage later in the day. The afternoon play also got shorted. 

 

Anyway, yeah the U.S. is lucky to be only 3 points behind. After watching numerous Ryder, Solheim, PGA, LPGA, and USGA match play events, I've realized that world rankings are meaningless. They're 98% based on stroke play. Playing steady over four rounds means little compared to going full throttle one hole at a time with no consequences for a blow up hole. 

 

[KBong]

12 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Anyway, yeah the U.S. is lucky to be only 3 points behind. After watching numerous Ryder, Solheim, PGA, LPGA, and USGA match play events, I've realized that world rankings are meaningless. They're 98% based on stroke play. Playing steady over four rounds means little compared to going full throttle one hole at a time with no consequences for a blow up hole. 

 

Tru dat.

That's why I said prior that I think the Solheim will be a tight match even though the Yanks are favored on paper.

 

I think Gina Kim is playing a M5....I play a M3...just bought a used Ping SFT 410...but I think I'll sell it....not loving the SFT and Tensei Orange shaft.

 

Arg...I think Gina is a PXG POSER like you...she's playing PXG irons with blacked out KBS shafts???

[KBong]

18 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

OK, what happened with the morning coverage? I recorded it, but it started with the first group on the 16th hole? Grrr. Golf Channel replayed the coverage later in the day. The afternoon play also got shorted. 

 

My GC coverage started at 1130pm PST....the 2nd wave coverage was cut short....I'm watching it as we speak.

[KBong]

The galleries are quite large.

[KBong]

On 8/25/2021 at 10:09 AM, 18majors said:

 

Rose Zhang and Rachel Heck, USA means business!

 

 

Chokers.
I can't believe they are paired up again tomorrow.

 

Zhang & Heck are playing HIT & GIGGLE golf...you know....the stuff you see in the Wed. afternoon ladies league that ya get stuck behind if ya play later in the day.

 

Too much butt slapping......giggles and complimenting each other in their post 1st session interview.

 

Come on......get SERIOUS and step on your opponent's throat.

If this happy nonsense continues....it will be a guarantee Cristie Kerr will be the next US captain.

 

Did Lydia give the US team some driver lessons last week?...the US gals are spraying it off the tee.

[Go Cougs]

26 minutes ago, KBong said:

Chokers.
I can't believe they are paired up again tomorrow.

 

Zhang & Heck are playing HIT & GIGGLE golf...you know....the stuff you see in the Wed. afternoon ladies league that ya get stuck behind if ya play later in the day.

 

Too much butt slapping......giggles and complimenting each other in their post 1st session interview.

 

Come on......get SERIOUS and step on your opponent's throat.

If this happy nonsense continues....it will be a guarantee Cristie Kerr will be the next US captain.

 

Did Lydia give the US team some driver lessons last week?...the US gals are spraying it off the tee.

Keep going.  The way you're describing the action I'm liking this pairing more and more.