The 9th Curtis Cup Match was played on 8 and 9 June 1956 at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. The British Isles won by 5 matches to 4, to win the Curtis Cup for the second time.[1]
Dates | 8–9 June 1956 | ||||
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Venue | Prince's Golf Club | ||||
Standort | Sandwich, Kent, England | ||||
Captains |
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British Isles wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
The United States won two of the three foursomes matches but the British Isles won four of the six singles to win by five matches to four.[2][1][3]
Format
editThe contest was played over two days, with three foursomes on the first day and six singles matches on the second day, a total of 9 points. Matches were over 36 holes.
Each of the 9 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 5 points won the competition.
Teams
edit& British Isles | ||||
Name | Notes | |||
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Zara Bolton | non-playing captain | |||
Veronica Anstey | ||||
Philomena Garvey | played in 1948, 1950, 1952 and 1954 | |||
Ann Howard | ||||
Elizabeth Price | played in 1950, 1952 and 1954 | |||
Janette Robertson | played in 1954 | |||
Frances Smith | played in 1950, 1952 and 1954 | |||
Jessie Valentine | played in 1936, 1938, 1950, 1952 and 1954 | |||
Angela Ward |
Howard did not play in any matches
Vereinigte Staaten | |||||
Name | Notes | ||||
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Edith Flippin | non-playing captain | ||||
Carolyn Cudone | |||||
Mary Ann Downey | |||||
Patricia Lesser | played in 1954 | ||||
Jane Nelson | |||||
Polly Riley | played in 1948, 1950, 1952 and 1954 | ||||
Barbara Romack | played in 1954 | ||||
Wiffi Smith |
Friday's foursomes matches
edit& | Results | |
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Valentine/Garvey | 2 & 1 | Lesser/Smith |
Smith/Price | 5 & 3 | Riley/Romack |
Robertson/Anstey | 6 & 4 | Downey/Cudone |
1 | Sitzung | 2 |
1 | Overall | 2 |
18-hole scores: Valentine/Garvey & Lesser/Smith all square, Smith/Price 2 up, Robertson/Anstey 2 up
Saturday's singles matches
edit18-hole scores: Lesser 2 up, W. Smith 2 up, F. Smith/Riley all square, Romack 2 up, Ward 5 up, Price 9 up
References
edit- ^ a b "Britain wins Curtis Cup through singles superiority". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1956. p. 4.
- ^ "U.S. lead in Curtis Cup". The Glasgow Herald. 9 June 1956. p. 5.
- ^ "The Curtis Cup in a British home" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 10. July 1956.
- ^ "Curtis Cup teams" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 16. April 1956.