Saturday, June 09, 2018

UNITED STATES HOLD 4-2 LEAD OVER GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND AFTER FIRST DAY OF THE CURTIS CUP
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Quaker Ridge, New York: The United States hold a 4-2 lead over Great Britain and Ireland after the first day of the 40th Curtis Cup match at Quaker Ridge.
The hosts won both the morning four-balls and afternoon foursomes by a 2-1 scoreline to take a two point lead going into the second day.  
Results:
Morning Four-balls
Olivia Mehaffey / Sophie Lamb (GB and I) vs. Jennifer Kupcho / Lucy Li (USA) – Match Halved
Alice Hewson / Lily May Humphreys (GB and I vs. Lilia Vu / Kristen Gillman (USA) – United States win 4 and 3.
Paula Grant / Shannon McWilliam (GB and I) vs. Lauren Stephenson / Sophia Schubert – Match Halved
Afternoon Foursomes
Olivia Mehaffey / Sophie Lamb (GB and I) vs. Mariel Galdiano / Andrea Lee (USA) – Great Britain and Ireland win 3 and 2      
Alice Hewson / India Clyburn (GB and I) vs. Jennifer Kupcho / Lilia Vu (USA) – United States win by two holes
Paula Grant / Lily May Humphreys (GB and I) vs. Lauren Stephenson / Kristen Gillman – United States win 4 and 2
Key Quotes:
Elaine Farquharson-Black, Captain, Great Britain and Ireland
“I'm disappointed obviously with the result. I thought in the morning we hit the ball closer to the pin but they holed out for 15-footers. We would hit it to five feet, then they would hit it to 15 feet and they'd hole for the birdie and then we were holing ours for the halve.
"It was a good fight-back this morning from Olivia Mehaffey and Sophie Lamb and they birdied three of the last four holes.
“You saw the reverse in the last match when we were leading and then the Americans birdied three of the last four holes. I think the afternoon just got a little bit away from us around the 13th and 14th holes.
"We lost on the 14th in two of the matches. We won one. In the bottom match, the Americans were six-under-par which is really good scoring for foursomes. I think there were a couple of putts that we didn't make. The Americans made more putts on the day.”
Olivia Mehaffey, Great Britain and Ireland
We lost the first hole this afternoon and then it was just really relaxing to get two holes back. On the 3rd I holed a really good putt and from then on we felt really comfortable once we got that one hole lead.
“It didn't really look like changing at any stage once we got that hole back and I think we just got on a nice run and even when we lost a hole, we managed to get one back. It just felt like we were quite comfortable out there with our lead.”
Sophie Lamb, Great Britain and Ireland
“Olivia and I have practised a lot in the last week or so and have been playing together. We're really good friends off the course.
“This afternoon was more strategic than the four-balls. You have to think ‘okay, where does your partner want it?’ rather than where you want to hit it. We had a few times like that where I was asking ‘where do you want to ball to finish?’ and it seemed to work.”
 

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