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U.S. Maintains Lead Going Into Final Day Of Curtis Cup
5/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND ? The United States built a 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 lead over the Great Britain and Ireland squad through the second round on Saturday, which is being played at the 6,638-yard, par 72 Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.
The 2008 Curtis Cup Match concludes Sunday with eight singles matches, the first time all eight players from each side will compete in a singles session. The USA needs 10 total points ? 2? in singles ? to retain the Curtis Cup for a sixth consecutive Match, while GB&I will have to garner six of the available eight points to gain the necessary 10? points to regain the Cup for the first time since 1996.
Kimberly Kim and Duke incoming freshman Mina Harigae of Monterey, Calif., earned their second consecutive four-ball victory with a 2-and-1 decision over Scotland's Carly Booth and Breanne Loucks of Wales. But that win also didn't come easy, as Harigae bent her putter on the 11th green and was forced to use her rescue club and sand wedge to putt for the rest of the match.
But it wasn't enough to stop the American teenagers, who never trailed and took the lead for good when the GB&I side bogeyed No. 14.
“For the first hole I played I was really kind of shaken up and then I just thought, at least I'm hitting it well,” said Harigae, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion, about damaging her putter. “I figured all I had to do was make par because I knew Kim could get the birdies.”
The undefeated streak of three-time national collegiate player of the year Amanda Blumenherst of Duke University and Scottsdale, Ariz., came to an end in the afternoon's four-balls, as she and two-time defending U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Bolger were defeated by Scottish teenagers Sally Watson and Krystle Caithness. Blumenherst had won two matches Friday and halved her foursomes match with Tiffany Joh against Bennett and England's Jodi Ewart Saturday morning.
Blue Devil rising senior Jennie Lee lost her only match of the day as she played along with Kim in the morning, while falling 3 and 2 to Carly Booth and Breanne Loucks.
The Curtis Cup Match is a women's amateur team competition played every other year, with one squad from the USA and the other representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and Wales.
Results
St. Andrews, Scotland ? Results of the second round of foursomes (alternate shot) and four-balls (best-ball) matches at the 2008 Curtis Cup Match, played Saturday at the par-72, 6,638-yard Old Course at St. Andrews.
Foursomes
Carly Booth, Comrie, Scotland, and Breanne Loucks, Wrexham, Wales (GB&I) def. Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawaii and Jennie Lee, Henderson, Nev. (USA), 3 and 2
Alison Walshe, Westford, Mass., and Stacy Lewis, The Woodlands, Texas (USA) def. Sally Watson, Elie, Scotland, and Michele Thomson, Ellon, Scotland (GB&I), 5 and 4
Liz Bennett, Sway, England and Jodi Ewart, Middleham, England (GB&I) halved with Amanda Blumenherst, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Tiffany Joh, San Diego, Calif. (USA)
Four-balls
Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawaii and Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif., (USA) def. Carly Booth, Comrie, Scotland, and Breanne Loucks, Wrexham, Wales (GB&I), 2 and 1
Sally Watson, Elie, Scotland, and Krystle Caithness, Cellardyke, Scotland (GB&I) def. Amanda Blumenherst, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Meghan Bolger, Oakland Park, Fla. (USA), 3 and 2
Alison Walshe, Westford, Mass., and Stacy Lewis, The Woodlands, Texas (USA) def. Liz Bennett, Sway, England and Florentyna Parker, Southport, England, (GB&I), 1 up
Pairings
St. Andrews, Scotland ? Pairings for Sunday's round of singles matches at the par-72, 6,638-yard Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (times are EDT):
5 a.m. ? Breanne Loucks, Wrexham, Wales, (GB&I) vs. Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawaii (USA)
5:10 a.m. ? Jodi Ewart, Middleham, England, (GB&I) vs. Amanda Blumenherst, Scottsdale, Ariz. (USA)
5:20 a.m. ? Liz Bennett, Sway, England, (GB&I) vs. Stacy Lewis, The Woodlands, Texas (USA)
5:30 a.m. ? Carly Booth, Comrie, Scotland, (GB&I) vs. Tiffany Joh, San Diego, Calif. (USA)
5:40 a.m. ? Michele Thomson, Ellon, Scotland, (GB&I) vs. Jennie Lee, Henderson, Nev. (USA)
5:50 a.m. ? Florentyna Parker, Southport, England, (GB&I) vs. Meghan Bolger, Oakland Park, Fla. (USA)
6 a.m. ? Krystle Caithness, Cellardyke, Scotland (GB&I) vs. Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. (USA)
6:10 a.m. ? Sally Watson, Elie, Scotland, (GB&I) vs. Alison Walshe, Westford, Mass. (USA)
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