2002 Curtis Cup

The 32nd Curtis Cup Match was played on August 3 and 4, 2002 at Fox Chapel Golf Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The United States won 11 to 7.^[1] Carol Semple Thompson made her 12th and final appearance, having first played in 1974.

32nd Curtis Cup Match

Dates	August 3–4, 2002
Venue	Fox Chapel Golf Club
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Captains	Mary Budke (USA) Pam Benka (GB&I)
11 7
United States wins the Curtis Cup
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Format

The contest was a two-day competition, with three foursomes and six singles matches on each day, a total of 18 points.

Each of the 18 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 91⁄2 points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retained the Cup.

Teams

Eight players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.^[2]

Team USA
Name	Age	Notes
Mary Budke	48	non-playing captain
Emily Bastel	21
Meredith Duncan	22
Mollie Fankhauser	21
Leigh Anne Hardin	20
Angela Jerman	21
Laura Myerscough	22
Courtney Swaim	22
Carol Semple Thompson	53	played 11 times from 1974 to 2000

& Great Britain & Ireland
Name	Age	Notes
Pam Benka	56	non-playing captain
Alison Coffey	29
Emma Duggleby	31	played in 2000
Rebecca Hudson	23	played in 1998 and 2000
Sarah Jones	19
Vikki Laing	21
Fame More	21
Kerry Smith	30
Heather Stirling	25

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Hudson/Duggleby	4 & 3	Duncan/Jerman
Stirling/Laing	1 up	Fankhauser/Thompson
Smith/Coffey	3 & 2	Swaim/Myerscough
0	Session	3
0	Overall	3

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Rebecca Hudson	2 up	Emily Bastel
Emma Duggleby	2 & 1	Leigh Anne Hardin
Fame More	5 & 4	Meredith Duncan
Sarah Jones	6 & 5	Angela Jerman
Heather Stirling	4 & 2	Courtney Swaim
Vikki Laing	1 up	Mollie Fankhauser
2	Session	4
2	Overall	7

Sunday's matches

Morning foursomes

&	Results
Stirling/Laing	3 & 1	Hardin/Bastel
Hudson/Smith	4 & 2	Myerscough/Swaim
Duggleby/Coffey	4 & 2	Duncan/Jerman
2	Session	1
4	Overall	8

Afternoon singles

&	Results
Rebecca Hudson	3 & 1	Mollie Fankhauser
Vikki Laing	1 up	Carol Semple Thompson
Emma Duggleby	4 & 3	Leigh Anne Hardin
Heather Stirling	2 up	Laura Myerscough
Alison Coffey	3 & 1	Meredith Duncan
Sarah Jones	5 & 3	Courtney Swaim
3	Session	3
7	Overall	11