Monday, January 30, 2012
Delegates Meeting
The meeting will be at Nairn Dunbar on Sunday 26 February. An email will be coming out shortly with the agenda and time.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Curtis Cup Team
The Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup squad was announced today and is listed below. This squad will visit Nairn from the 23rd – 25th March along with the LGU selectors who will then decide on the final 8 players. The USA team has already been picked and is listed below...
The Ladies’ Golf Union International Selection Panel has today named a Great Britain &
Ireland preliminary squad of 12 players for the 37th Curtis Cup match against the United
States at The Nairn Golf Club, Scotland from June 8 to 10, 2012.
They are:
AMY BOULDEN (Maesdu GC). Age 18.
HOLLY CLYBURN (Woodhall Spa GC). Age 20.
CHARLEY HULL (Woburn GC). Age 15.
BRONTE LAW (Bramhall GC). Age 16.
LEONA MAGUIRE (Slieve Russell GC). Age 17.
LISA MAGUIRE (Slieve Russell GC). Age 17.
BECKY HARRIES (Haverfordwest GC). Age 23.
KELSEY MacDONALD (Nairn Dunbar GC). Age 21.
PAMELA PRETSWELL (Bothwell Castle). Age 22.
KELLY TIDY (Royal Birkdale GC). Age 19.
STEPHANIE MEADOW (Royal Portrush GC). Age 20.
LAUREN TAYLOR (Woburn GC). Age 17.
First Reserve
GEORGIA HALL (Remedy Oak GC). Age 15.
Captain Tegwen Matthews
2012 USA Curtis Cup Team
Amy Anderson, 19, Oxbow, N.D.
Amy Anderson burst onto the national golf scene with her victory at the 2009 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, where she defeated 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Kimberly Kim in the final. She made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at The Broadmoor, where her opening-round 68 put her in second place. Anderson also advanced to match play at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships.
Anderson is a junior at North Dakota State University, where she is majoring in accounting. She qualified for the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship as an individual in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, she received the Elite 88 Award, which is presented to the championship participant with the highest grade-point average. Anderson is the two-time Summit League Golfer of the Year, and she earned second-team All-America honors in 2011 from the National Golf Coaches Association. She was named honorable mention in 2010. Her final-round 67 at the Campbell Fighting Camel Classic set a NDSU record and clinched her third win of the 2011-2012 season and the 13th of her collegiate career.
Anderson is the daughter of Mark and Twyla Anderson. Her brother, Nathan, is a member of NDSU’s men’s golf team. She was born July 10, 1992, in Oxbow, N.D.
Lindy Duncan, 21, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Lindy Duncan made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open, and also competed in the 2009 Women’s Open. She was a semifinalist at the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 15 and has competed in that championship each year since. She also appeared in four U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships.
Duncan is a junior at Duke University, where she is majoring in psychology. She is the two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, and was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team in 2010 and 2011, making her only the sixth Duke player to receive those honors as a freshman and a sophomore. Duncan has won three collegiate tournaments for the Blue Devils, including the 2011 NCAA Fall Preview, and captured the 2010 Dixie Amateur Championship.
Duncan is the daughter of David Duncan and Debbie Beckett. She has one younger sister, McKenzie. She was born Jan. 16, 1991 in Plantation, Fla.
Austin Ernst, 19, Seneca, S.C.
Austin Ernst captured the individual title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship as a freshman at Louisiana State University, where she is majoring in business. Her NCAA victory was the first in LSU women’s golf history and the second of her collegiate career, following the 2011 Central District Invitational. Her final-round 66 included her first career hole-in-one. She received first-team All-America honors from the NGCA in 2011 and was named to the Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team and All-SEC second team.
Ernst advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur and has also competed in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. She won the 2010 Carolinas Golf Association’s Carolinas Women’s Match-Play and Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls’ Championships.
Ernst is the daughter of Mark and Melanie Ernst. She has one brother, Drew, who plays golf for Coastal Carolina University. She was born Jan. 31, 1992 in Greenville, S.C.
Tiffany Lua, 20, Rowland Heights, Calif.
Tiffany Lua is the only returning member of the victorious 2010 USA Curtis Cup Team. She had a 1-2-0 record at the 2010 Match at Essex County Club, teaming with Jennifer Johnson for a 3-and-2 foursomes (alternate-shot) victory over Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings.
Lua has competed in more than 20 USGA championships, including three U.S. Women’s Opens, and has reached the semifinals at the Women’s Amateur (2009) and the Women’s Amateur Public Links (2008, 2011). In 2011, she also advanced to the round of 16 at the Women’s Amateur.
Lua is a junior at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is majoring in psychology. She finished in a tie for fourth place to help UCLA claim the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. In 2010, she won her first collegiate tournament, the Landfall Traditions. Lua was named to the NGCA’s All-America second team and the Pacific-10 Conference’s first team in 2010 and 2011.
Lua is the daughter of Michael and Donna Lua. She has two brothers, Matthew and Chris. She was born Feb. 22, 1991 in Alhambra, Calif.
Lisa McCloskey, 20, Houston, Texas
Lisa McCloskey is a senior at the University of Southern California, where she is majoring in international relations. A rib injury kept her out of the 2011 NCAA Championships; however, her strong junior year garnered her second-team All-America honors from the NGCA.
McCloskey spent her freshman and sophomore years (2008-2010) at Pepperdine University, where she won three tournaments, including the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship. While at Pepperdine, McCloskey became the first women's college player to post a 54-hole score better than 200 when she won the 2008 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown with a 17-under 199. She won conference first-team and Freshman of the Year honors in 2009, and received NGCA honorable-mention honors in 2009 and 2010.
McCloskey was the runner-up to Emily Tubert at the 2010 Women’s Amateur Public Links. She qualified for the 2010 and 2011 Women’s Opens, and made the cut in 2010 as the third-lowest amateur. McCloskey also took medalist honors at the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where her second-round 63 tied for the second-lowest 18-hole score in championship history. She was the runner-up at the 2010 Women’s North & South Championship, and advanced to the semifinals in 2009 and 2011. McCloskey also received an exemption into the 2011 LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she missed the cut.
McCloskey is the daughter of Jeff and Maria McCloskey. She has one brother, Jay. She was born Aug. 7, 1991, in Bogota, Colombia, where her father worked in the oil industry. She is a citizen of both the United States and Colombia, but represented her birth country at the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and Copa los Andes.
Brooke Pancake, 21, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Brooke Pancake is a senior at the University of Alabama, where she is majoring in marketing and management. She has one collegiate victory, the 2010 Tar Heel Invitational, and led the Crimson Tide to the school’s first Southeastern Conference Championship title in 2010. Pancake was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team and the All-SEC first team in 2011, and received All-SEC second-team honors in 2009 and 2010.
Pancake reached the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur, where she fell to eventual champion Danielle Kang. Following four consecutive Tennessee State High School Championship victories (2005-08), she was inducted into the Tennessee Women’s Golf Hall of Fame in 2010. She also finished second at the 2011 Tennessee Women’s Open.
Pancake is as prolific in the classroom as she is on the golf course. She received the 2011 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, which is presented annually to an upperclassman who is both an NGCA All-American and All-American Scholar. Also in 2011, Pancake was named a Capital One Academic All-American. She is a three-time NCGA All-American Scholar (2009-11) and a two-time SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2010-11), and received the Elite 88 Award at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships.
Pancake is the daughter of Debbie Pancake. She has three sisters, Blaire, Debbie and Ally. She was born June 6, 1990, in Chattanooga, Tenn., and will celebrate her 22nd birthday two days before the start of the Curtis Cup Match.
Erica Popson, 20, Davenport, Fla.
Erica Popson is a junior at the University of Tennessee, where she is majoring in sports management. She is coming off a standout sophomore season with the Lady Vols, where she won four tournaments: the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship and the 2011 Bryan National Collegiate, SEC Championship and NCAA West Regional. She also tied for first at the 2011 Rebel Intercollegiate, making her the first person to capture medalist honors at four consecutive tournaments since Lorena Ochoa won seven in a row in 2001-02. Her 2010-11 success earned her first-team All-America and All-SEC honors.
In 2010, Popson tied for first at the SEC Championship, where she lost in a playoff, and was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team.
Popson is the daughter of Fred and Diana Popson. She has one sister, Carissa. She was born April 18, 1991, in Davenport, Fla.
Emily Tubert, 19, Burbank, Calif.
Emily Tubert won the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in only her second USGA event. She advanced to the round of 16 at the 2011 Women’s Amateur Public Links.
Tubert is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, where she is majoring in broadcast journalism. During her breakthrough freshman season, Tubert collected three victories: the 2010 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, the 2010 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and the 2011 MountainView Collegiate. Tubert was named 2011 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year (along with Alabama’s Stephanie Meadow), and was also named to the NGCA and All-SEC first teams. She also earned All-American Scholar honors from the NGCA in 2011.
Tubert represented the United States at the 2011 Spirit International, where she teamed with fellow Curtis Cup Team member Austin Ernst, 2011 U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft and three-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith to win the overall title. She received a sponsor’s exemption into the LPGA Tour’s 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she made the cut, and finished third at the 2012 Mexican Women’s Amateur.
Tubert is the daughter of Marcelo and Lori Tubert. She has one sister, Sarah. She was born May 15, 1992, in Burbank, Calif.
The Ladies’ Golf Union International Selection Panel has today named a Great Britain &
Ireland preliminary squad of 12 players for the 37th Curtis Cup match against the United
States at The Nairn Golf Club, Scotland from June 8 to 10, 2012.
They are:
AMY BOULDEN (Maesdu GC). Age 18.
HOLLY CLYBURN (Woodhall Spa GC). Age 20.
CHARLEY HULL (Woburn GC). Age 15.
BRONTE LAW (Bramhall GC). Age 16.
LEONA MAGUIRE (Slieve Russell GC). Age 17.
LISA MAGUIRE (Slieve Russell GC). Age 17.
BECKY HARRIES (Haverfordwest GC). Age 23.
KELSEY MacDONALD (Nairn Dunbar GC). Age 21.
PAMELA PRETSWELL (Bothwell Castle). Age 22.
KELLY TIDY (Royal Birkdale GC). Age 19.
STEPHANIE MEADOW (Royal Portrush GC). Age 20.
LAUREN TAYLOR (Woburn GC). Age 17.
First Reserve
GEORGIA HALL (Remedy Oak GC). Age 15.
Captain Tegwen Matthews
2012 USA Curtis Cup Team
Amy Anderson, 19, Oxbow, N.D.
Amy Anderson burst onto the national golf scene with her victory at the 2009 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, where she defeated 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Kimberly Kim in the final. She made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at The Broadmoor, where her opening-round 68 put her in second place. Anderson also advanced to match play at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships.
Anderson is a junior at North Dakota State University, where she is majoring in accounting. She qualified for the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship as an individual in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, she received the Elite 88 Award, which is presented to the championship participant with the highest grade-point average. Anderson is the two-time Summit League Golfer of the Year, and she earned second-team All-America honors in 2011 from the National Golf Coaches Association. She was named honorable mention in 2010. Her final-round 67 at the Campbell Fighting Camel Classic set a NDSU record and clinched her third win of the 2011-2012 season and the 13th of her collegiate career.
Anderson is the daughter of Mark and Twyla Anderson. Her brother, Nathan, is a member of NDSU’s men’s golf team. She was born July 10, 1992, in Oxbow, N.D.
Lindy Duncan, 21, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Lindy Duncan made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open, and also competed in the 2009 Women’s Open. She was a semifinalist at the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 15 and has competed in that championship each year since. She also appeared in four U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships.
Duncan is a junior at Duke University, where she is majoring in psychology. She is the two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, and was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team in 2010 and 2011, making her only the sixth Duke player to receive those honors as a freshman and a sophomore. Duncan has won three collegiate tournaments for the Blue Devils, including the 2011 NCAA Fall Preview, and captured the 2010 Dixie Amateur Championship.
Duncan is the daughter of David Duncan and Debbie Beckett. She has one younger sister, McKenzie. She was born Jan. 16, 1991 in Plantation, Fla.
Austin Ernst, 19, Seneca, S.C.
Austin Ernst captured the individual title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship as a freshman at Louisiana State University, where she is majoring in business. Her NCAA victory was the first in LSU women’s golf history and the second of her collegiate career, following the 2011 Central District Invitational. Her final-round 66 included her first career hole-in-one. She received first-team All-America honors from the NGCA in 2011 and was named to the Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team and All-SEC second team.
Ernst advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur and has also competed in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. She won the 2010 Carolinas Golf Association’s Carolinas Women’s Match-Play and Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls’ Championships.
Ernst is the daughter of Mark and Melanie Ernst. She has one brother, Drew, who plays golf for Coastal Carolina University. She was born Jan. 31, 1992 in Greenville, S.C.
Tiffany Lua, 20, Rowland Heights, Calif.
Tiffany Lua is the only returning member of the victorious 2010 USA Curtis Cup Team. She had a 1-2-0 record at the 2010 Match at Essex County Club, teaming with Jennifer Johnson for a 3-and-2 foursomes (alternate-shot) victory over Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings.
Lua has competed in more than 20 USGA championships, including three U.S. Women’s Opens, and has reached the semifinals at the Women’s Amateur (2009) and the Women’s Amateur Public Links (2008, 2011). In 2011, she also advanced to the round of 16 at the Women’s Amateur.
Lua is a junior at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is majoring in psychology. She finished in a tie for fourth place to help UCLA claim the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. In 2010, she won her first collegiate tournament, the Landfall Traditions. Lua was named to the NGCA’s All-America second team and the Pacific-10 Conference’s first team in 2010 and 2011.
Lua is the daughter of Michael and Donna Lua. She has two brothers, Matthew and Chris. She was born Feb. 22, 1991 in Alhambra, Calif.
Lisa McCloskey, 20, Houston, Texas
Lisa McCloskey is a senior at the University of Southern California, where she is majoring in international relations. A rib injury kept her out of the 2011 NCAA Championships; however, her strong junior year garnered her second-team All-America honors from the NGCA.
McCloskey spent her freshman and sophomore years (2008-2010) at Pepperdine University, where she won three tournaments, including the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship. While at Pepperdine, McCloskey became the first women's college player to post a 54-hole score better than 200 when she won the 2008 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown with a 17-under 199. She won conference first-team and Freshman of the Year honors in 2009, and received NGCA honorable-mention honors in 2009 and 2010.
McCloskey was the runner-up to Emily Tubert at the 2010 Women’s Amateur Public Links. She qualified for the 2010 and 2011 Women’s Opens, and made the cut in 2010 as the third-lowest amateur. McCloskey also took medalist honors at the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where her second-round 63 tied for the second-lowest 18-hole score in championship history. She was the runner-up at the 2010 Women’s North & South Championship, and advanced to the semifinals in 2009 and 2011. McCloskey also received an exemption into the 2011 LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she missed the cut.
McCloskey is the daughter of Jeff and Maria McCloskey. She has one brother, Jay. She was born Aug. 7, 1991, in Bogota, Colombia, where her father worked in the oil industry. She is a citizen of both the United States and Colombia, but represented her birth country at the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and Copa los Andes.
Brooke Pancake, 21, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Brooke Pancake is a senior at the University of Alabama, where she is majoring in marketing and management. She has one collegiate victory, the 2010 Tar Heel Invitational, and led the Crimson Tide to the school’s first Southeastern Conference Championship title in 2010. Pancake was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team and the All-SEC first team in 2011, and received All-SEC second-team honors in 2009 and 2010.
Pancake reached the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur, where she fell to eventual champion Danielle Kang. Following four consecutive Tennessee State High School Championship victories (2005-08), she was inducted into the Tennessee Women’s Golf Hall of Fame in 2010. She also finished second at the 2011 Tennessee Women’s Open.
Pancake is as prolific in the classroom as she is on the golf course. She received the 2011 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, which is presented annually to an upperclassman who is both an NGCA All-American and All-American Scholar. Also in 2011, Pancake was named a Capital One Academic All-American. She is a three-time NCGA All-American Scholar (2009-11) and a two-time SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2010-11), and received the Elite 88 Award at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships.
Pancake is the daughter of Debbie Pancake. She has three sisters, Blaire, Debbie and Ally. She was born June 6, 1990, in Chattanooga, Tenn., and will celebrate her 22nd birthday two days before the start of the Curtis Cup Match.
Erica Popson, 20, Davenport, Fla.
Erica Popson is a junior at the University of Tennessee, where she is majoring in sports management. She is coming off a standout sophomore season with the Lady Vols, where she won four tournaments: the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship and the 2011 Bryan National Collegiate, SEC Championship and NCAA West Regional. She also tied for first at the 2011 Rebel Intercollegiate, making her the first person to capture medalist honors at four consecutive tournaments since Lorena Ochoa won seven in a row in 2001-02. Her 2010-11 success earned her first-team All-America and All-SEC honors.
In 2010, Popson tied for first at the SEC Championship, where she lost in a playoff, and was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team.
Popson is the daughter of Fred and Diana Popson. She has one sister, Carissa. She was born April 18, 1991, in Davenport, Fla.
Emily Tubert, 19, Burbank, Calif.
Emily Tubert won the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in only her second USGA event. She advanced to the round of 16 at the 2011 Women’s Amateur Public Links.
Tubert is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, where she is majoring in broadcast journalism. During her breakthrough freshman season, Tubert collected three victories: the 2010 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, the 2010 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and the 2011 MountainView Collegiate. Tubert was named 2011 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year (along with Alabama’s Stephanie Meadow), and was also named to the NGCA and All-SEC first teams. She also earned All-American Scholar honors from the NGCA in 2011.
Tubert represented the United States at the 2011 Spirit International, where she teamed with fellow Curtis Cup Team member Austin Ernst, 2011 U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft and three-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith to win the overall title. She received a sponsor’s exemption into the LPGA Tour’s 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she made the cut, and finished third at the 2012 Mexican Women’s Amateur.
Tubert is the daughter of Marcelo and Lori Tubert. She has one sister, Sarah. She was born May 15, 1992, in Burbank, Calif.
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