| Dates | June 6–8, 2014 | ||||
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| Venue | St. Louis Country Club | ||||
| Location | Ladue, Missouri | ||||
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| United States wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
The 38th Curtis Cup Match was played from June 6 to 8, 2014 at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Missouri. The United States won 13 to 7. [1]
The contest was a three-day competition, with three fourball and three foursomes matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.
Each of the 20 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns 1⁄2 a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 101⁄2 points wins the competition. In the event of a tie, the current holder retains the Cup.
Eight players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.
The American team was selected by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee. [2]
 Team USA | |||||
| Name | Age | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Port | 52 | non-playing captain | |||
| Kyung Kim | 20 | ||||
| Alison Lee | 19 | ||||
| Erynne Lee | 21 | ||||
| Ally McDonald | 21 | ||||
| Annie Park | 19 | ||||
| Ashlan Ramsey | 18 | ||||
| Mariah Stackhouse | 20 | ||||
| Emma Talley | 20 | ||||
Six members of the Great Britain & Ireland team were selected automatically, the top four in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as of May 5, 2014 and the leading two players in the LGU’s Order of Merit not selected from the WAGR. The remaining two were picked by the LGU Selection Panel. [3]
 &  Great Britain & Ireland | ||||
| Name | Age | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tegwen Matthews | 58 | non-playing captain | ||
 Eilidh Briggs | 21 | LGU Order of Merit | ||
 Gabriella Cowley | 18 | LGU Order of Merit | ||
| Annabel Dimmock | 17 | WAGR | ||
| Gemma Dryburgh | 20 | Selection Panel Pick | ||
| Georgia Hall | 18 | WAGR | ||
| Bronte Law | 19 | WAGR, played in 2012 | ||
 Stephanie Meadow | 22 | WAGR, played in 2012 | ||
| Charlotte Thomas | 21 | Selection Panel Pick | ||
 &  | Results |  |
|---|---|---|
| Meadow/Hall |  2 & 1 | Stackhouse/Talley |
| Dimmock/Dryburgh | 4 & 3 | A. Lee/Kim |
| Law/Thomas | 4 & 3 | Park/McDonald |
| 0 | Session | 3 |
| 0 | Overall | 3 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Meadow/Hall | halved | Ramsey/A. Lee |
| Briggs/Cowley | 3 & 1 | E. Lee/Park |
| Dimmock/Law | halved | Talley/McDonald |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 5 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Meadow/Hall | 4 & 2 | Kim/A. Lee |
| Dimmock/Law |   1 up | E. Lee/Park |
| Cowley/Dryburgh | 2 & 1 | Talley/Stackhouse |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 7 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas/Dryburgh | 2 & 1 | Ramsey/A. Lee |
| Briggs/Cowley | 3 & 2 | Kim/E. Lee |
| Meadow/Hall | halved | McDonald/Stackhouse |
| 1⁄2 | Session | 21⁄2 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 91⁄2 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Bronte Law | 4 & 3 | Emma Talley |
| Annabel Dimmock | 4 & 3 | Ally McDonald |
| Georgia Hall | 3 & 2 | Kyung Kim |
| Gemma Dryburgh | 1 up | Ashlan Ramsey |
| Charlotte Thomas | 2 up | Erynne Lee |
| Eilidh Briggs | halved | Mariah Stackhouse |
| Gabriella Cowley | 5 & 4 | Annie Park |
| Stephanie Meadow | 2 & 1 | Alison Lee |
| 41⁄2 | Session | 31⁄2 |
| 7 | Overall | 13 |
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