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| Beth Paterson, Gemma Dryburgh, Eildh Briggs and SLGA President Janet Brown at the Opening Ceremony (Photo courtesy of the SLGA) |
Renfrewshire County Champion Eilidh Briggs is in the team and is joined by fellow Scot Gemma Dryburgh.
SLGA Chairman and Renfrewshire's Past County Captain Beth Paterson is also there ---
OPENING CEREMONY VIDEO -- CLICK HERE
FLAG OPENING CEREMONY PHOTOGRAPHS - CLICK HERE
The DAY 1 FOURBALL MATCHES RESULTS
Mariah Stackhouse & Emma Talley beat Stephanie Meadow & Georgia Hall 2&1
Alison Lee & Kyung Kim beat Annabel Dimmock & Gemma Dryburgh 4&3
Annie Park & Ally McDonald beat Bronte Law & Charlotte Thomas 4&3
By Lisa D. Mickey
June 6, 2014 ST. LOUIS – If those who live near St. Louis Country Club were hoping to sleep in this morning, the beginning of the 38th Curtis Cup Match probably forced a change of plans.
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| GB&I Supporters - sing the Curtis Cup Song |
That’s because the voices of numerous Great Britain & Ireland fans rang out in the morning on the first tee, serenading their team members with the same “Curtis Cup Song” – penned to the tune of “A Long Way to Tipperary” – they sang two years ago in Scotland when GB&I captured the Cup. -- CLICK HERE FOR WEST OF SCOTLAND VERSION
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| USA Sweeps Friday Morning Four-Ball Matches |
| Photos: Friday Morning Highlights |
“We have a passion for the Curtis Cup,” said Maureen Lockett, a past president of the Scotland-based Ladies Golf Union, which along with the USGA conducts the biennial Curtis Cup Match. “We’re here to see old friends and to support the amateur side of golf.”
Lockett, who attended her first Curtis Cup in 1960, along with her GB&I compatriots, waved flags and sang along as the players filed onto the first tee for the opening four-ball matches. Players from both teams arrived with their nations’ flags painted on their faces and American and GB&I team supporters cheered as USA Captain and St. Louis resident Ellen Port embraced GB&I’s captain, Tegwen Matthews.
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Players who sat out of the morning matches were allowed to practice or to follow and cheer for their teammates. Several holes behind the last group, GB&I players Eilidh Briggs, of Scotland, and Gabriella Cowley, of England, played several holes in preparation for the afternoon foursomes session.
In their first Curtis Cup appearances, the two admitted they were warming up on the holes “to get some of the nerves out.”
By morning’s end, however, their team was down 3-0 and the pressure was mounting. Both knew they needed to perform for GB&I in the afternoon.
“Obviously, I’ll be nervous on the first tee, but this helps,” added Briggs.
And when asked how it felt to hear her name in a song by GB&I supporters on the first tee earlier today, Cowley admitted, “It makes you feel proud and ready to go.” Report by --- Lisa D. Mickey who is a Florida-based freelance writer whose work has previously appeared on USGA websites.
