| Dates | September 27–28, 1934 | ||||
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| Venue | Chevy Chase Club | ||||
| Location | Chevy Chase, Maryland | ||||
| Captains |
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| United States wins the Curtis Cup | |||||
The 2nd Curtis Cup Match was played on September 27 and 28, 1934 at the Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The United States won 61⁄2 to 21⁄2.[1]
Format
The contest was played over two days, with three foursomes on the first day and six singles matches on the second day, a total of 9 points. Matches were over 18 holes.
Each of the 9 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 5 points won the competition.
Teams
Eight players for the USA and for Great Britain & Ireland participated in the event. The American's had a non-playing captain, Glenna Collett-Vare, while Britain's captain, Doris Chambers, was one of the team.
| Name | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenna Collett-Vare | non-playing captain | ||||
| Leona Cheney | played in 1932 | ||||
| Charlotte Glutting | |||||
| Aniela Goldthwaite | |||||
| Opal Hill | played in 1932 | ||||
| Marion Miley | |||||
| Maureen Orcutt | played in 1932 | ||||
| Lucille Robinson | |||||
| Virginia Van Wie | played in 1932 | ||||
Marion Miley did not play any matches.
The British team was selected in July. Doris Chambers was the captain-manager.[2] They travelled first to Canada on the SS Duchess of York.[3]
| Name | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| playing captain | ||||
| played in 1932 | ||||
| played in 1932 | ||||
| played in 1932 | ||||
The captain, Doris Chambers, and Freda Coats did not play any matches.[4][5][6]
Thursday's foursomes matches
| Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barton/Gourlay | halved | Van Wie/Glutting |
| Fishwick/Morgan | Orcutt/Cheney | |
| Plumpton/Walker | Hill/Robinson | |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 11⁄2 |
| 11⁄2 | Overall | 11⁄2 |
Friday's singles matches
| Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diana Fishwick | Virginia Van Wie | |
| Pam Barton | Leona Cheney | |
| Molly Gourlay | Maureen Orcutt | |
| Wanda Morgan | Charlotte Glutting | |
| Diana Plumpton | Opal Hill | |
| Pat Walker | Aniela Goldthwaite | |
| 1 | Session | 5 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 61⁄2 |
References
- ↑ "Britain's defeat – American women triumph in Curtis Cup match". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. September 29, 1934. Retrieved October 21, 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "British ladies to meet Canada and America". The Glasgow Herald. July 19, 1934. p. 4.
- ↑ "British women's team". The Glasgow Herald. September 1, 1934. p. 19.
- ↑ "British women golfers in America". The Glasgow Herald. September 27, 1934. p. 3.
- ↑ "Curtis Cup golf". The Glasgow Herald. September 28, 1934. p. 12.
- ↑ "British women golfers beaten". The Glasgow Herald. September 29, 1934. p. 10.