1934 Curtis Cup
| Dates | September 27–28, 1934 | ||||
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| Venue | Chevy Chase Club | ||||
| Location | Chevy Chase, Maryland | ||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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.
 Team USA | |||||
| 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]
 Great Britain | ||||
| Name | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Doris Chambers | playing captain | |||
| Pam Barton | ||||
 Freda Coats | ||||
| Diana Fishwick | played in 1932 | |||
| Molly Gourlay | played in 1932 | |||
| Wanda Morgan | played in 1932 | |||
| Diana Plumpton | ||||
 Pat Walker | ||||
The captain, Doris Chambers, and Freda Coats did not play any matches.[4][5][6]
Thursday's foursomes matches
[edit] | Results |  |
|---|---|---|
| Barton/Gourlay | halved | Van Wie/Glutting |
| Fishwick/Morgan |  2 up | Orcutt/Cheney |
| Plumpton/Walker |  2 up | Hill/Robinson |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 11⁄2 |
| 11⁄2 | Overall | 11⁄2 |
Friday's singles matches
[edit]| | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Diana Fishwick | 2 & 1 | Virginia Van Wie |
| Pam Barton | 7 & 5 | Leona Cheney |
| Molly Gourlay | 4 & 2 | Maureen Orcutt |
| Wanda Morgan | 3 & 2 | Charlotte Glutting |
| Diana Plumpton | 3 & 2 | Opal Hill |
| Pat Walker | 3 & 2 | Aniela Goldthwaite |
| 1 | Session | 5 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 61⁄2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.