1934 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]

2nd Curtis Cup Match

Dates	September 27–28, 1934
Venue	Chevy Chase Club
Location	Chevy Chase, Maryland
Captains	Glenna Collett-Vare (USA) Doris Chambers (Great Britain)
61⁄2 21⁄2
United States wins the Curtis Cup
← 1932 1936 →

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.

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

	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

	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

1. "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.
2. "British ladies to meet Canada and America". The Glasgow Herald. July 19, 1934. p. 4.
3. "British women's team". The Glasgow Herald. September 1, 1934. p. 19.
4. "British women golfers in America". The Glasgow Herald. September 27, 1934. p. 3.
5. "Curtis Cup golf". The Glasgow Herald. September 28, 1934. p. 12.
6. "British women golfers beaten". The Glasgow Herald. September 29, 1934. p. 10.

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