1958 Curtis Cup

The 10th Curtis Cup Match was played on August 8 and 9, 1958 at the Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts. The match was tied with both team having 41⁄2 points, and so the British Isles retained the trophy as the previous winner.^[1]

10th Curtis Cup Match

Dates	August 8–9, 1958
Venue	Brae Burn Country Club
Location	West Newton, Massachusetts
Captains	Virginia Dennehy (USA) Daisy Ferguson (British Isles)
41⁄2 41⁄2
British Isles retains the Curtis Cup
← 1956 1960 →

The British Isles won two of the three foursomes matches but the United States won three of the six singles matches and halved another to tie the contest.^[2][1][3]

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 36 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

United States
Name	Notes
Virginia Dennehy	non-playing captain
Meriam Bailey
JoAnne Gunderson
Ann Casey Johnstone
Barbara McIntire
Anne Richardson
Polly Riley	played in 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956
Barbara Romack	played in 1954 and 1956
Anne Quast

Meriam Bailey and Anne Richardson did not play in any matches

&    British Isles
Name	Notes
Daisy Ferguson	playing captain
Angela Bonallack	played in 1956
Bridget Jackson
Elizabeth Price	played in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956
Janette Robertson	played in 1954 and 1956
Frances Smith	played in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956
Dorothea Sommerville
Jessie Valentine	played in 1936, 1938, 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956

Dorothea Sommerville did not play in any matches.

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Friday's foursomes matches

&	Results
Bonallack/Price	2 & 1	Romack/Riley
Robertson/Smith	3 & 2	Gunderson/Quast
Jackson/Valentine	6 & 5	McIntyre/Johnstone
2	Session	1
2	Overall	1

18-hole scores: Bonallack/Price 2 up, Robertson/Smith 5 up, McIntyre/Johnstone 5 up

Saturday's singles matches

&	Results
Jessie Valentine	2 up	JoAnne Gunderson
Angela Bonallack	halved	Barbara McIntire
Elizabeth Price	4 & 2	Anne Quast
Janette Robertson	3 & 2	Ann Casey Johnstone
Bridget Jackson	4 & 2	Barbara Romack
Frances Smith	2 up	Polly Riley
21⁄2	Session	31⁄2
41⁄2	Overall	41⁄2

18-hole scores: Gunderson 2 up, McIntire 1 up, Quast 3 up, Robertson 5 up, Romack 2 up, Smith/Riley all square

References

1. "Curtis Cup retained by Britain". The Glasgow Herald. August 11, 1958. p. 8.
2. "Britain wins foursomes". The Glasgow Herald. August 9, 1958. p. 7.
3. "A Curtis Cup tie in the finest sense" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 11. September 1958.
4. "Youth versus experience in Curtis Cup" (PDF). USGA Journal and Turf Management: 8. July 1958.

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