1938 Curtis Cup

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{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Curtis Cup

| year = 1938

| logo =

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| dates = September 7–8, 1938

| venue = Essex County Club

| location = Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

| home = USA

| away = Great Britain

| homecaptain = Frances Stebbins

| awaycaptain = Margaret Wallace-Williamson

| homescore = 5{{1/2}}

| awayscore = 3{{1/2}}

| result = United States wins

}}

The 4th Curtis Cup Match was played on September 7 and 8, 1938 at the Essex County Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The United States won 5{{1/2}} to 3{{1/2}}.{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=September 9, 1938 |page=12 |title=Golf – U.S. retain Curtis Cup}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fkBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6037%2C1071041 |title=British golfers lead in Curtis Cup – Splendid chance of winning trophy for first time – Miss Anderson revives memories |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=2 |date=September 8, 1938}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f0BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2146%2C1380728 |title=The Curtis Cup remains in America – Britain's dismal display in singles: Miss Tiernan alone victorious – Mrs Holm's surprising defeat |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=19 |date=September 9, 1938}} Britain had led by 2 points after the foursomes but America won 5 of the 6 singles to win the match.

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

Both USA and Great Britain & Ireland selected just 7 players for the event.

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|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|USA|size=70px}}   Team USA

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!Name

!Notes

Frances Stebbins

|non-playing captain

Patty Berg

|played in 1936

Charlotte Glutting

|played in 1934 and 1936

Kathryn Hemphill

|

Marion Miley

|played in 1934 and 1936

Maureen Orcutt

|played in 1932, 1934 and 1936

Estelle Page

|

Glenna Vare

|played in 1932 and 1936

The British team was selected in late May, during the Womens Amateur Championship.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A0JAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3164%2C3448705|title=Scots in Curtis Cup team |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=May 21, 1938 |page=3}}

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|colspan=5| {{flagicon|GBR|size=70px}}   Great Britain

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!Name

!Notes

{{flagicon|SCO}} Margaret Wallace-Williamson

|non-playing captain

{{flagicon|SCO}} Jessie Anderson

|played in 1936

{{flagicon|SCO}} Nan Baird

|

{{flagicon|ENG}} Elsie Corlett

|played in 1932

{{flagicon|SCO}} Helen Holm

|played in 1936

{{flagicon|IRL}} Clarrie Tiernan

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Phyllis Wade

|played in 1936

{{flagicon|IRL}} Pat Walker

|played in 1934 and 1936

Wednesday's foursomes matches

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! Results

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Holm/Tiernan

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 2 up

|Page/Orcutt

Anderson/Corlett

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 1 up

|Vare/Berg

Walker/Wade

|halved

|Miley/Hemphill

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| 2{{1/2}}

| Session

| {{1/2}}

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! 2{{1/2}}

! Overall

! {{1/2}}

Thursday's singles matches

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! Results

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Helen Holm

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 5

|Estelle Page

Jessie Anderson

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Patty Berg

Elsie Corlett

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Marion Miley

Pat Walker

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1

|Glenna Vare

Clarrie Tiernan

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 2 & 1

|Maureen Orcutt

Nan Baird

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Charlotte Glutting

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| 1

| Session

| 5

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! 3{{1/2}}

! Overall

! 5{{1/2}}

References