1948 Curtis Cup
The 5rd Curtis Cup Match was played on 21 and 22 May 1948 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. The United States won 61⁄2 to 21⁄2.
The United States won two of the three foursomes matches and won four and halved another of the six singles.
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
 &  British Isles
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| Name | Notes | |||
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 Doris Chambers
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non-playing captain | |||
| Zara Bolton
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 Jean Donald
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| Diana Critchley
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played in 1932 and 1934 | |||
 Philomena Garvey
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| Jacqueline Gordon
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| Helen Holm
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played in 1936 and 1938 | |||
| Clarrie Reddan
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played in 1938 | |||
| Maureen Ruttle
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Diana Critchley did not play in any matches.
 United States
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| Name | Notes | ||||
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| Glenna Collett Vare | playing captain, played in 1932, 1936 and 1938 | ||||
| Dorothy Kielty | |||||
| Dorothy Kirby | |||||
| Grace Lenczyk | |||||
| Estelle Page | played in 1938 | ||||
| Polly Riley | |||||
| Louise Suggs | |||||
Friday's foursomes matches
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Results | 
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|---|---|---|
| Donald/Gordon |  3 & 2
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Suggs/Lenczyk |
| Garvey/Bolton |  4 & 3
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Kirby/Vare |
| Ruttle/Reddan | 5 & 4
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Page/Kielty |
| 1 | Session | 2 |
| 1 | Overall | 2 |
Saturday's singles matches
Diana Critchley was due to play in the final singles match, but withdrew due to illness and was replaced by Zara Bolton.
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Results |
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|---|---|---|
| Philomena Garvey | halved | Louise Suggs |
| Jean Donald | 2 up
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Dorothy Kirby |
| Jacqueline Gordon | 5 & 3
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Grace Lenczyk |
| Helen Holm | 3 & 2
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Estelle Page |
| Maureen Ruttle | 3 & 2
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Polly Riley |
| Zara Bolton | 2 & 1
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Dorothy Kielty |
| 11⁄2 | Session | 41⁄2 |
| 21⁄2 | Overall | 61⁄2 |
References
- ^ "Curtis Cup for America". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1948. p. 4.
- ^ "Scotswoman outstanding in Curtis Cup match". The Glasgow Herald. 22 May 1948. p. 4.
- ^ "Impressions: The Curtis Cup trip" (PDF). USGA Journal, Combining Timely Turf Topics: 19. August 1948.
- ^ "Curtis Cup renewal" (PDF). USGA Journal, Combining Timely Turf Topics: 2. Spring 1948.