The Curtis Cup will be contested at National Golf Links for the first time in 2030, the USGA has announced. The famed Charles Blair Macdonald design in Southampton, New York, hosted the inaugural Walker Cup in 1922, and the matches returned there in 2013.
National Golf Links will become only the fourth club to host both the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup, joining Merion Golf Club, The Minikahda Club and Quaker Ridge Golf Club.
From June 10-12, the 42nd Curtis Cup will take place at Merion for the second time.
This will be the first time a women’s USGA championship will be contested at National Golf Links, which ranks No. 5 on Golfweek’s Best Classic Courses.
The Curtis Cup, held biennially, features two teams of eight female amateur players, with one representing the United States and the other representing Great Britain and Ireland. The USA leads the overall series, 30-8-3.
After Merion next month, upcoming Curtis Cup venues include England’s Sunningdale Golf Club in 2024 and Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles in 2026.
“We’re thrilled to be able to welcome back the USGA, the R&A and some of the finest amateur players in the world,” said Michael X. McBride, chair of the Golf Committee for National Golf Links. “George Herbert Walker truly valued the camaraderie and level of play involved in team competition, and for National Golf Links to now be involved in support of the women’s amateur game is a special moment for all of us associated with the club.”
Stanford’s Rose Zhang and Rachel Heck are among those headlining this year’s U.S. Curtis Cup team, along with Amari Avery, Latanna Stone, Emilia Migliaccio, Megha Ganne, Rachel Kuehn and 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur champ Jensen Castle.
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