12 players have accepted invitations for a United States Curtis Cup team practice session next month, January 15-16, at Mountain Lake in Lake Wales, Florida.
Five players who competed in the 2021 Curtis Cup, held just four months ago after the 2020 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be on hand: Jensen Castle, Rachel Heck, Rachel Kuehn, Emilia Migliaccio, and Rose Zhang. Castle and Zhang were previously named to the team as automatic selections due to winning the 2021 U.S. Women’s Amateur and 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal, respectively.
“The amateur talent in the United States is so incredibly strong right now, and it’s an honor to gather with this group for a practice session next month,” said Sarah Lebrun Ingram, who returns as captain for 2022. “We have a great mix of young women, including many players who helped lead us to victory in Wales just a few months ago and some players who have played fantastic golf this fall on the collegiate level who I am excited to get to know. I’m very much looking forward to our time together and I know the players are as well.”
Ingram captained 2021’s winning team, was a member of the 1992, 1994, and 1996 Curtis Cup teams, and is a three-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion. Elaine Ratcliffe, who defeated Ingram and the U.S. as a player in the 1996 match, will again serve as GB&I captain.
Eight players will eventually represent Team USA, June 10-12, at Merion Golf Club outside of Philadelphia for the 42nd Curtis Cup. The USA leads the overall series, 30-8-3.
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Full list of practice participants
Jenny Bae, 20, of Suwanee, Georgia (Georgia)
Jensen Castle, 20, of West Columbia, South Carolina (Kentucky)
Megha Ganne, 17, of Holmdel, New Jersey (Signed with Stanford, Class of 2026)
Rachel Heck, 20, of Memphis, Tennessee (Stanford)
Julia Johnson, 22, of Saint Gabriel, Louisiana (Mississippi)
Gurleen Kaur, 22, of Houston, Texas (Baylor)
Rachel Kuehn, 20, of Asheville, North Carolina (Wake Forest)
Emilia Migliaccio, 22, of Cary, North Carolina (Wake Forest)
Brooke Seay, 21, of San Diego, California (Stanford)
Aneka Seumanutafa, 21, of Emmitsburg, Maryland (Ohio State)
Erica Shepherd, 20, of Greenwood, Indiana (Duke)
Rose Zhang, 18, of Irvine, California (Stanford)
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