4 USGA champions highlight '08 Curtis Cup team
FAR HILLS, N.J. -- Four United States Golf Association champions headline the eight-woman amateur golf team selected by the USGA to represent the United States at the 2008 Curtis Cup Match, to be played May 30-June 1 on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.Two-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Bolger, 29, of Haddonfield, N.J., and Kimberly Kim, 16, of Hilo, Hawaii, who won the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur, will be joined by two U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champions – Tiffany Joh, 21, of San Diego, Calif., and Mina Harigae, 18, of Monterey, Calif.
That quartet is joined by two members of the victorious 2006 U.S. Curtis Cup team: Amanda Blumenherst, 21, of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jennie Lee, 21, of Henderson, Nev., who are teammates at Duke University. Reigning NCAA Division I collegiate champion Stacy Lewis, 22, of The Woodlands, Texas, and Alison Walshe, 22, of Westford, Mass., complete the team.
The team will be captained by seven-time USGA champion Carol Semple Thompson, 59, of Sewickley, Pa. Thompson, who counts the 1973 U.S. Women's Amateur among her seven USGA titles, also served as captain of the 2006 U.S. squad that won at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore.
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