Adding to the already stellar lineup, National Golf Links follows its successful hosting of the 2013 Walker Cup with the 2030 Curtis Cup matches. Fantastic news for the women’s game.
For Immediate Release:
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (May 25, 2022) – National Golf Links of America, in Southampton, N.Y., has been named the host site of the 46th Curtis Cup Match, to be held June 7-9, 2030. This will be the third USGA championship conducted at National Golf Links, which has previously hosted the 1922 and 2013 Walker Cup Matches.
“We are thrilled to return to National Golf Links, one of America’s finest golf courses and a true cathedral of the game,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, Championships. “The club has been such an integral part of Walker Cup history, so for its leadership to offer to host a Curtis Cup speaks volumes about their commitment to the amateur and women’s game. We cannot wait to work with their leadership in the effort to stage another memorable Match.”
National Golf Links of America, which opened in 1909, was designed by renowned golf course architect Charles Blair Macdonald, who guided the course’s development over its first 30 years. Macdonald’s tenure included the inaugural Walker Cup Match in 1922. Led by playing captain William C. Fownes Jr. and with a side that included Bob Jones, Charles “Chick” Evans and Francis Ouimet, the United States won the first Match, 8-4. National Golf Links of America was the home club of George Herbert Walker, USGA president in 1920, when the event was conceived, and the man who donated the trophy. The Walker Cup Match returned to National Golf Links in 2013, when the USA Team defeated GB&I 17-9.
“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.”
Upcoming Curtis Cup Match Venues
2022 Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa.
2024 Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale, England
2026 Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
2028 TBD
2030 National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y.
National Golf Links will become just the fourth club to host both the Walker Cup Match and Curtis Cup Match, joining Merion Golf Club, The Minikahda Club and Quaker Ridge Golf Club. Merion will host the upcoming 42nd Curtis Cup Match, its second time hosting the Match, from June 10-12.
The 2030 Curtis Cup Match will be the 78th USGA championship held in the state of New York, third-most among all states. The state last hosted the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, and will next host the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough.
The Curtis Cup Match is contested by two teams of eight female amateur players, one from the USA and one from Great Britain and Ireland, which is composed of England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It consists of six foursomes (alternate-shot) matches, six four-ball matches and eight singles matches over three days of competition. The USA leads the overall series, 30-8-3.