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Olivia Mehaffey and Paul Grant unbeaten, but US take early advantage in Curtis Cup

A dominant foursomes display put the United States ahead of the Great Britain and Ireland team at the Curtis Cup after Friday's play.

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Paula Grant and Olivia Mehaffey
Paula Grant and Olivia Mehaffey
Paula Grant and Olivia Mehaffey

The US had a 2-1 lead after the four-balls, with Olivia Mehaffey and Sophie Lamb rallying from three down on the 12th to halve a point with Jennifer Kupcho and Lucy Li.

Americans Lilia Vu and Kristen Gillman took their match against Alice Hewson and Lily May Humphreys 4&3, while Paula Grant and Shannon McWilliam ended up all square with Lauren Stephenson and Sophia Schubert.

Grant and Humphreys took a one-shot lead in their foursomes against Stephenson and Gillman, but ended up going down 4&2, while six strokes on the 18th saw Hewson and Clyburn lose by two to Kupcho and Vu.

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The only success for the Great Britain and Ireland team in the foursomes came from Mehaffey and Lamb who beat Galdiano and Lee 3&2 to put the US ahead 4-2 ahead of Saturday's four-ball.