The 48th Walker Cup will be played at Seminole Golf Club in Florida from 8-9 May 2021 and the Vagliano Trophy will be played along with the Junior Vagliano Trophy at Lausanne Golf Club in Switzerland from 25-26 June 2021. Meanwhile, the rearranged 41st Curtis Cup will be played at Conwy Golf Club in Wales from 26-28 August 2021, after the match was postponed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the Vagliano Trophy the GB&I team is looking for its first win against the Continent of Europe since 2005. While in the Curtis Cup GB&I will be aiming to extend the team's unbeaten home run to three in a row at Conwy, having won the match at Nairn in 2012 and Dun Laoghaire in 2016.
Four Scots are included in the GB&I Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup squad. 17-year-old Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe), who was a member of the 2019 European Junior Solheim Cup Team at Gleneagles, is the youngest to be selected for the 17-strong squad. She is joined by Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), one of only four players selected from the 2018 GB&I Curtis Cup team, Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) and Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon).
Elaine Ratcliffe, the GB&I captain, said:
"We have been able to bring in a number of new players into the squad alongside those who were selected last year and are now looking forward to working with the group as we prepare for the Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup. We have a good blend of youth and experience in the squad but there is still time for other players to make their case for inclusion in the final teams selected. I know the girls will relish the opportunity to compete and try to win the two matches."
GB&I Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup squad:
Hannah Darling (17, Broomieknowe, Scotland)
Shannon McWilliam (21, Aboyne, Scotland)
Annabell Fuller (18, Roehampton, England)
Olivia Mehaffey (23, Royal County Down Ladies, Ireland)
Chloe Goadby (23, St Regulus, Scotland)
Emily Price (21, Ludlow, England)
Paula Grant (27, Lisburn, Ireland)
Euphemie Rhodes (18, Burnham and Berrow, England)
Charlotte Heath (19, Huddersfield, England)
Emily Toy (23, Carlyon Bay, England)
Lily May Humphreys (18, Stoke by Nayland, England)
Lauren Walsh (20, Castlewarden, Ireland)
Hazel MacGarvie (21, Royal Troon, Scotland)
Isobel Wardle (20, Prestbury, England)
Julie McCarthy (21, Forrest Little, Ireland)
Annabel Wilson (19, Lurgan, Ireland)
Caley McGinty (20, Knowle, England)
In the Walker Cup, the United States of America halted a run of home wins after an outstanding performance in the afternoon singles of the second day at Hoylake last September, and so, GB&I will be looking to replicate that success and win away from home for the first time since 2001.
World No 8, Nairn's Sandy Scot, who played for GB&I at Royal Liverpool, is the sole Scottish player to be named in the 15-strong Walker Cup squad.
You can read the full statement published by The R&A and also see the full list of players selected for the GB&I Walker Cup squad at:
https://www.randa.org/News/2020
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