Curtis Cup

Martin Dempster reports from the Curtis Cup.

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00:00Hello, it's Martin Dempster, the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here, coming to you from

00:07Sunningdale in Berkshire, venue for the 43rd Curtis Cup. We're at the end of the second

00:19day, and great news for Katrina Matthews' Great Britain and Ireland team as they lead

00:25the United States 7-5 heading into the concluding singles on Sunday. The golf played so far

00:34really has been terrific from both sides. It's really been nip and tuck. They were tied

00:41at 3-3 overnight. It was then 4.5-4.5 after the opening foursome session on Saturday morning,

00:51and at one point it looked as though GB and I were going to record a 3-0 clean sweep

00:57in the four balls on Saturday afternoon. The Americans salvaged a half in the bottom match,

01:06which means that they're only two points behind going into the last day instead of three.

01:12But with eight singles matches to come, Katrina Matthews' side only need to pick up three

01:19and a half points in those encounters to win this contest for the first time since 2016.

01:28Brooming now is Hannah Darling, the Scots number one. She's won all three of her matches

01:33so far after being left out of the opening session. She's a terrific prospect, and she's

01:40certainly shown people down here that she can go all the way to the top when she eventually

01:47turns professional. Terrific as well to see Lorna McClymont, the other Scot on the team,

01:52to pick up a point in the afternoon session today. She's had a great couple of years,

02:00and she's certainly going to have a spring in her step going on to the concluding singles.

02:05World number one, Lottie Ward, she'll lead out GB and Ireland in the last day session. She'll be up

02:12against 15-year-old Asterix Talley, followed by Sarah Byrne, who's partnered Ward in the

02:21foursomes, four balls, in the opening two days. They've been unbeaten, the first pairing to do

02:28that since the format for this event changed in 2008. Darling, she's up against Anna Davis,

02:34a former Augusta National Women's Amateur champion, in the third match. But McClymont,

02:40she's in the penultimate match. It's not done and dusted yet, but Katrina Matthew,

02:46having already led Europe to two wins in the Solheim Cup, is now chasing more captaincy

02:54glory in the Curtis Cup. To keep up to date with everything in the golf world,

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