AMERICAN CURTIS CUP CHOICE LINDY DUNCAN SOUNDS A SCOT ...

LINDY DUNCAN (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina) from Fort Lauderdale, Florida is one of the five players named by the United States Golf Association today for the June 8-10 Curtis Cup match at Nairn Golf Club.
She's ranked No 17 in the world - and her surname "Duncan" suggests that she has a drop of Scottish blood in her veins. Her father's name is David, which could also lean towards Scottish ancestry. And to cap it all, Lindy has a sister whose first name is McKENZIE!
Kirkwoodgolf is on the case. We sent an E-mail to Dan Brooks, Head Coach of the Duke University women's golf team this evening ... and, astonishingly, he replied within 10min, maybe less. The students have broken up for the Festive period but Dan has E-mailed Lindy at her family home in Fort Lauderdale and asked her to get in touch direct with us.
We'll let you know as soon as she replies.

USGA name five of American Curtis Cup team for 

Nairn but GB and I wait until after LET Q School

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
The Great Britain and Ireland preliminary squad for next June's 37th Curtis Cup match against the United States at Nairn Golf Club will not be named until after the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School at La Manga in early January.
That's in contrast to the United States Golf Association's announcement today, naming five of their squad of eight players for the three-day women's amateur international match from June 8 to 10.
The players, with their colleges, ages and world rankings, are:

Amy Anderson (North Dakota State), 19, WAGR No 26.
Family home: Oxbow, North Dakota.
Lindy Duncan (Duke), 20, WAGR No 17.
Family home: Fort Lauderale, Florida.
Austin Ernst (Louisiana State), 19, WAGR No 6.
Family home: Seneca, South Carolina.
Tiffany Lua (UCLA), 20, WAGR No 15.
Family home: Rowland Heights, California.
Brooke Pancake (Alabama), 21, WAGR No 31.
Family home: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Three additional players will be named after the Orange Blossom Tour of women's amateur events in Florida next month.
“I am thrilled that these five outstanding young women will be members of the 2012 Curtis Cup Team,” said US team captain Patricia Cornett.
“I had the great pleasure of watching these players over the past year and am confident they will represent the USA in exemplary fashion. I congratulate each on this wonderful and well-deserved honour.”
Anderson won the 2009 U.S. Girls’ Championship and was among the first-round leaders at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, where she finished as the fourth-lowest amateur.
Duncan was a semi-finalist in the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur at the age of 15. She also finished as second-lowest amateur at the 2011 Women’s Open. Ernst took the individual title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Championship, becoming the first freshman to win the top colleges' women's title in 13 years. She also reached the semi-finals at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Lua won one and lost her two other matches in the 2010 Curtis Cup match won by the United States 12 1/2-7 1/2 at Essex County Club, Massachusetts. She is the only one of that winning American team who is still an amateur. Her seven team-mates have all turned pro. Lua was a semi-finalist in this year's US Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
Pancake was a beaten semi-finalist in the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
Three Americans currently in the top 20 of the World Amateur Rankings - Erica Popson (No 9), Kayla Mortellaro (No 18) and Jay Marie Green (No 19) - have surprisingly not been named in advance. They will have to earn their places the hard way with good performances next month on the Orange Blossom Tour.
The Americans have won the last seven Curtis Cup matches since GB and I won 11 1/2-6 1/2 at Killarney in 1996 when Alison Davidson from Stirling won four out of four ties. It was a two-day match with four sessions of play until 2008 when it was stretched to three days for the match over the Old Course, St Andrews.
The United States leads the series, 27-6, with three drawn matches.
The LGU decision to delay naming their preliminary Curtis Cup squad until after the Ladies European Tour School gives leading players such as Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) and Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) the chance to remain amateurs and be chosen for the Curtis Cup match if they fail to win LET players' cards for 2012.
The GB and I team of eight will be named on March 27 following a three-day practice session by the preliminary squad, watched by the LGU selectors, over the Nairn course from March 23 to 25.
There are four British and Irish players in the current top 20 of the Women's World Amateur Rankings -
No 5 Stephanie Meadow (Alabama University and Royal Portrush),
No 7 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell),
No 10 Charley Hull (Woburn).
No 20 Lauren Taylor (Woburn).

Former Scottish women's champion and Under-21 champion for the past four years, Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling University and Nairn Dunbar), has her sights set on playing in the Curtis Cup match in her home town.
She hopes to enhance her selection prospects with good performances on the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida next month.
Stanford University student Sally Watson, who had played for GB and I in the 2008 and 2010 Curtis Cup matches, was overlooked for last summer's Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Eurpe at Royal Porthcawl but cannot be ruled out of the reckoning for a third Curtis Cup match in a row.