CURTIS CUP PIPE-OPENER TOMORROW MORNING

GOLDEN OLDIES STEP BACK INTO LIMELIGHT AT NAIRN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Stars of past Curtis Cup matches step back into the spotlight tomorrow morning at The Nairn Golf Club in the Past Players' Match, a traditional eve-of-the-match get-together of mainly players who have represented Great Britain and Ireland in the biennial transatlantic amateur international fixture down through the years.

This year, Carol Semple Thompson, who has played in more Curtis Cup matches (12) than any other American - and who captained the US team in the 2008 match over the Old Course, St Andrews - is making an appearance, as is Irish legend Mary McKenna who holds the GBandI record of playing in nine Curtis Cup matches. Mary captained the team in the 2008 and 2010 matches.

Approximate tee times:

10.00 Jill Thornhill (England)
Ann Howard (England)
Claire Dowling (Ireland)
Maureen Richmond (Scotland)

10.10 Linda Bayman (England)
Lady Angela Bonallack (England)
Wilma Leburn (Scotland)
Ita Butler (Ireland)

10.20 Carol Semple Thompson (United States)
Breanne Loucks (Wales)
Gillian Stewart (Scotland)
Mary McKenna (Ireland)

10.30 Diane Bailey (England)
Bridget Jackson (England)
Maureen Madill (Ireland)
Suzanne Cadden (Scotland)

10.40 Mary Pickard (England)
Vivien Saunders (England)
Anne Laing (Scotland)
Ada O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Elaine Farquharson-Black (Scotland)

+ADMISSION FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO TO THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 6pm THURSDAY