Catriona Matthew OBE, who led Nice Britain and Eire to a memorable Curtis Cup victory earlier this 12 months, will proceed as Captain for the match in opposition to the USA of America at Bel-Air Nation Membership in 2026.
Matthew masterminded a primary win in eight years for GB&I with an exciting 10½-9½ triumph at Sunningdale in September – successful featured in a brand new R&A documentary, Rising: Contained in the Curtis Cup, to be aired this week.
The 2-time Solheim Cup-winning Captain will goal to guide a fourth group triumph when the forty fourth Curtis Cup takes place at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California from 12-14 June 2026.
Matthew’s appointment for this 12 months’s match marked a brand new period for the GB&I facet, with the Scot bringing a wealth of data and expertise to the function from her adorned newbie {and professional} profession to encourage the house group to victory.
The 55-year-old is now relishing the possibility to tackle a recent problem with GB&I on away soil.
“I’m delighted to be reappointed as Nice Britain and Eire Captain for the Curtis Cup and look ahead to main the group at Bel-Air in 2026,” mentioned Matthew, who was a member of three GB&I Curtis Cup groups.
“It was an awesome contest in opposition to the USA of America at Sunningdale and the victory is true up there with something I’ve achieved, together with successful the Solheim Cup as a participant and Captain.
I used to be proud to guide such a proficient facet and am honoured that The R&A has requested me to proceed as Captain.”
Matthew, who received the AIG Ladies’s Open in 2009, captained Europe to Solheim Cup successes in 2019 at Gleneagles and two years later in Ohio – only a second victory on American soil.
“It’s all the time more durable to win away from dwelling and I’m excited for the chance,” added the 1993 Ladies’s Beginner Champion. “It will likely be an awesome event at Bel-Air and it’s my job to once more construct a excessive performing and motivated group who will goal to retain the trophy.”
Rising: Contained in the Curtis Cup is aired on R&A TV on Thursday (19 December) and screened on Sky Sports activities Golf within the UK over the festive interval.
That includes recent interviews with Matthew and key members of her group, the particular 30-minute documentary goes behind-the-scenes to offer a novel perception into GB&I’s historic win.
In different worldwide matches in 2025, Dean Robertson, a European Tour winner and the Excessive Efficiency Golf Coach on the College of Stirling, captains GB&I within the Walker Cup on the Cypress Level Membership from 6-7 September.
Robertson additionally takes cost of GB&I for the St Andrews Trophy staged at Actual Membership de la Puerta de Hierro in Spain in July.
Chris King has been reappointed as Captain of GB&I’s Jacques Léglise Trophy group at boys’ stage subsequent 12 months, whereas Senior Irish internationalist Deirdre Walsh once more leads the GB&I women’ group for the Junior Vagliano Trophy.
Non-playing captain Walsh steered GB&I to a first-ever victory over the Continent of Europe within the Junior Vagliano Trophy at West Lancashire in August.
Former Curtis Cup participant Maria Dunne additionally returns as Captain of the Vagliano Trophy group. Royal Hague Golf & Nation Membership within the Netherlands hosts the Vagliano and Junior Vagliano trophies in June, with the Jacques Léglise Trophy on the Royal Golf Membership of Belgium in August.
