Teens dominate U.S. team for Curtis Cup matches in Ireland

Sierra Brooks during the 2016 South Atlantic Amateur. ( Tracy Wilcox )Seven of the eight players on the 2016 Curtis Cup team are teenagers, including five 17-year-olds, the U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday. Monica Vaugh, a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State, will be the grande dame on the youngest U.S. Curtis Cup team in event history.

With college seniors such as Emma Talley and Mariah Stackhouse, two key leaders on the victorious 2014 team, expected to turn professional immediately upon graduating this spring, the USGA’s selection committee looked to the junior league.

Golfweek has learned that the committee leaned heavily on the World Amateur Golf Ranking in making its selections…