Curtis Cup Match - USGA

22 Curtis Cup MatchCurtis Cup Captains: 1932 to 20121932 Marion Hollins1934 Glenna Collett Vare1936 Glenna Collett Vare1938 Frances E. Stebbins1948 Glenna Collett Vare1950 Glenna Collett Vare1952 Aniela Goldthwaite1954 Edith Flippin1956 Edith Flippin1958 Virginia Dennehy1960 Mildred Prunaret1962 Polly Riley1964 Helen Hawes1966 Dorothy Germain Porter1968 Evelyn Monsted1970 Carolyn Cudone1972 Jean Ashley Crawford1974 Marion “Sis” Choate1976 Barbara McIntire1978 Helen Sigel Wilson1980 Nancy Roth Syms1982 Betty Probasco1984 Phyllis Preuss1986 Judy Bell1988 Judy Bell1990 Leslie Shannon1992 Judith Oliver1994 Lancy Smith1996 Martha Lang1998 Barbara McIntire2000 Jane Bastanchury Booth2002 Dr. Mary Budke2004 Martha Wilkinson Kirouac2006 Carol Semple Thompson2008 Carol Semple Thompson2010 Noreen Mohler2012 Dr. Patricia CornettDr. Patricia Cornett, 2012 USA Curtis Cup CaptainDr. Patricia Cornett, 56, of Mill Valley, Calif., a veteran of more than 50 USGA championships, has been selected as the captain ofthe 2012 USA Curtis Cup Team.“I am humbled to be selected as captain of the 2012 United States Curtis Cup Team and follow the legacy of Harriot and MargaretCurtis,” said Cornett. “The sisters’ passion for golf, their spirit of competition and most importantly, their social awareness, havealways been an inspiration for me.“I also am deeply honored to follow in the footsteps of those prior captains who have so ably led our American teams,” addedCornett. “My hope, as captain, is to not only fulfill the Curtis sisters’ charge, ‘To stimulate friendly rivalry among the women golfersof many lands,’ but also to inspire the newest generation of USA Curtis Cup players as to the importance and magnitude of thishistoric competition.”Cornett began her USGA career with the 1971 U.S. Girls’ Junior and competed in eight U.S. Women’s Open Championships.She was the runner-up at the 1987 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur and was a semifinalist in that championship in 1992 and 1999.She also advanced to the semifinals of the 1976 and 1992 U.S. Women’s Amateurs. Cornett has played in the last three USGASenior Women’s Amateur Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals in 2009. Her career victories include the 1990 Women’sWestern Amateur.Cornett, a native of Salinas, Calif., earned her B.S. in biology from Stanford University in 1976 and earned her M.D. from theMedical College of Pennsylvania in 1980. She was an intern/resident in internal medicine at Letterman Army Medical Center inSan Francisco from 1980-83, and a Fellow in Hematology/Oncology at Letterman Army Medical Center from 1983-1986. She is aProfessor of Medicine and serves as the Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine at the University of California,San Francisco and the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.She and her husband, Mike Iker, have two daughters, Annemarie and Theresa.Curtis CupPhotography: ©USGA/John Mummert