Pine Valley Golf Club will host the 2034 Curtis Cup Match, just 49 years after its most recent USGA championship event. The venerable golf club, normally ranked as the best in the country, has previously hosted the 1936 and 1985 Walker Cup Matches.
“We are committed to bringing our championships to the finest golf courses in the country and, over the last several years, that commitment has only strengthened for our women’s championships,” USGA CEO Mike Whan said. “That is why, on the eve of a monumental first U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach, this is a fitting and historic announcement for the Curtis Cup and the USGA.”
Construction at Pine Valley, which was designed by George Arthur Crump, started in 1913 and was completed in 1922. Crump during the middle of the project, in 1918. For his one and only design, Crump consulted experienced architects such as Harry Colt, A.W. Tillinghast, Donald Ross, Hugh Wilson, George C. Thomas Jr., and Walter Travis to conceptualize the course, which from the beginning has been widely considered the greatest architecture in America.
“Pine Valley was founded with the mission of celebrating the best in amateur golf,” club president Jim Davis said, “so it’s only natural that we’d want to host the premier event bringing together the best women amateurs of Great Britain, Ireland and the United States. The membership cherishes our heritage with the Walker Cup and now looks forward to creating the same kind of history with the 2034 Curtis Cup.”
The 2034 Curtis Cup Match will be the 64th USGA championship held in the state of New Jersey, fourth-most among all states. The Garden State last hosted the 2022 U.S. Amateur at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, won by Sam Bennett.
The Curtis Cup Match, jointly run by the USGA and The R&A, is contested by two teams of eight female amateur players, one from the United States and one from Great Britain and Ireland. It consists of six foursomes (alternate-shot) matches, six four-ball matches and eight singles matches over three days of competition. The USA leads the overall series, 31-8-3.
The 43rd Curtis Cup Match will be played Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2024, at Sunningdale, England, while the 44th Match will be played June 12-14, 2026 at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles.