Opening Golf to the World
Great Britain & IrelandCurtis Cup Team
Beth Coulter - Kirkistown Castle, Ireland
WAGR® 111
Age 22
One of two members of this year's Great Britain & Ireland team who featured in the 2024 victory over the United States of America at Sunningdale, Coulter plans to turn professional this summer.The Arizona State University student has a wealth of team golf experience, having played in the Vagliano Trophy, World Amateur Team Championship, European Team Championship and Home Internationals in addition to her successful Curtis Cup debut.
Coulter also reached the quarter-finals of The Women's Amateur Championship in 2023 and has been a runner-up in the Irish Women's Amateur Open, Irish Women's Close Championship and multiple collegiate events in the USA.
Sophia Fullbrook - The Melbourne Club, England
WAGR® 44
Age 20
Fullbrook comes into her maiden Curtis Cup full of confidence after recording three wins on the USA college circuit for Florida State University this year.
The 20-year-old triumphed by five shots at the Florida State Match Up in March, before tying for victory at the Coach Mo Classic two weeks later. She then added the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and was subsequently named to the All-ACC team in May.
Fullbrook excelled in last year's Vagliano Trophy, twice partnering Curtis Cup team-mate Patience Rhodes and remaining unbeaten as GB&I edged out the Continent of Europe with a dramatic final-day fightback.
Fullbrook was also a winner of the English Girls' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2022 at the age of 16. She is a former quarter-finalist at the Girls’ Amateur Championship and teamed up with future professional star Lottie Woad to help England to victory in the 2023 Home Internationals.
Lily Hirst - Huddersfield, England
WAGR® 374
Age 23
The English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Champion in 2024, Hirst has secured a spot in Catriona Matthew's team after a superb run of form this spring.Victory in The Comboy Leveret, a World Amateur Golf Ranking event played at Formby Ladies and Delamere Forest, was followed by top-five finishes at the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship and German International Amateur Championship.
Hirst, who attended the University of Kansas, achieved a notable feat at Royal Birkdale in 2024, shooting a ten-under-par 65 to set a new women's course record on her way to winning the Ladies Scratch Trophy.
Isla McDonald-O'Brien, Shrewsbury, England
WAGR® 96
Age 19
A quarter-finalist in The Women's Amateur Championship at Nairn in 2025, where she claimed the notable scalps of Catherine Park and Jazy Roberts in the knockout stages.McDonald-O'Brien was also part of Great Britain & Ireland's victorious Vagliano Trophy team last year, winning each of her singles matches.
The runner-up at the 2022 Girls' U16 Amateur Championship, McDonald-O'Brien has recorded a number of top-five finishes in collegiate events for Arizona State University, while her brother Rory is part of the men's team at Eastern Michigan University.
Charlotte Naughton - Longhirst Hall, England
WAGR® 89
Age 18
Naughton made a splash at the Junior Orange Bowl in January, winning by seven strokes with a tournament-record ten-under total. In doing so, she joined the likes of Tiger Woods, Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Brooke Henderson and Joaquin Niemann in achieving success at the high-profile Florida event.The youngest member of the Great Britain & Ireland team at 18, Naughton represented Europe at the Junior Ryder Cup last year, a week after winning the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada.
She was also the runner-up in both the Girls Amateur Championship and St Rule Trophy in 2025, as well as making the last-32 of The Women's Amateur Championship, where she was narrowly beaten by three-time Curtis Cupper Hannah Darling.
In the run-up to the Curtis Cup, she has finished third at the European Nations Cup - Copa Sotogrande and placed fifth in the German International Amateur Championship.
Nellie Ong - Eaton, England
WAGR® 60
Age 19
Ong made a significant contribution to Great Britain & Ireland's Vagliano Trophy triumph over Continental Europe in 2025, twice winning in tandem with Lottie Woad before recording a thumping 6&5 victory over Valentine Delon in her second singles outing.The 19-year-old also impressed at last year's World Amateur Team Championship in Singapore, finishing tied-fifth in the individual event and helping England to a tied-fourth finish.
Ong has demonstrated strong recent form for Ohio State on the US collegiate circuit, recording runner-up finishes at both the Big Ten Women's Golf Championships and the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational.
Patience Rhodes - Burnham & Berrow, England
WAGR® 20
Age 22
The second member of Catriona Matthew's team to have also played in the victorious Curtis Cup side of 2024, Patience is the younger sister of Mimi Rhodes, who is now a three-time winner on the Ladies' European Tour.Patience Rhodes is the highest-ranked player in this year's Great Britain & Ireland team and demonstrated her pedigree when claiming three-and-a-half points from four matches in the 2025 Vagliano Trophy victory over Continental Europe.
The winner of the St Rule Trophy in 2023, the Arizona State University student has been a consistently strong performer on the college golf circuit, registering a host of top-ten finishes.
Davina Xanh - Burnham & Berrow, England
WAGR® 121
Age 22
Xanh demonstrated excellent form in the months leading up to the Great Britain & Ireland team being announced, recording five top-ten and eight top-20 finishes in her last ten ranking events for California State University Fullerton.That fine run included a maiden collegiate victory in March's Ping ASU Invitational and a runner-up finish at the following month's Big West Women's Golf Championship.
Xanh also claimed a significant success in 2025 when she won the St Rule Trophy played at St Andrews Links, finishing a shot clear of her Curtis Cup team-mate Charlotte Naughton.
