ARDMORE, Pennsylvania – Brenda Corrie Kuehn wears a gold scapular medal around her neck, and for years has told daughter Rachel about the time her heart was pounding so hard she could feel that necklace moving up and down as she faced a 4-foot downhill slider to clinch the 1998 Curtis Cup.
“I can’t even tell you the amount of times she’s told us about the 4-footer,” said Rachel, “downhill, left-to-right.”
There are pictures scattered around the family’s North Carolina home of Kuehn walking the fairways at the Curtis Cup with her oldest son, Corrie, who was a baby at the time. Rachel grew up familiar with her mother’s Curtis Cup pins, red blazer, and vintage footage of that putt, which gave Team USA its first victory over Great Britain and Ireland in eight years.
Now, it’s Rachel’s turn to make memories. There was a time when she longed to escape her mother’s shadow. Now, she basks in what they share.
Rachel Kuehn and her mother Brenda Corrie Kuehn pose for a photo after the team won the 2021 Curtis Cup at Conwy Golf Club in North Wales, United Kingdom on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (Oisin Keniry/USGA)
On Friday at the 42nd Curtis Cup, Rachel’s team serenaded her on the first tee for her 21st birthday. One day, Rachel will likely tell her own kids about the time she had her own Cup-clinching moment in Wales, followed by a milestone birthday at Merion, one of the game’s most iconic courses. Her present: two full points and a commanding 5-1 lead for Team USA.
“I don’t know what she’d rate hers on a scale of 1 to 100,” said Rachel of mom’s Curtis Cup experience, “but mine is a 200.”
They are the second mother-daughter duo to compete in a Curtis Cup, joining Jane Bastanchury Booth and Kellee Booth. Brenda and Kelly happened to be foursomes partners in 1998.
The 1998 USA Curtis Cup Team as seen at the Minikahda Club in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, August 31, 1998. Back Row (left to right): Jo Jo Roberts, Elizabeth Bauer, Kellee Booth and…
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