If a seventh consecutive American victory in the Curtis Cup isn’t an indication that something needs to change for Great Britain and Ireland, I don’t know what is.

While the away side took a slim lead into day two of the event at Essex Country Club in Massachusetts, the US girls turned up armed with a tin of white paint on Saturday to wash away any hopes the GB&I girls had of victory – with a 6-0 drubbing on day two.

Meanwhile, in those 14 years since GB&I’s last victory at Killarney Golf Club, stars of the European scene have passed through the amateur game with bundles of accolades, before bursting onto the professional stage with victories galore.

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The news of Lorena Ochoa’s departure from professional golf is as big a blow to the LPGA Tour as Tiger’s transgressions were to the PGA Tour.

The ladies game has lost its figurehead, a role that even Ochoa herself initially struggled to fulfill with the same ease as her predecessor, the dominant Annika Sorenstam.

However, just as the popular Mexican, known for her beautiful rhythmic swing, had steadily begun to charm her way into our hearts, she pulled the carpet from beneath us – and in effect, the LPGA.

Already struggling to attract sponsorship for its diminishing tour schedule, the LPGA will already be looking to another of its stars to step up to the plate – but just who is capable of emulating the success of Ochoa, never mind that of Sorenstam, is anyone’s guess. Read more…