The USGA has finalized the eight players who will represent the USA in the 2026 Curtis Cup Match that will be held June 12-14 at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif. The four additional players join the previous four who were announced to the team last month. The added players are:  

• Kary Hollenbaugh, 21, of New Albany, Ohio 

• Jasmine Koo, 20, of Cerritos, Calif. 

• Avery Weed, 20, of Ocean Springs, Miss. 

• Kelly Xu, 21, of Claremont, Calif. 

“Representing the United States in the Curtis Cup is an incredible honor, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be part of this team,” said Xu. “The Curtis Cup has such a rich history in amateur golf, and I’m excited to compete alongside this amazing group of teammates while representing our country on an international stage.” 

They join Farah O’Keefe, 20, of Austin, Texas; Kiara Romero, 20, of San Jose, Calif.; and Asterisk Talley, 17, of Chowchilla, Calif., who were named to the team as automatic selections last month due to their place on the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®, as well as Anna Davis, 20, of Spring Valley, Calif., who was named as a committee selection. Five of the eight players are currently inside the top 20 in the WAGR.

The USA Team returns three players from the 2024 squad that fell to Great Britain & Ireland by a single point at Sunningdale in England. Talley posted a 2-1-1 record; Koo also went 2-1-1, and Davis finished 1-3. 

The alternates for the USA Team are, in order of ranking: Chloe Kovelesky,19, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Macy Pate, 20, of Winston-Salem, N.C. 

Meghan Stasi, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will again serve as captain of the USA Team. A four-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, Stasi was also a member of the victorious 2008 USA Curtis Cup Team at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. 

The Curtis Cup is contested biennially between teams of eight female amateur golfers representing the United States and Great Britain & Ireland, which is comprised of England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The USA Team is selected by the USGA’s Team Selection Committee, while the GB&I side is chosen by The R&A. 

Notable past USA Curtis Cup Team members include U.S. Women’s Open champions JoAnne Carner, Paula Creamer, Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, Patty Sheehan, Hollis Stacy and Michelle Wie West, as well as past and present LPGA stars such as Jennifer Kupcho, Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson, Beth Daniel, Jessica Korda, Nancy Lopez and Rose Zhang. 

PLAYER PROFILES 

Anna Davis, 20, of Spring Valley, Calif., is a rising senior at Auburn University. Davis, who competed for the USA in the 2024 Curtis Cup, first rose to prominence with her victory in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur at age 16. A two-time All-American, Davis won twice during the fall portion of the 2025-26 collegiate season. Prior to the start of her third collegiate campaign, she advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Amateur Championship in Scotland and the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Since 2023, she has represented the United States in the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup, Women’s World Amateur Team Championship, Arnold Palmer Cup and Curtis Cup. She is also a member of the U.S. National Development Program’s Elite Amateur squad.   

Kary Hollenbaugh, 21, of New Albany, Ohio, is a senior at The Ohio State University. Hollenbaugh, a two-time All American, will be making her Curtis Cup debut. Last year Hollenbaugh won four events for Ohio State, tying the program record for wins in a single season. She also defended her title in the South Atlantic Women's Amateur in Florida, reached the Round of 16 in both the Women's Western Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur and competed in the U.S. Women's Open in 2025 at Erin Hills. Her father, Paul, is the Director of Golf at New Albany Country Club, which was a host site for U.S. Women’s Open qualifying this year. 

Jasmine Koo, 20, of Cerritos, Calif., is a rising junior at the University of Southern California. She will be making her second Curtis Cup appearance after representing the USA at the 2024 Match. In March, Koo won the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii by six strokes. The 2025 first team All-American represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup and reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Women's Amateur and Round of 32 in the Women's Amateur Championship in Scotland. Additionally, in 2024 she won the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Girls' Junior and finished T13 in the Chevron Championship to earn low-amateur honors. 

Farah O'Keefe, 20, of Austin, Texas, is a rising senior at the University of Texas. O’Keefe, the owner of three collegiate victories in 2026, will make her Curtis Cup debut. In 2025, the two-time All-American finished runner-up in the Women’s Amateur Championship in Scotland, reached the Round of 16 in the Women’s Western Amateur, made the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Erin Hills and represented the United States in both the Arnold Palmer Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship, where the Americans took home the Espirito Santo Trophy. She is also a member of the USNDP’s Elite Amateur squad.   

Kiara Romero, 20, of San Jose, Calif., is a rising senior at the University of Oregon. Romero will make her Curtis Cup debut after serving as an alternate in 2024. Romero, the recipient of the 2025 McCormack Medal for being the world’s leading amateur, has continued to establish herself among the game’s elite amateurs. The two-time, first-team All-American claimed victories at the Chevron Collegiate in February and the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational in March, and recently posted a top-five finish in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. In 2025, she advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur, finished T-7 in the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic and made the cut in both the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally and the CPKC Women’s Open. Romero represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2024 and 2025. She is also a member of the USNDP’s Elite Amateur squad.   

Asterisk Talley, 17, of Chowchilla, Calif., is a junior in high school. Talley will make her second Curtis Cup appearance after competing in the 2024 Match at Sunningdale Golf Club, where she defeated then-No. 1-ranked amateur Lottie Woad in Sunday singles. Talley has built one of the most accomplished junior résumés in the game. She opened 2026 with victories at the Fortinet Stanford Invitational and the Girls’ Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, and in 2025, captured the Girl’s Junior PGA Championship. A four-time junior All-American and three-year member of the U.S. National Junior Team, she also won the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball and has runner-up finishes in the U.S. Girls’ Junior, U.S. Women’s Amateur and Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Since 2024, she has represented her country in the Curtis Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Ryder Cup. She will compete in her third consecutive U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally in June. Talley shared low-amateur honors in 2024 at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club with Catherine Park and reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Megan Schofill. 

Avery Weed, 20, of Ocean Springs, Miss., is a rising senior at Mississippi State University. The 2025 honorable-mention All-American will make her first Curtis Cup appearance. Avery notably has five top-four finishes this season for Mississippi State, including a win in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational last fall and a runner-up finish in the UCF Challenge in January. Last year, Weed finished T-10 in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Individual Championship and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Women's Amateur. 

Kelly Xu, 21, of Claremont, Calif., is a senior at Stanford University. Xu will make her Curtis Cup debut after an impressive collegiate career. Last year, the two-time All-American finished third in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Individual Championship and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup. In 2024, she helped Stanford win the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur. She also qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach and was the inaugural female champion in the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship at Augusta National Golf Club when she captured the Girls’ 7-9 Division.