July 27, 2005
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior golfer Heather MacRae (Dunblane, Scotland) helped lead Great Britain and Ireland to its second consecutive Vagliano Trophy, July 22-23, at the Chantilly Golf Club in Chantilly, France. The team from Great Britain and Ireland defeated a squad from Europe by a slim two-point margin, 13-11, in an amateur event held every two years since 1959.
MacRae competed in both of the foursome matches, teaming with Clare Queen to defeat Spain's Emma Cabrera and Switzerland's Sheila Lee 1-up on day one. On Saturday, Cabrera and Lee reversed the result, winning 6 and 5.
With the event tied at 8-8, Great Britain and Ireland captured five of the seven afternoon singles matches to claim the trophy for the second consecutive time after dropping four straight from 1995-2001.
The Vagliano Trophy match is a two-day amateur event with foursomes (alternate shot) in the morning, pitting two players from each squad against one another with each side playing just one ball. The afternoon consists of 18 holes of singles match play. The tournament follows the same format as the Curtis Cup, which features a team from the U.S. versus a team from Great Britain and Ireland.
A transfer from McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, MacRae won the national junior college individual title in 2003, and led the Highlanders to the team championship in 2002. As an Aztec, she finished in the top 10 three times and in the top 20 on five occasions during her junior campaign in 2003-04, before redshirting last season.