Team USA players Rose Zhang, left, and Rachel Kuehn hold American flags after winning their matches during Singles Matches at the 2022 Curtis Cup at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. on Sunday, June 12, 2022. (Chris Keane/USGA)
Rachel Kuehn used to worry about trying to get out of her mother’s shadow. After all, mom Brenda was a star at Wake Forest and clinched the Curtis Cup for Team USA in 1998.
Rachel Kuehn, a rising senior at Wake Forest, has officially outdone mom. After clinching the Cup for the U.S. last year in Wales, Kuehn did it again at Merion, defeating Caley McGinty, 2 and 1. Rose Zhang nabbed the first point for the Americans on Sunday.
“I am in her shadow now,” said a beaming Brenda, who noted that her middle child must always outdo her.
Rachel plans to take a fifth-year at Wake Forest (her COVID-19 year) to work on a graduate degree, which means she could potentially compete in the 2024 Curtis Cup.
What could possibly top this? Perhaps she could play for mom.
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