PRINCETON, New Jersey (May 28, 2026) – The 122nd playing of the Inter-City Matches for the Griscom Cup and the 4th Senior Inter-City Matches came to a close Thursday afternoon at TPC Jasna Polana as Team Mass Golf finished third in the Griscom Cup and second in the Senior Inter-City, facing squads from the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia (WGAP) and the Women’s Metropolitan Golf Association (WMGA).
Team Mass Golf scored 18 points in the foursomes (alternate shot) matches on Day 1 for a commanding 6.5-point lead heading into Thursday’s singles contests, but the defending champs passed the Griscom Cup over to the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia, which finished in first place with 38.5 points. The WMGA was second with 35 points, and Mass Golf tallied 34.5 points.
The WGAP also won the Senior Inter-City Matches with 46 points, with Mass Golf earning 32 points and WMGA scoring 30.
| Griscom Cup Players | Senior Inter-City Players |
| Megan Buck (Thorny Lea GC) | Pam Kuong (Charles River CC) |
| Christine Mandile (Winchester CC) | Loren Milhench le Gassick (The Kittansett Club) |
| Morgan Smith (Vesper CC) | Lynn Scully (Taconic GC) |
| Mekhala Costello (Blue Hill CC) | Natalie Galligan (Pocasset GC) |
| Lillian Guleserian (Blue Hill CC) | Mercedese Large (Taconic GC) |
| Jillian Johnson (Hatherly CC) | Danielle Lee (Renaissance) |
| Mackenzie Whitney (Oak Hill CC) | Erin O’Hara (Worcester GC) |
| Cynthia Zhao (1929 Club) | Stacey Freda (Andover CC) |
Captain: Chelsea Curtis (The Country Club)
Scoring in both rounds used a three-way, Nassau-style match-play format. Two players from each team played foursomes on Wednesday and singles matches Thursday. They were awarded one point for winning the front nine, one point for the back nine, and one point for the 18-hole round. Half-points were awarded in the event of halved matches.
On Wednesday, Megan Buck and Jillian Johnson earned all six points in the foursomes matches, while the Blue Hill team, consisting of Penn State’s Lillian Guleserian and NESCAC champion Mekhala Costello (Amherst College), took 5.5 points. Those two performances alone put Mass Golf ahead, but each duo earned at least three points in the opening round.
On the senior side, Pam Kuong and Danielle Lee also earned a six-point sweep in their foursomes matches to help the team finish the round in second place behind the eventual champs.
In the singles matches on Day 2, Buck and Costello each earned four points to lead the Mass Golf squad, but WGAP tallied 27 points, outscoring the Bay Staters by 10.5 points to rally back for the win. Former Penn State golfer Michelle Cox earned 6 points, while high schooler Jillian Burks and former Notre Dame standout Isabella DiLisio earned four points apiece.
Lee continued her strong play in singles with 5 points for the Mass Golf seniors, while team newcomer Loren Milhench le Gassick earned 4.5 points to match Kuong.
The history of the Griscom Cup began in 1898 when WGAP initiated an inter-city competition against a team from the all-women’s Morris Country Club in New Jersey. The WMGA was established in 1899 and assumed responsibility for selecting the New York team in 1900. Boston joined to make it a three-city competition in 1902. The competition has been held every year since except for the two World War periods, in 1984 due to weather, and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass Golf has a handful of wins since the turn of the century, taking home the Cup in 2008, 2009, 2016, 2022, and 2025.
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