ELMSFORD, N.Y. (August 7, 2025) – The 18th playing of the Carey Cup is just over two months away, and the MGA is pleased to announce its first six team members who will compete in the matches against Golf Ireland, October 16-17 at Portmarnock Golf Club in Dublin, Ireland.
Christian Cavaliere of Hudson National, Mark Costanza of Baltusrol, Ina Kim-Schaad of Deepdale, Corinna Limbocker of Tuxedo, Matt Lowe of MGA eClub – Long Island, and Catherine McEvoy of Innis Arden will compete on the team with the goal of keeping the trophy in the MGA’s hands. The MGA has possessed the trophy since the team’s 2019 victory at Arcola, and in 2023 claimed the Carey Cup by an impressive 11.5 to 1.5 score over Golf Ireland at Winged Foot.
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Reigning MGA Women’s Player of the Year Ina Kim-Schaad is a veteran of the international matches; this will be her fifth team appearance. The 2019 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion has recorded several top finishes this season, including a tie for runner-up at the Women’s Met Amateur at Sunningdale, semifinalist in the National Golf Links of America Women’s Invitational, and top five finishes at the Women’s Met Open at Nissequogue and the New York State Women’s Amateur at St. George’s. Kim-Schaad was a member of the Carey Cup team in 2021, which marked the first year of expanded teams with the addition of women joining the teams for the MGA and Golf Ireland.
Cavaliere, Costanza, and Lowe have all recorded wins this season and have represented the MGA abroad in recent few years. Lowe started the summer off strong with wins at the MGA Public Links Championship and the New York City Amateur. The reigning MGA Player of the Year finished third at the Long Island Open and was just recently runner-up at the Met Amateur at Old Oaks. He competed for the Met Area in the 2024 French-American Challenge in Paris; he played on his first Carey Cup team in 2023 at Winged Foot. This will be Costanza’s fifth international team appearance. In 2021 at Carton House, the pressure was on for Costanza as the fate of the matches would be decided by his singles match against Golf Ireland’s David Kitt. The two-time MGA Player of the Year had come back from two down with two to play and won the 18th hole to tie his match, leading the MGA to retain the Cup. Costanza captured his second New Jersey Open title in July (he previously won in 2020), finished in the top five at the Ike at Hamilton Farm, and was a quarterfinalist at the Met Amateur.
Cavaliere has also had a strong season thus far, winning the Azalea Invitational at the Country Club of Charleston in March and the New York State Open at Glen Oaks in July. Cavaliere finished as a semifinalist at the Met Amateur, and two days later qualified for the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. This will be Cavaliere’s fourth international team appearance; he competed in the Carey Cup in 2023 and the French-American Challenge in 2024 and 2022.
McEvoy was also on the 2023 team and will bring her match play experience to the squad. McEvoy won the inaugural Farrell in 2022 and earlier this season finished in sixth place at the Women’s Met Amateur. She competed in 2024 in France, and this will be her first Carey Cup in Ireland.
The Carey Cup will mark Limbocker’s first MGA international team event. Limbocker finished in fourth at the Women’s Met Amateur, tied for seventh at the Women’s Met Open, finished tenth at the New York State Women’s Amateur, and was a quarterfinalist in the 2024 Farrell.
The Carey Cup – which originated as the Metedeconk International Challenge Cup – was first played in 1990. The teams played once again in Ireland in 1992 but did not meet in 1994. In 1996, the matches were conducted again thanks to an effort spearheaded by the late Governor Hugh L. Carey, who envisioned the matches as an opportunity to foster sportsmanship and goodwill between the countries. Ever since, the matches have been played in his honor with a spirit of camaraderie and competition
Golf Ireland was established in 2019 following an overwhelming endorsement by Ireland’s golf clubs. It became operational in January 2021, succeeding the Golfing Union of Ireland (GUI) and the Irish Ladies Golf Union (ILGU) to become the single governing body for golf in Ireland. This is the first year that the team will consist of seven men and five women, an expansion of one man and one woman. Five four-ball and five foursomes matches – three men’s, two women’s will take place on day one and 12 singles matches – seven men’s, five women’s – taking place on the second day of the competition.
The event is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday, October 15 with an “Am-Am,” in which each of the MGA and Golf Ireland players will be paired with three amateurs in a best ball competition. The matches will take place just ten miles north of Dublin. Portmarnock has previously hosted the Carey Cup in 2009 and 1998, with both matches won by the Irish. It has also hosted the 1991 Walker Cup, 19 Irish Opens, the Irish Amateur Close Championship and the British Amateur Championship.
