CLEETHORPES golfer Holly Clyburn is holding off turning professional because she's desperate for another taste of Curtis Cup action.

The 21-year-old, who represented Great Britain & Ireland against the Americans in the biannual match in 2010, has been named in the preliminary squad for this year's contest, which will be held at Scotland's Nairn Golf Club in June.

The Curtis Cup is the biggest team competition in ladies' amateur golf.

Clyburn helped GB&I win the Astor Trophy and England's ladies team triumph in the Home Internationals last year.

The preliminary GB&I Curtis Cup squad will meet at Nairn for a three-day trial on March 23-25 – and former Tollbar pupil Clyburn is hoping her experience turns the heads of the selectors as she bids to end her amateur career with a bang.

"It will be wonderful to be picked for the Curtis Cup again," she said.

"That's the only reason I'm staying amateur – to get into that team.

"There's a bit of pressure on everyone.

"I think my experience of playing in America will give me an edge, because people will see I've mixed with the players we'll be up against.

"But until the final squad is announced, I need to deliver.

"If they want me in that team, I'll be there.

"I know what it's all about – it's all on the day and about holding your nerve.

"It's the hardest event you'll ever play in within a team."

Clyburn is back at home after her third successive annual appearance on the Florida-based Orange Blossom Tour – her best performance was a fourth-placed finish in the Women's Dixie Amateur, an event in which she has twice finished runner-up in recent years.

But making the final squad of eight, which will named on March 27, is not a given for the former English girls' champion – despite her pedigree in team events.

Four of Clyburn's GB&I rivals are in the top 20 of the World Amateur Rankings, including BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year winner and youngest ever British Women's Amateur champion Lauren Taylor, 17.

Charley Hull, 15, was the only golfer to beat Clyburn in last year's Order of Merit and has tasted victory in the US – winning the Harder Hall Invitational last month after also enjoying success during last year's Orange Blossom Tour.

Hull, the highest-ranked English female amateur in the world, represented Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup alongside Taylor last year.

Amid this tough competition, Clyburn is also hoping to be selected for the World Amateur Team Championships, which will be held in Antalya, Turkey, in September.

But failure to be selected for that event would draw the curtain on her amateur career.

"I'm not intending to turn pro until around November," said Clyburn.

"There's the Worlds before then, which I played in last year in Argentina.

"If I'm not in the selection process for that then I will turn pro earlier.

"But it won't be any earlier than September time.

"You can't rush into something that will play a large part in the rest of your life."