2017 Arnold Palmer Cup
The 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from June 9–11, 2017 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States. The 21st playing of the event, it was the first since the death of namesake Arnold Palmer.
| Dates | June 9–11, 2017 | ||||
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| Venue | Atlanta Athletic Club Highlands course | ||||
| Location | Johns Creek, Georgia | ||||
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| USA wins the Arnold Palmer Cup | |||||
The score was level at 5 points each after the first day but the United States team won 9 of the 10 singles matches on the second day and halved the other. This gave them an overwhelming lead, needing just 1 point from 10 singles matches on the final day to win the match. The second set of singles was split 5–5, to give the United States a comfortable 19½–10½ victory in the match.
Format
On Friday, there were five matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by five four-ball matches in the afternoon. Ten singles matches were played on Saturday, and ten more on Sunday. In all, 30 matches were played.
Each of the 30 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 15½ points won the competition.
Teams
Ten college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event plus a non-playing head coach and assistant coach for each team.[1]
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| Name | Class | College | Qualification method |
| John Fields | non-playing head coach | ||
| Andrew DiBitetto | non-playing assistant coach | ||
| Sam Burns | So. | LSU | 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Chandler Phillips | So. | Texas A&M | 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Collin Morikawa | So. | California | 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Jimmy Stanger | Sr. | Virginia | 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Maverick McNealy | Sr. | Stanford | 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Norman Xiong | Fr. | Oregon | 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| John Coultas | Jr. | Florida Southern | Committee pick, non-Division I |
| Sean Crocker | Jr. | Southern California | Committee pick |
| Nick Hardy | Jr. | Illinois | Committee pick |
| Doug Ghim | Jr. | Texas | Coach's pick |
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| Name | Country | Class | College | Qualification method |
| David Inglis |  |
non-playing head coach | ||
| Alan Murray |  |
non-playing assistant coach | ||
| Hannes Rönneblad |  |
Sr. | Texas Tech | 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Fredrik Niléhn | |
Jr. | Texas Tech | 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Kristoffer Ventura |  |
Jr. | Oklahoma State | 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| David Wicks |  |
Jr. | Jacksonville | 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Harry Ellis | |
Jr. | Florida State | 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Rory Franssen | |
Fr. | Missouri | 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Stuart Grehan | |
Maynooth | Committee pick | |
| Viktor Hovland | |
Fr. | Oklahoma State | Committee pick |
| Richard Mansell | |
Sr. | Nova Southeastern | Coach's pick |
| Harry Hall | |
So. | UNLV | Pick |
The final place was allocated to the winner of the R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament. This was won by Stuart Grehan, who had already been selected for the team. Harry Hall was later selected as the final member of the team.
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Franssen/Grehen | halved | Burns/Phillips |
| Hovland/Ventura | |
Coultas/Stanger |
| Ellis/Hall | |
Hardy/Xiong |
| Niléhn/Rönneblad | |
Crocker/Ghim |
| Mansell/Wicks | |
McNealy/Morikawa |
| 1½ | Foursomes | 3½ |
| 1½ | Overall | 3½ |
Afternoon four-ball
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Wicks/Mansell | |
Burns/Phillips |
| Ventura/Hovland | |
Coultas/Stanger |
| Grehan/Franssen | halved | Hardy/Xiong |
| Niléhn/Rönneblad | |
Crocker/Morikawa |
| Ellis/Hall | |
Ghim/McNealy |
| 3½ | Four-ball | 1½ |
| 5 | Overall | 5 |
Saturday's singles matches
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Mansell | |
Norman Xiong |
| Harry Hall | |
Doug Ghim |
| Harry Ellis | |
Jimmy Stanger |
| David Wicks | |
Nick Hardy |
| Stuart Grehan | |
Sam Burns |
| Rory Franssen | |
Collin Morikawa |
| Viktor Hovland | halved | Maverick McNealy |
| Kristoffer Ventura | |
John Coultas |
| Fredrik Niléhn | |
Sean Crocker |
| Hannes Rönneblad | |
Chandler Phillips |
| ½ | Singles | 9½ |
| 5½ | Overall | 14½ |
Sunday's singles matches
|
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Hall | |
Norman Xiong |
| Stuart Grehan | |
Doug Ghim |
| Viktor Hovland | |
Jimmy Stanger |
| Harry Ellis | |
Nick Hardy |
| Kristoffer Ventura | |
Sam Burns |
| Fredrik Niléhn | |
Collin Morikawa |
| Rory Franssen | |
Maverick McNealy |
| Richard Mansell | |
John Coultas |
| David Wicks | |
Sean Crocker |
| Hannes Rönneblad | |
Chandler Phillips |
| 5 | Singles | 5 |
| 10½ | Overall | 19½ |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were David Wicks and Maverick McNealy.[2]
References
- "2017 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Announced". The Arnold Palmer Cup, Inc. March 16, 2017.
- "USA Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup At Atlanta Athletic Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved June 12, 2017.