2018 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from 6–8 July 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd time the event had been contested and the first under a new format in which women golfers played in addition to men and an international team, representing the rest of the world, replaced the European team. The United States won the match 38½–21½.[1]

2018 Arnold Palmer Cup
Dates6–8 July 2018
VenueEvian Resort Golf Club
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
International 21½ 38½ USA
USA wins the Arnold Palmer Cup

Format

The contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 12 mixed foursomes matches in the morning and 12 fourball matches in the afternoon, six all-women matches and six all-men matches. 24 singles matches were played on Sunday. In all, 60 matches were played.

Each of the 60 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 30½ points won the competition.

Teams

United States
NameCollegeQualification method
Therese Hession non-playing head coach
Ryan Hybl non-playing head coach
Ryan Blagg non-playing assistant coach
Susan Rosenstiel non-playing assistant coach
Women
Jamie FreedmanNova SoutheasternCommittee selection
Mariel GaldianoUCLACommittee selection
Kristen GillmanAlabamaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Dylan KimArkansasCommittee selection
Jennifer KupchoWake ForestCommittee selection
Andrea LeeStanfordArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Emilia MigliaccioWake ForestArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Kaitlyn PappTexasCoach’s pick
Sophia SchubertTexasArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Lauren StephensonAlabamaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Alana UriellArkansasCommittee selection
Lilia VuUCLAArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Men
Shintaro BanUNLVArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Zach BauchouOklahoma StateCommittee selection
Brad DalkeOklahomaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Stephen FrankenNC StateCoach’s pick
S.M. LeeDalton StateCommittee selection
Collin MorikawaCaliforniaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Chandler PhillipsTexas A&MCommittee selection
Davis RileyAlabamaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Justin SuhSouthern CaliforniaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Sahith TheegalaPepperdineCommittee selection
Braden ThornberryMississippiCommittee selection
Matthew WolffOklahoma StateArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
International
NameCountryCollegeQualification method
Herb Page Canada non-playing head coach
Anne Walker Scotland non-playing head coach
Jan Dowling Canada non-playing assistant coach
Adrien Mörk France non-playing assistant coach
Women
Jaravee Boonchant ThailandDukeArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
María Fassi MexicoArkansasArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Jeon Ji-won South KoreaDaytona StateCommittee selection
Wenyung Keh New ZealandWashingtonCoach’s pick
Olivia Mehaffey Northern IrelandArizona StateArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Ainhoa Olarra SpainSouth CarolinaArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Pimnipa Panthong ThailandKent StateCommittee selection
Chloe Ryan IrelandISDE MadridR&A Foundation Scholars Tournament
Maddie Szeryk CanadaTexas A&MCommittee selection
Patty Tavatanakit ThailandUCLAArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Albane Valenzuela  SwitzerlandStanfordCommittee selection
Dewi Weber NetherlandsMiami (Florida)Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Men
Luis Gagne Costa RicaLSUCoach’s pick
Harry Hall EnglandUNLVCommittee selection
Viktor Hovland NorwayOklahoma StateArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
K. K. Limbhasut ThailandCaliforniaCommittee selection
Hurly Long GermanyTexas TechCommittee selection
Stefano Mazzoli ItalyTCUArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Ronan Mullarney IrelandMaynoothR&A Foundation Scholars Tournament
Fredrik Niléhn SwedenTexas TechArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Álvaro Ortiz MexicoArkansasArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Jovan Rebula South AfricaAuburnArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Lorenzo Scalise ItalyTennesseeArnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Andy Zhang ChinaFloridaCommittee selection

Friday's mixed fourball matches

Match International Results United States
1Mehaffey/Hovland4 & 2Kupcho/Wolff
2Rebula/Valenzuela6 & 4Phillips/Vu
3Long/Tavatanakit2 & 1Morikawa/Andrea Lee
4Keh/Hall2 upRiley/Gillman
5Weber/Mazzoli3 & 1Franken/Migliaccio
6Scalise/Jeon3 & 2Theegala/Uriell
7Niléhn/Boonchant3 & 1Freedman/Dalke
8Limbhasut/Panthong4 & 3Bauchou/Kim
9Ryan/Mullarney2 upS.M. Lee/Papp
10Olarra/Gagne1 upGaldiano/Ban
11Szeryk/Zhang1 upStephenson/Thornberry
12Ortiz/Fassi2 & 1Schubert/Suh
4 Session 8
4 Overall 8

Saturday's matches

Morning mixed foursomes matches

Match Tee International Results United States
131Rebula/Valenzuela4 & 2Kupcho/Wolff
1410Jeon/ScalisehalvedStephenson/Thornberry
151Long/TavatanakithalvedPhillips/Vu
1610Mazzoli/Weber1 upAndrea Lee/Morikawa
171Hovland/Mehaffey1 upBan/Galdiano
1810Mullarney/Ryan1 upFreedman/Theegala
191Szeryk/Zhang5 & 3Kim/Suh
2010Limbhasut/Panthong2 upDalke/Uriell
211Gagne/Olarra2 upGillman/Riley
2210Hall/Keh3 & 1Bauchou/Schubert
231Fassi/Ortiz5 & 4Franken/Migliaccio
2410Boonchant/NilhenhalvedS.M. Lee/Papp
Session
11½ Overall 12½

Afternoon fourball matches

Match Tee International Results United States
251Jeon/Ryan2 & 1Kupcho/Vu
2610Mazzoli/Scalise4 & 3Thornberry/Wolff
271Mehaffey/Szeryk1 upGaldiano/Andrea Lee
2810Gagne/Zhang2 & 1Ban/Morikawa
291Valenzuela/Weber3 & 2Schubert/Stephenson
3010Long/Mullarney1 upSuh/Theegala
311Keh/Tavatanakit5 & 3Freedman/Uriell
3210Hall/Rebula3 & 2Bauchou/Phillips
331Boonchant/Panthong1 upKim/Migliaccio
3410Limbhasut/Ortiz5 & 4Franken/S.M. Lee
351Fassi/Olarra5 & 4Gillman/Papp
3610Hovland/Niléhn1 upDalke/Riley
4 Session 8
15½ Overall 20½

Sunday's singles matches

Match Tee International Results United States
371María Fassi2 & 1Sophia Schubert
3810Viktor Hovland2 upBrad Dalke
391Lorenzo ScalisehalvedChandler Phillips
4010Olivia Mehaffey5 & 4Jamie Freedman
411Patty TavatanakithalvedKaitlyn Papp
4210Andy Zhang3 & 1Sahith Theegala
431Stefano Mazzoli6 & 5Collin Morikawa
4410Jiwon Jeon7 & 5Andrea Lee
451Maddie Szeryk3 & 1Lilia Vu
4610Luis Gagne4 & 2Stephen Franken
471K.K. Limbhasut4 & 3Justin Suh
4810Dewi Weberw/oJennifer Kupcho
491Pimnipa Panthong2 & 1Alana Uriell
5010Álvaro Ortiz1 upZach Bauchou
511Fredrik Niléhn3 & 2Braden Thornberry
5210Chloe Ryan2 & 1Emilia Migliaccio
531Wenyung Keh4 & 3Kristen Gillman
5410Harry Hall2 & 1S.M. Lee
551Ronan Mullarney2 & 1Shintaro Ban
5610Albane Valenzuela1 upLauren Stephenson
571Jaravee Boonchant1 upMariel Galdiano
5810Jovan Rebula3 & 2Davis Riley
591Hurly Long3 & 2Matthew Wolff
6010Ainhoa Olarra1 upDylan Kim
6 Session 18
21½ Overall 38½

Dewi Weber conceded her singles match because of illness.

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Olivia Mehaffey and Collin Morikawa.[1]

References

  1. "USA Retain Arnold Palmer Cup". R&A. 9 July 2018.
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