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.
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 Name College Qualification method Therese Hessionnon-playing head coach Ryan Hyblnon-playing head coach Ryan Blaggnon-playing assistant coach Susan Rosenstielnon-playing assistant coachWomen Jamie Freedman Nova Southeastern Committee selection Mariel Galdiano UCLA Committee selection Kristen Gillman Alabama Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Dylan Kim Arkansas Committee selection Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest Committee selection Andrea Lee Stanford Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Kaitlyn Papp Texas Coach’s pick Sophia Schubert Texas Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Lauren Stephenson Alabama Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Alana Uriell Arkansas Committee selection Lilia Vu UCLA Arnold Palmer Cup RankingMen Shintaro Ban UNLV Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Zach Bauchou Oklahoma State Committee selection Brad Dalke Oklahoma Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Stephen Franken NC State Coach’s pick S.M. Lee Dalton State Committee selection Collin Morikawa California Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Chandler Phillips Texas A&M Committee selection Davis Riley Alabama Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Justin Suh Southern California Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sahith Theegala Pepperdine Committee selection Braden Thornberry Mississippi Committee selection Matthew Wolff Oklahoma State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
International Name Country College Qualification method Herb Page non-playing head coach Anne Walker non-playing head coach Jan Dowling non-playing assistant coach Adrien Mörk non-playing assistant coachWomen Jaravee Boonchant Duke Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking María Fassi Arkansas Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jeon Ji-won Daytona State Committee selection Wenyung Keh Washington Coach’s pick Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Pimnipa Panthong Kent State Committee selection Chloe Ryan ISDE Madrid R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament Maddie Szeryk Texas A&M Committee selection Patty Tavatanakit UCLA Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Albane Valenzuela Stanford Committee selection Dewi Weber Miami (Florida) Arnold Palmer Cup RankingMen Luis Gagne LSU Coach’s pick Harry Hall UNLV Committee selection Viktor Hovland Oklahoma State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking K. K. Limbhasut California Committee selection Hurly Long Texas Tech Committee selection Stefano Mazzoli TCU Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Ronan Mullarney Maynooth R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament Fredrik Niléhn Texas Tech Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Álvaro Ortiz Arkansas Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jovan Rebula Auburn Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Lorenzo Scalise Tennessee Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Andy Zhang Florida Committee selection
Friday's mixed fourball matches MatchInternational ResultsUnited States 1 Mehaffey/Hovland 4 & 2 Kupcho/Wolff 2 Rebula/Valenzuela 6 & 4 Phillips/Vu 3 Long/Tavatanakit 2 & 1 Morikawa/Andrea Lee 4 Keh/Hall 2 up Riley/Gillman 5 Weber/Mazzoli 3 & 1 Franken/Migliaccio 6 Scalise/Jeon 3 & 2 Theegala/Uriell 7 Niléhn/Boonchant 3 & 1 Freedman/Dalke 8 Limbhasut/Panthong 4 & 3 Bauchou/Kim 9 Ryan/Mullarney 2 up S.M. Lee/Papp 10 Olarra/Gagne 1 up Galdiano/Ban 11 Szeryk/Zhang 1 up Stephenson/Thornberry 12 Ortiz/Fassi 2 & 1 Schubert/Suh4Session84Overall8
Saturday's matches Morning mixed foursomes matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited States 13 1 Rebula/Valenzuela 4 & 2 Kupcho/Wolff 14 10 Jeon/Scalise halved Stephenson/Thornberry 15 1 Long/Tavatanakit halved Phillips/Vu 16 10 Mazzoli/Weber 1 up Andrea Lee/Morikawa 17 1 Hovland/Mehaffey 1 up Ban/Galdiano 18 10 Mullarney/Ryan 1 up Freedman/Theegala 19 1 Szeryk/Zhang 5 & 3 Kim/Suh 20 10 Limbhasut/Panthong 2 up Dalke/Uriell 21 1 Gagne/Olarra 2 up Gillman/Riley 22 10 Hall/Keh 3 & 1 Bauchou/Schubert 23 1 Fassi/Ortiz 5 & 4 Franken/Migliaccio 24 10 Boonchant/Nilhen halved S.M. Lee/Papp7½Session4½11½Overall12½
Afternoon fourball matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited States 25 1 Jeon/Ryan 2 & 1 Kupcho/Vu 26 10 Mazzoli/Scalise 4 & 3 Thornberry/Wolff 27 1 Mehaffey/Szeryk 1 up Galdiano/Andrea Lee 28 10 Gagne/Zhang 2 & 1 Ban/Morikawa 29 1 Valenzuela/Weber 3 & 2 Schubert/Stephenson 30 10 Long/Mullarney 1 up Suh/Theegala 31 1 Keh/Tavatanakit 5 & 3 Freedman/Uriell 32 10 Hall/Rebula 3 & 2 Bauchou/Phillips 33 1 Boonchant/Panthong 1 up Kim/Migliaccio 34 10 Limbhasut/Ortiz 5 & 4 Franken/S.M. Lee 35 1 Fassi/Olarra 5 & 4 Gillman/Papp 36 10 Hovland/Niléhn 1 up Dalke/Riley4Session815½Overall20½
Sunday's singles matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited States 37 1 María Fassi 2 & 1 Sophia Schubert 38 10 Viktor Hovland 2 up Brad Dalke 39 1 Lorenzo Scalise halved Chandler Phillips 40 10 Olivia Mehaffey 5 & 4 Jamie Freedman 41 1 Patty Tavatanakit halved Kaitlyn Papp 42 10 Andy Zhang 3 & 1 Sahith Theegala 43 1 Stefano Mazzoli 6 & 5 Collin Morikawa 44 10 Jeon Ji-won 7 & 5 Andrea Lee 45 1 Maddie Szeryk 3 & 1 Lilia Vu 46 10 Luis Gagne 4 & 2 Stephen Franken 47 1 K.K. Limbhasut 4 & 3 Justin Suh 48 10 Dewi Weber w/o Jennifer Kupcho 49 1 Pimnipa Panthong 2 & 1 Alana Uriell 50 10 Álvaro Ortiz 1 up Zach Bauchou 51 1 Fredrik Niléhn 3 & 2 Braden Thornberry 52 10 Chloe Ryan 2 & 1 Emilia Migliaccio 53 1 Wenyung Keh 4 & 3 Kristen Gillman 54 10 Harry Hall 2 & 1 S.M. Lee 55 1 Ronan Mullarney 2 & 1 Shintaro Ban 56 10 Albane Valenzuela 1 up Lauren Stephenson 57 1 Jaravee Boonchant 1 up Mariel Galdiano 58 10 Jovan Rebula 3 & 2 Davis Riley 59 1 Hurly Long 3 & 2 Matthew Wolff 60 10 Ainhoa Olarra 1 up Dylan Kim6Session1821½Overall38½ Dewi Weber conceded her singles match because of illness.
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were Olivia Mehaffey and Collin Morikawa.
References
External links Arnold Palmer Cup official site