2018 Arnold Palmer Cup heading to Evian Resort Golf Club
LAS VEGAS, NV (December 12, 2016) -- Evian
Resort
Golf Club, host of LPGA major The Evian
Championship,
will host the 22nd playing of the Arnold Palmer Cup
in
2018. The first Arnold Palmer Cup to be held under
the
expanded format to include men’s and women’s USA
collegiate golfers against the counterparts from
around
the world will also be the first to be held on
continental
Europe. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will
be
played July 6-8.
“Arnie’s Army Charitable Foundation is pleased
to
welcome a new era of the Arnold Palmer Cup at
Evian
Resort Golf Club, a major championship venue and
the
first match host on the continent of Europe,” said
Kevin
Bingham, CEO of Arnie’s Army Charitable
Foundation.
“Arnold Palmer was a worldwide ambassador for the
game and the positive attributes that it can bring out
in
all of us. We’re honored the matches will continue to
emphasize these principles to men’s and women’s
collegiate golfers from around the world.”
Voted “Europe’s leading luxury golf resort 2015”
at
the World Luxury Hotel Awards, the Evian Resort is a
golf destination not to be missed. Located in 148
acres
of wooded parkland on the Shores of Lake Geneva,
at
the foot of the Alps, the Evian Resort Golf Club is a
spectacular golf course with pace that asserts its
strong
French identity. The home to the Evian
Championship,
the only Major tournament in Continental Europe, it
and
offers the legendary quality of a championship
course
set in stunning natural surroundings. It is one of the
oldest courses in France.
“We are delighted and honored to host an event
as
prestigious as the Arnold Palmer Cup, both for the
tournament’s namesake, one of the greatest players
in
the sport's history, and for the chance it gives the
top
US & International top college golfers,” said Franck
Riboud, Chairman of Danone and The Evian
Championship. “This competition resonates with the
policy pursued by the Evian Resort and the Evian
Championship of giving the youngest players the
opportunity to experience a Major, as this is part of
their learning process and we are pleased to help
them
along this path. Because the future of golf lies with
these young players already on the verge of success.
And because we have always proclaimed our
convictions
and ambitions through The Evian Championship
Juniors
Cup, The Evian Championship qualifiers and now the
Arnold Palmer Cup.”
The course at the Evian Resort Golf Club was
totally
redesigned in 2013 by a team of international
architects. The objective was to give a strong
identity to
these 18 holes positioned in the heart of an
exceptional
natural setting while respecting a set of values,
relating
to protection of the environment. The course is today
a
true Major course, challenging, with a very clear,
spectacular overall vision.
ABOUT THE Palmer Cup
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition
features
top men and women collegiate players from the
United States
against their International counterparts.
Each team will be comprised of 12 men's and
12
women's golfers.
Day one will feature Mixed Four-Ball
competition, day
two will see Mixed
Foursomes in the morning and Four-Ball in the
afternoon, with 24 singles
matches on the final day.
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