Texas' Fields to lead USA, Northwestern's Inglis to lead Europe at 2017 Palmer Cup
Texas coach John Fields will lead Team USA
(Golfweek Photo)
NORMAN, OK (January 11, 2017) -- John Fields from
the University of Texas will coach the United States
and
Team Europe will be led by David Inglis of
Northwestern
University and Scotland at the 2017 Arnold Palmer
Cup.
The 20th anniversary Arnold Palmer Cup will be
played
at Atlanta Athletic Club June 9-11. Andrew DiBitetto
of
the University of North Carolina will serve as
assistant
coach for Team USA while Alan Murray of Ireland
and
the University of Washington will hold the role for
Europe.
Fields is a two-time recipient of the Dave
Williams
National Coach of the Year Award presented by Golf
Pride Grips, 2012 NCAA Champion and GCAA Hall of
Fame Member. He became the Longhorns’ golf coach
in
August 1997, and has guided UT to six top-five
finishes
at the NCAA Championships and eight appearances
in
the top 10 in the final rankings. He also has
produced
18 PING All-Americans at Texas who have earned a
total of 27 All-America honors.
The 2015-16 season was one to remember, as
Fields guided the Longhorns to seven team wins and
two runner-ups, including a runner-up finish at the
2016
National Championship in extra holes. Texas won its
fourth-straight Big 12 Championship and advanced
to
its 10th-straight NCAA Championships under fields.
Fields was named Big 12 Coach of the Year and
landed
three golfers on the All-Big 12 team, including junior
Beau Hossler.
“Coaching the Arnold Palmer Cup team is a
career
goal and an huge honor,” said Fields. “I am thrilled
to
be associated with the Palmer name and what it
means
to collegiate golf. Our team will be prepared for
success
with the anticipation of representing the United
States
at the highest level of competitive golf and
sportsmanship.”
Inglis will become the first Arnold Palmer Cup
player to become head coach in the matches. He
represented Great Britain & Ireland in 2001 and was
a
member of the first European team, winners of the
2003
matches. He also served as an assistant coach in the
matches in 2011 and 2012, helping the squad make
a
huge final day comeback to claim the Cup.
Inglis joined Northwestern as its assistant coach
prior to the 2010-11 season and was elevated to
head
coach in 2014. In 2016 he guided the Wildcats to
the
Stillwater NCAA Regional and a win at the Marquette
Invitational.
A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Inglis was a
four-
time champion of the Western Athletic Conference
and
three-time PING All-American during his
undergraduate
career from 2000-04 at the University of Tulsa. He
also
earned Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors
from
the in 2003-04.
“It is a tremendous honor to be chosen to coach
the
European team at this year’s Arnold Palmer Cup,”
stated
Inglis. “I was fortunate to be part of the first ever
European team in 2003 and now to be coaching the
last
European team is a dream come true. I’ve already
spoken with (assistant coach) Alan Murray and we
are
both excited to get working on putting the team
together and getting ready for Atlanta in June.”
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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