ORLANDO, FL (March 16, 2017) -- The Arnold
Palmer Cup teams for both Europe and the United
States were announced today during the opening
round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill
Club & Lodge. The annual Ryder Cup-style
competition will be played June 9-11 at Atlanta
Athletic Club.
When play begins Europe will be looking for
their second consecutive title after winning the 2016 edition at Formby Golf Club.
Texas Tech and Sweden’s Hannes Ronneblad
and Fredrik Nilehn, Kristoffer Ventura of Oklahoma
State (Norway), Jacksonville’s David Wicks
(England) Harry Ellis of Florida State (England) and
Missouri’s Rory Fransson (Scotland) qualified for
Team Europe by finishing in the top six of the Arnold
Palmer Cup Player Ranking.
Committee selections were Maynooth’s Stuart
Grehan (Ireland) and Viktor Hovland of Oklahoma
State (Norway). Richard Mansell of Nova
Southeastern (England) was David Inglis’ coach’s
pick. The final member of the team will be the
winner of The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament,
which will be contested April 3-4.
Grehan is the only returning member from
Europe’s victorious squad last season. Wicks is the
first Arnold Palmer Cup participant from Jacksonville
while Fransson is the first representative from
Missouri. Team Europe represents only five countries
in 2017, the fewest since 2011.
The six United States players determined by the
ranking included Sam Burns of LSU, Texas A&M’s
Chandler Phillips, Collin Morikawa of California,
Virginia’s Jimmy Stanger, Stanford’s Maverick
McNealy and Oregon’s Norman Xiong. John Coultas
of Florida Southern, Southern California’s Sean
Crocker and Illinois’ Nick Hardy were committee
selections.
Coultas was the designated non-Division I
player. Doug Ghim of Texas was John Fields' coach’s
pick.
McNealy represented the United States in 2015
and was selected compete in 2016. When McNealy
withdrew from the 2016 event, Doug Ghim was
added to Team USA.
Europe
Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Selections
Hannes Ronneblad,
Texas Tech - Sweden
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech -
Sweden
Kristoffer Ventura,
Oklahoma State - Norway
David Wicks, Jacksonville -
England
Harry Elllis, Florida State - England
Rory Franssen, Missouri -
Scotland
Commitee Selections
Stuart Grehan, Maynooth -
Ireland
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma
State -
Norway
Coach’s Pick
Richard Mansell, Nova
Southeastern -
England
The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament
Champion
Contested April 3-4 at St. Andrews
Coaches
Head Coach - David Inglis, Northwestern -
Scotland
Assistant Coach - Alan Murray, Washington -
Ireland
United States
Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Selections
Sam Burns, LSU
Chandler Phillips, Texas
A&M
Collin Morikawa,
California
Jimmy Stanger,
Virginia
Mavierck McNealy,
Stanford
Norman Xiong, Oregon
Commitee Selections
John Coultas, Florida
Southern
Sean Crocker, Southern
California
Nick Hardy, Illinois
Coach’s Pick
Doug Ghim, Texas
Coaches
Head Coach - John Fields, Texas
Assistant Coach - Andrew DiBitetto, North
Carolina
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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