Penultimate Spring Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Released
3/9/2017 | by Golf Coaches Association of America
see also: Arnold Palmer Cup Matches, Tralee Golf Club
The 10-person teams for both Europe and the USA will be announced March 16 at 10 a.m. ET during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational
The Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking automatically qualifies the top six players for both sides and uses Golfstat’s NCAA Player Ranking as a base. The ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes, penalty for poor finishes, and contains a strength of schedule component.
The remaining four players for the United States will be selected using three committee picks and one coaches pick. One of the U.S. committee picks must be a non-Division I golfer. The final four spots on Team Europe shall consist of the champion of The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament, held April 3- 4, two committee picks and one coaches pick.
1 Sam Burns (SO, LSU) 0.9990 2 Norman Xiong (FR, Oregon) 0.9979 3 Maverick McNealy (SR, Stanford) 0.9969 4 Chandler Phillips (SO, Texas A&M) 0.9964 5 Jimmy Stanger (SR, Virginia) 0.9958 6 Collin Morikawa (SO, California) 0.9938 7 Sean Crocker (JR, Southern California) 0.9937 8 Dylan Meyer (JR, Illinois) 0.9929 9 Doug Ghim (JR, Texas) 0.9922 10 Will Zalatoris (JR, Wake Forest) 0.9906 11 Dylan Wu (JR, Northwestern) 0.9880 12 Sahith Theegala (SO, Pepperdine) 0.9870 13 Patrick Martin (SO, Vanderbilt) 0.9864 14 Braden Bailey (SO, Baylor) 0.9828 15 Spencer Ralston (FR, Georgia) 0.9817 16 Nick Hardy (JR, Illinois) 0.9802 17 Patrick Fishburn (JR, BYU) 0.9798 18 Scott Stevens (SO, South Carolina) 0.9792 19 Doc Redman (FR, Clemson) 0.9777 20 Ian Holt (JR, Kent State) 0.9776 21 Zach Bauchou (SO, Oklahoma State) 0.9760 22 Hayden Wood (SO, Oklahoma State) 0.9749 23 Sam Stevens (JR, Oklahoma State) 0.9744 24 Gavin Hall (SR, Texas) 0.9738 25 Danny Walker (JR, Virginia) 0.9718
TEAM EUROPE STANDINGS
1 Fredrik Nilehn-Sweden (JR, Texas Tech) 0.9760 2 Federico Zucchetti-Italy (SR, Texas Tech) 0.9703 3 David Wicks-England (SR, Jacksonville) 0.9688 4 Viktor Hovland-Norway (FR, Oklahoma State) 0.9681 5 Hannes Ronneblad-Sweden (SR, Texas Tech) 0.9666 6 Harry Hall-England (SO, UNLV) 0.9651 7 Kristoffer Ventura-Norway (JR, Oklahoma State) 0.9588 8 Rory Franssen-Scotland (FR, Missouri) 0.9588 9 Harry Ellis-England (JR, Florida State) 0.9545 10 Edoardo Lipparelli-Italy (SO, Illinois) 0.9383 11 Frederik Dreier-Denmark (SR, UTEP) 0.9375 12 Gils Sveinbergsson-Iceland (SO, Kent State) 0.9372 13 Pierre Mazier-France (FR, TCU) 0.9328 14 Ilari Saulo-Finland (FR, Middle Tennessee) 0.9291 15 Yannik Paul-Germany (JR, Colorado) 0.9259 16 Linus Lilliedahl-Sweden (SR, Missouri) 0.9258 17 Ryan Lumsden-England (SO, Northwestern) 0.9243 18 Paul McBride-Ireland (JR, Wake Forest) 0.9221 19 Sandy Scott-Scotland (FR, Texas Tech) 0.9216 20 Tim Widing-Sweden (FR, San Francisco) 0.9202 21 Stefano Mazzoli-Italy (SO, TCU) 0.9197 22 Alejandro Del Ray Gonzalez-Spain (FR, Arizona State) 0.9137 23 Mateusz Gradecki-Poland (SR, ETSU) 0.9132 24 Yannick Emmert-Germany (SO, Wichita State) 0.9047 25 Bark Petursson-Iceland (SO, Kent State) 0.9016
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...
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