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.
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