Using Golfstat’s NCAA Player Ranking as a base, the Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes and a penalty for poor finishes. The ranking also contains a strength of schedule component.
The remaining six men’s and women’s spots for the United States will consist of five committee selections, including at least one non-Division I golfer, and a coaches pick. The balance of the International team will include the men’s and women’s winners of The R&A Scholars Tournament, four committee selections and a coaches pick.
Arnold Palmer Cup teams will be unveiled live on Golf Channel’s Golf Central on Wednesday, March 14 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.
Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
March 8, 2018
United States - Men
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Justin Suh | JR | Southern California | 1 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | JR | California | 0.9985 |
| 3 | Matthew Wolff | FR | Oklahoma State | 0.9969 |
| 4 | Davis Riley | JR | Alabama | 0.9959 |
| 5 | Shintaro Ban | SR | UNLV | 0.9939 |
| 6 | Steven Fisk | JR | Georgia Southern | 0.9939 |
| 7 | Brad Dalke | JR | Oklahoma | 0.9928 |
| 8 | Stephen Franaken | JR | NC State | 0.9918 |
| 9 | Philip Knowles | JR | North Florida | 0.9918 |
| 10 | Garrett May | JR | Baylor | 0.9913 |
| 11 | Chandler Phillips | JR | Texas A&M | 0.9903 |
| 12 | Bryson Nimmer | JR | Clemson | 0.9862 |
| 13 | Zach Bauchou | JR | Oklahoma State | 0.9847 |
| 14 | Will Gordon | JR | Vanderbilt | 0.9836 |
| 15 | Austin Eckroat | FR | Oklahoma State | 0.9836 |
| 16 | John Pak | FR | Florida State | 0.9826 |
| 17 | Brandon Mancheno | FR | Auburn | 0.9826 |
| 18 | Patrick Martin | JR | Vanderbilt | 0.9825 |
| 19 | Dan Erickson | SO | Texas A&M | 0.9816 |
| 20 | Sahith Theegala | JR | Pepperdine | 0.9811 |
| 21 | Gordon Neale | JR | Florida | 0.978 |
| 22 | Luis Gagne | JR | LSU | 0.9764 |
| 23 | Hayden Buckley | SR | Missouri | 0.9741 |
| 24 | Cristian DiMarco | SR | USF | 0.9739 |
| 25 | Brandon Wu | JR | Stanford | 0.9724 |
United States - Women
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Lilia Vu | JR | UCLA | 1 |
| 2 | Lauren Stephenson | JR | Alabama | 0.9988 |
| 3 | Andrea Lee | SO | Stanford | 0.9988 |
| 4 | Sophia Shubert | SR | Texas | 0.9975 |
| 5 | Kristen Gillman | SO | Alabama | 0.9957 |
| 6 | Emilia Migliaccio | FR | Wake Forest | 0.992 |
| 7 | Alana Uriell | SR | Arkansas | 0.992 |
| 8 | Dylan Kim | JR | Arkansas | 0.9914 |
| 9 | Jennifer Kupcho | JR | Wake Forest | 0.9902 |
| 10 | Natalie Srinivasan | SO | Furman | 0.9889 |
| 11 | Mika Liu | FR | Stanford | 0.987 |
| 12 | Mariel Galdiano | SO | UCLA | 0.9859 |
| 13 | Sierra Brooks | SO | Florida | 0.9852 |
| 14 | Bethany Wu | JR | UCLA | 0.9852 |
| 15 | Kaitlyn Papp | FR | Texas | 0.9846 |
| 16 | Hannah Kim | SR | Northwestern | 0.9796 |
| 17 | Anna Redding | JR | Virginia | 0.979 |
| 18 | Jennifer Chang | FR | Southern California | 0.9772 |
| 19 | Allyson Geer | SO | Michigan State | 0.9723 |
| 20 | Alyaa Abdulghany | FR | Southern California | 0.9722 |
| 21 | Brigitte Dunne | JR | SMU | 0.9705 |
| 22 | Haylee Harford | JR | Furman | 0.9698 |
| 23 | Allisen Corpuz | SO | Southern California | 0.9679 |
| 24 | Beth Lillie | FR | Virginia | 0.9667 |
| 25 | Emilee Hoffman | SO | Texas | 0.9624 |
International - Men
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Fredrik Nilehn (Sweden) | SR | Texas Tech | 0.9939 |
| 2 | Stefano Mazzoli (Italy) | JR | TCU | 0.9821 |
| 3 | Alvaro Ortiz (Mexico) | SR | Arkansas | 0.9821 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Scalise (Italy) | SR | Tennessee | 0.9806 |
| 5 | Jovan Rebula (South Africa) | SO | Auburn | 0.9805 |
| 6 | Jamie Li (England) | SO | Florida State | 0.9723 |
| 7 | Claudio Correa (Chile) | SR | USF | 0.9686 |
| 8 | Harry Hall (England) | JR | UNLV | 0.9683 |
| 9 | Hurly Long (Germany) | SR | Texas Tech | 0.9672 |
| 10 | Ian Snyman (South Africa) | JR | North Texas | 0.9651 |
| 11 | KK Limbhasut (Thailand) | JR | California | 0.9649 |
| 12 | Won Jun Lee (Republic of Korea) | FR | Florida | 0.9594 |
| 13 | Raul Pereda (Mexico) | SR | Jacksonville | 0.9528 |
| 14 | Lukas Euler (Germany) | JR | Kentucky | 0.9497 |
| 15 | Alex Del Rey (Spain) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9491 |
| 16 | Grant Booth (Australia) | SR | Nevada | 0.9483 |
| 17 | Conor Purcell (Ireland) | SO | Charlotte | 0.9461 |
| 18 | Andy Zhang (China) | SO | Florida | 0.9414 |
| 19 | Carl Yuan (China) | JR | Washington | 0.9412 |
| 20 | Yannik Paul (Germany) | SR | Colorado | 0.9401 |
| 21 | Matthias Schmid (Germany) | FR | Louisville | 0.9385 |
| 22 | Garrick Higgo (South Africa) | FR | UNLV | 0.9373 |
| 23 | Hidetoshi Yoshihara (Japan) | SO | UCLA | 0.9355 |
| 24 | Jesper Svensson (Sweden) | JR | Campbell | 0.9344 |
| 25 | Chun An Yu (Taiwan) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9322 |
International - Women
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Maria Fassi (Mexico) | JR | Arkansas | 0.9988 |
| 2 | Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand) | FR | UCLA | 0.9951 |
| 3 | Olivia Mehaffey (Northern Ireland) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9902 |
| 4 | Dewi Weber (Netherlands) | JR | Miami | 0.9877 |
| 5 | Ainhoa Olarra (Spain) | SR | South Carolina | 0.9865 |
| 6 | Jaravee Boonchant (Thailand) | FR | Duke | 0.984 |
| 7 | Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland) | SO | Stanford | 0.9834 |
| 8 | Maddie Szeryk (Canada) | SR | Texas A&M | 0.9816 |
| 9 | Robyn Choi (Australia) | SO | Colorado | 0.981 |
| 10 | Paz Marfa (Spain) | SO | Michigan State | 0.9809 |
| 11 | Wenyung Keh (New Zealand) | JR | Washington | 0.9777 |
| 12 | Leonie Harm (Germany) | JR | Houston | 0.9754 |
| 13 | Pimnipa Panthong (Thailand) | SO | Kent State | 0.9735 |
| 14 | Julienne Soo (Australia) | JR | Oklahoma | 0.9723 |
| 15 | Connie Jaffrey (Scotland) | SR | Kansas State | 0.97 |
| 16 | Hee Ying Loy (Malaysia) | JR | East Tennessee State | 0.9687 |
| 17 | Ana Belac (Slovenia) | SO | Duke | 0.968 |
| 18 | Alice Hewson (England) | JR | Clemson | 0.9679 |
| 19 | Jaclyn Lee (Canada) | JR | Ohio State | 0.9668 |
| 20 | Renate Grimstad (Norway) | SO | Miami | 0.9612 |
| 21 | Jiyoon Jang (Republic of Korea) | SO | California | 0.9573 |
| 22 | Louis Kaye Go (Philippines) | SO | South Carolina | 0.9561 |
| 23 | Malene Krolboll Hansen (Denmark) | SR | Coastal Carolina | 0.9533 |
| 24 | Ana Paula Valdes (Mexico) | SO | Clemson | 0.9525 |
| 25 | Michaela Finn (Sweden) | JR | Kent State | 0.9506 |