2018 Arnold Palmer Cup
# 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from 6–8 July 2018 at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd time the event had been contested and the first under a new format in which women golfers played in addition to men and an international team, representing the rest of the world, replaced the European team. The United States won the match 38½–21½.

## Format

The contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 12 mixed foursomes matches in the morning and 12 fourball matches in the afternoon, six all-women matches and six all-men matches. 24 singles matches were played on Sunday. In all, 60 matches were played.

Each of the 60 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 30½ points won the competition.

## Teams

United States :

| Name | College | Qualification method |
| - | - | - |
| Therese Hession | non-playing head coach | non-playing head coach |
| Ryan Hybl | non-playing head coach | non-playing head coach |
| Ryan Blagg | non-playing assistant coach | non-playing assistant coach |
| Susan Rosenstiel | non-playing assistant coach | non-playing assistant coach |
| Women |||
| Jamie Freedman | Nova Southeastern | Committee selection |
| Mariel Galdiano | UCLA | Committee selection |
| Kristen Gillman | Alabama | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Dylan Kim | Arkansas | Committee selection |
| Jennifer Kupcho | Wake Forest | Committee selection |
| Andrea Lee | Stanford | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Emilia Migliaccio | Wake Forest | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Kaitlyn Papp | Texas | Coach’s pick |
| Sophia Schubert | Texas | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Lauren Stephenson | Alabama | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Alana Uriell | Arkansas | Committee selection |
| Lilia Vu | UCLA | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Men |||
| Shintaro Ban | UNLV | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Zach Bauchou | Oklahoma State | Committee selection |
| Brad Dalke | Oklahoma | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Stephen Franken | NC State | Coach’s pick |
| S.M. Lee | Dalton State | Committee selection |
| Collin Morikawa | California | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Chandler Phillips | Texas A&M | Committee selection |
| Davis Riley | Alabama | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Justin Suh | Southern California | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Sahith Theegala | Pepperdine | Committee selection |
| Braden Thornberry | Mississippi | Committee selection |
| Matthew Wolff | Oklahoma State | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |

International :

| Name | Country | College | Qualification method |
| - | - | - | - |
| Herb Page | Canada | non-playing head coach | non-playing head coach |
| Anne Walker | Scotland | non-playing head coach | non-playing head coach |
| Jan Dowling | Canada | non-playing assistant coach | non-playing assistant coach |
| Adrien Mörk | France | non-playing assistant coach | non-playing assistant coach |
| Women ||||
| Jaravee Boonchant | Thailand | Duke | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| María Fassi | Mexico | Arkansas | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Jeon Ji-won | South Korea | Daytona State | Committee selection |
| Wenyung Keh | New Zealand | Washington | Coach’s pick |
| Olivia Mehaffey | Northern Ireland | Arizona State | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Ainhoa Olarra | Spain | South Carolina | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Pimnipa Panthong | Thailand | Kent State | Committee selection |
| Chloe Ryan | Ireland | ISDE Madrid | R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament |
| Maddie Szeryk | Canada | Texas A&M | Committee selection |
| Patty Tavatanakit | Thailand | UCLA | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Albane Valenzuela | Switzerland | Stanford | Committee selection |
| Dewi Weber | Netherlands | Miami (Florida) | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Men ||||
| Luis Gagne | Costa Rica | LSU | Coach’s pick |
| Harry Hall | England | UNLV | Committee selection |
| Viktor Hovland | Norway | Oklahoma State | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| K. K. Limbhasut | Thailand | California | Committee selection |
| Hurly Long | Germany | Texas Tech | Committee selection |
| Stefano Mazzoli | Italy | TCU | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Ronan Mullarney | Ireland | Maynooth | R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament |
| Fredrik Niléhn | Sweden | Texas Tech | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Álvaro Ortiz | Mexico | Arkansas | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Jovan Rebula | South Africa | Auburn | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Lorenzo Scalise | Italy | Tennessee | Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking |
| Andy Zhang | China | Florida | Committee selection |

## Friday's mixed fourball matches

| Match | International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mehaffey/Hovland | 4 & 2 | Kupcho/Wolff |
| 2 | Rebula/Valenzuela | 6 & 4 | Phillips/Vu |
| 3 | Long/Tavatanakit | 2 & 1 | Morikawa/Andrea Lee |
| 4 | Keh/Hall | 2 up | Riley/Gillman |
| 5 | Weber/Mazzoli | 3 & 1 | Franken/Migliaccio |
| 6 | Scalise/Jeon | 3 & 2 | Theegala/Uriell |
| 7 | Niléhn/Boonchant | 3 & 1 | Freedman/Dalke |
| 8 | Limbhasut/Panthong | 4 & 3 | Bauchou/Kim |
| 9 | Ryan/Mullarney | 2 up | S.M. Lee/Papp |
| 10 | Olarra/Gagne | 1 up | Galdiano/Ban |
| 11 | Szeryk/Zhang | 1 up | Stephenson/Thornberry |
| 12 | Ortiz/Fassi | 2 & 1 | Schubert/Suh |
| | 4 | Session | 8 |
| | 4 | Overall | 8 |

## Saturday's matches

### Morning mixed foursomes matches

| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | 1 | Rebula/Valenzuela | 4 & 2 | Kupcho/Wolff |
| 14 | 10 | Jeon/Scalise | halved | Stephenson/Thornberry |
| 15 | 1 | Long/Tavatanakit | halved | Phillips/Vu |
| 16 | 10 | Mazzoli/Weber | 1 up | Andrea Lee/Morikawa |
| 17 | 1 | Hovland/Mehaffey | 1 up | Ban/Galdiano |
| 18 | 10 | Mullarney/Ryan | 1 up | Freedman/Theegala |
| 19 | 1 | Szeryk/Zhang | 5 & 3 | Kim/Suh |
| 20 | 10 | Limbhasut/Panthong | 2 up | Dalke/Uriell |
| 21 | 1 | Gagne/Olarra | 2 up | Gillman/Riley |
| 22 | 10 | Hall/Keh | 3 & 1 | Bauchou/Schubert |
| 23 | 1 | Fassi/Ortiz | 5 & 4 | Franken/Migliaccio |
| 24 | 10 | Boonchant/Nilhen | halved | S.M. Lee/Papp |
| | | 7½ | Session | 4½ |
| | | 11½ | Overall | 12½ |

### Afternoon fourball matches

| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 1 | Jeon/Ryan | 2 & 1 | Kupcho/Vu |
| 26 | 10 | Mazzoli/Scalise | 4 & 3 | Thornberry/Wolff |
| 27 | 1 | Mehaffey/Szeryk | 1 up | Galdiano/Andrea Lee |
| 28 | 10 | Gagne/Zhang | 2 & 1 | Ban/Morikawa |
| 29 | 1 | Valenzuela/Weber | 3 & 2 | Schubert/Stephenson |
| 30 | 10 | Long/Mullarney | 1 up | Suh/Theegala |
| 31 | 1 | Keh/Tavatanakit | 5 & 3 | Freedman/Uriell |
| 32 | 10 | Hall/Rebula | 3 & 2 | Bauchou/Phillips |
| 33 | 1 | Boonchant/Panthong | 1 up | Kim/Migliaccio |
| 34 | 10 | Limbhasut/Ortiz | 5 & 4 | Franken/S.M. Lee |
| 35 | 1 | Fassi/Olarra | 5 & 4 | Gillman/Papp |
| 36 | 10 | Hovland/Niléhn | 1 up | Dalke/Riley |
| | | 4 | Session | 8 |
| | | 15½ | Overall | 20½ |

## Sunday's singles matches

| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | 1 | María Fassi | 2 & 1 | Sophia Schubert |
| 38 | 10 | Viktor Hovland | 2 up | Brad Dalke |
| 39 | 1 | Lorenzo Scalise | halved | Chandler Phillips |
| 40 | 10 | Olivia Mehaffey | 5 & 4 | Jamie Freedman |
| 41 | 1 | Patty Tavatanakit | halved | Kaitlyn Papp |
| 42 | 10 | Andy Zhang | 3 & 1 | Sahith Theegala |
| 43 | 1 | Stefano Mazzoli | 6 & 5 | Collin Morikawa |
| 44 | 10 | Jiwon Jeon | 7 & 5 | Andrea Lee |
| 45 | 1 | Maddie Szeryk | 3 & 1 | Lilia Vu |
| 46 | 10 | Luis Gagne | 4 & 2 | Stephen Franken |
| 47 | 1 | K.K. Limbhasut | 4 & 3 | Justin Suh |
| 48 | 10 | Dewi Weber | w/o | Jennifer Kupcho |
| 49 | 1 | Pimnipa Panthong | 2 & 1 | Alana Uriell |
| 50 | 10 | Álvaro Ortiz | 1 up | Zach Bauchou |
| 51 | 1 | Fredrik Niléhn | 3 & 2 | Braden Thornberry |
| 52 | 10 | Chloe Ryan | 2 & 1 | Emilia Migliaccio |
| 53 | 1 | Wenyung Keh | 4 & 3 | Kristen Gillman |
| 54 | 10 | Harry Hall | 2 & 1 | S.M. Lee |
| 55 | 1 | Ronan Mullarney | 2 & 1 | Shintaro Ban |
| 56 | 10 | Albane Valenzuela | 1 up | Lauren Stephenson |
| 57 | 1 | Jaravee Boonchant | 1 up | Mariel Galdiano |
| 58 | 10 | Jovan Rebula | 3 & 2 | Davis Riley |
| 59 | 1 | Hurly Long | 3 & 2 | Matthew Wolff |
| 60 | 10 | Ainhoa Olarra | 1 up | Dylan Kim |
| | | 6 | Session | 18 |
| | | 21½ | Overall | 38½ |

Dewi Weber conceded her singles match because of illness.

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Olivia Mehaffey and Collin Morikawa.

