2020 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from December 21–23, 2020 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Bay Hill, Florida. It was the 24th time the event had been contested and the third under the 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 international team won the match 40½–19½.[1]

2020 Arnold Palmer Cup
DatesDecember 21–23, 2020
VenueBay Hill Club and Lodge
LocationBay Hill, Florida
USA 19½ 40½ International
International team wins the Arnold Palmer Cup
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The event was originally planned to be played at Lahinch Golf Club, Lahinch, Ireland from July 3–5 but was moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

Format

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The contest was played over three days. On Monday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Tuesday 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 Wednesday. 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

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The teams were announced in March 2020, before the postponement of the event.[4] A number of players were unable to compete and were replaced. Four replacements were announced on December 4, 2020 and another on December 15.[5][6] For the United States, Kaitlin Milligan and Andy Ogletree were in the original teams, while Vivian Hou, Aline Krauter and Hazel MacGarvie were in the International team announced in March 2020. Ogletree had turned professional before the event.

William Mouw (Pepperdine), a member of the American team, was a late withdrawal and was not replaced.[7] On the first day his partner, Megan Schofill, played the fourball match alone.[8] In the other three sessions, matches involving him were deemed to be tied.

The head coaches were announced in August 2019 with the assistant coaches selected in September 2019.[9][10]

United States
Name College Qualification method
Alan Bratton [d] non-playing head coach
Dan Brooks non-playing head coach
Kate Golden non-playing assistant coach
Armen Kirakossian non-playing assistant coach
Women
Addie Baggarly Florida Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Allisen Corpuz USC Replacement
Allyson Geer Michigan State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Jaime Jacob Cal State San Marcos Committee selection
Julia Johnson Ole Miss Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Gina Kim Duke Committee selection
Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest Committee selection
Kaitlyn Papp Texas Committee selection
Megan Schofill Auburn Committee selection
Latanna Stone LSU Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Kenzie Wright Alabama Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Men
John Augenstein Vanderbilt Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Jonathan Brightwell UNC Greensboro Replacement
Ricky Castillo Florida Committee selection
Pierceson Coody Texas Committee selection
Quade Cummins Oklahoma Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Cooper Dossey Baylor Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Evan Katz Duke Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
John Pak Florida State Committee selection
Garett Reband Oklahoma Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Davis Thompson Georgia Committee selection
Zach Zediker Delta State Committee selection
International
Name Country College Qualification method
Alan Murray   Ireland non-playing head coach
Ria Quiazon Scott   Philippines non-playing head coach
Sofie Aagaard   Sweden non-playing assistant coach
Barry Fennelly   Ireland non-playing assistant coach
Women
Alyaa Abdulghany   Malaysia USC Replacement
Sofia Garcia   Paraguay Texas Tech Committee selection
Linn Grant   Sweden Arizona State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Sophie Guo   China Texas Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Ingrid Lindblad   Sweden LSU Committee selection
Olivia Mehaffey   Ireland Arizona State Committee selection
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard   France South Carolina Committee selection
Gabriela Ruffels   Australia USC Replacement
Emma Spitz   Austria UCLA Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Maja Stark   Sweden Oklahoma State Replacement
Kaleigh Telfer   South Africa Auburn Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Angelina Ye   China Stanford Committee selection
Men
Ludvig Åberg   Sweden Texas Tech Committee selection
Puwit Anupansuebsai   Thailand San Diego State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Sam Choi   South Korea New Mexico Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Alex Fitzpatrick   England Wake Forest Committee selection
Angus Flanagan   England Minnesota Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Lin Yuxin   China USC Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Vincent Norrman   Sweden Georgia Southwestern State Committee selection
Adrien Pendaries   France Duke Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Mark Power   Ireland Wake Forest Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
David Puig   Spain Arizona State Committee selection
Caolan Rafferty   Ireland Maynooth Committee selection
Matti Schmid   Germany Louisville Committee selection

Monday's mixed fourball matches

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Match International Results United States
1 Pendaries/Roussin-Bouchard 2 & 1 Baggarly/Castillo
2 Fitzpatrick/Ruffels 1 up Dossey/Migliaccio
3 Mehaffey/Rafferty 1 up Cummins/Jacob
4 Choi/Garcia 4 & 3 Zediker/Corpuz
5 Flanagan/Abdulghany 2 & 1 Stone/Thompson
6 Grant/Norrman tied Johnson/Reband
7 Lindblad/Puig 6 & 5 Wright/Brightwell
8 Anupansuebsai/Guo 2 & 1 Schofill/
9 Power/Telfer 3 & 2 Katz/Kim
10 Åberg/Stark 2 & 1 Augenstein/Geer
11 Lin/Ye tied Kuehn/Pak
12 Schmid/Spitz 3 & 2 Coody/Papp
9 Session 3
9 Overall 3

Tuesday's matches

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Morning mixed foursomes matches

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Match Tee International Results United States
13 1 Grant/Stark 4 & 3 Geer/Migliaccio
14 10 Pendaries/Schmid 1 up Castillo/Pak
15 1 Fitzpatrick/Power 6 & 4 Augenstein/Thompson
16 10 Garcia/Lindblad 1 up Kim/Wright
17 1 Mehaffey/Telfer 3 & 2 Baggarly/Schofill
18 10 Anupansuebsai/Choi 1 up Cummins/Dossey
19 1 Lin/Puig 5 & 4 Katz/Zediker
20 10 Abdulghany/Guo 1 up Johnson/Stone
21 1 Roussin-Bouchard/Spitz 3 & 2 Jacob/Kuehn
22 10 Åberg/Norrman 4 & 3 Coody/Reband
23 1 tied
24 10 Ruffels/Ye 3 & 2 Corpuz/Papp
10½ Session
19½ Overall

Afternoon fourball matches

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Match Tee International Results United States
25 1 Pendaries/Roussin-Bouchard 4 & 2 Augenstein/Geer
26 10 Power/Telfer 3 & 1 Baggarly/Castillo
27 1 Fitzpatrick/Ruffels 3 & 2 Cummins/Schofill
28 10 Mehaffey/Rafferty 1 up Katz/Kim
29 1 Schmid/Spitz 2 up Brightwell/Wright
30 10 Abdulghany/Flanagan 1 up Dossey/Migliaccio
31 1 Grant/Norrman tied Kuehn/Pak
32 10 Choi/Garcia 4 & 3 Corpuz/Thompson
33 1 Lin/Ye 3 & 1 Jacob/Zediker
34 10 Åberg/Stark 2 & 1 Johnson/Reband
35 1 Lindblad/Puig 2 & 1 Coody/Papp
36 10 tied
7 Session 5
26½ Overall

Wednesday's singles matches

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Match Tee International Results United States
37 1 Olivia Mehaffey tied Rachel Kuehn
38 10 Mark Power 3 & 2 Quade Cummins
39 1 Caolan Rafferty 1 up Evan Katz
40 10 David Puig 1 up Cooper Dossey
41 1 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard 1 up Megan Schofill
42 10 Ingrid Lindblad 2 & 1 Kaitlyn Papp
43 1 Ludvig Åberg 5 & 4 Zach Zediker
44 10 Maja Stark tied Allyson Geer
45 1 Matti Schmid 2 & 1 John Augenstein
46 10 Alex Fitzpatrick tied Davis Thompson
47 1 Lin Yuxin 8 & 6 Jonathan Brightwell
48 10 Alyaa Abdulghany 4 & 3 Gina Kim
49 1 Linn Grant 3 & 1 Allisen Corpuz
50 10 Vincent Norrman 2 & 1 John Pak
51 1 Adrien Pendaries 4 & 2 Pierceson Coody
52 10 Emma Spitz 1 up Kenzie Wright
53 1 Kaleigh Telfer 2 up Addie Baggarly
54 10 Angus Flanagan 6 & 5 Ricky Castillo
55 1 Puwit Anupansuebsai 3 & 2 Garett Reband
56 10 Angelina Ye 3 & 2 Julia Johnson
57 1 Sofia Garcia 2 & 1 Jaime Jacob
58 10 Gabriela Ruffels 2 & 1 Latanna Stone
59 1 Sophie Guo 5 & 4 Emilia Migliaccio
60 10 tied
14 Session 10
40½ Overall 19½

Michael Carter award

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The Michael Carter Award winners were John Pak and Puwit Anupansuebsai.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Internationals Claim 24th Annual Arnold Palmer Cup At Bay Hill Club & Lodge". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lahinch Golf Club To Host 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Postponed To December". Arnold Palmer Cup. April 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Named". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Four Players Added To 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Roster". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Abdulghany Added To International Arnold Palmer Cup Team". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Romine, Brentley (December 23, 2020). "Internationals rout U.S. in record-setting Arnold Palmer Cup victory". Golf Channel.
  8. ^ "Arnold Palmer Cup Matches: Internationals run out to early lead". AmateurGolf.com. December 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Coaches Announced". Arnold Palmer Cup. August 28, 2019.
  10. ^ "Assistant Coaches Named For 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup". Arnold Palmer Cup. September 12, 2019.
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