2017 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from June 9–11, 2017 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States. The 21st playing of the event, it was the first since the death of namesake Arnold Palmer.

2017 Arnold Palmer Cup
DatesJune 9–11, 2017
VenueAtlanta Athletic Club
Highlands course
LocationJohns Creek, Georgia
19½ 10½
USA wins the Arnold Palmer Cup

The score was level at 5 points each after the first day but the United States team won 9 of the 10 singles matches on the second day and halved the other. This gave them an overwhelming lead, needing just 1 point from 10 singles matches on the final day to win the match. The second set of singles was split 5–5, to give the United States a comfortable 19½–10½ victory in the match.

Format

On Friday, there were five matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by five four-ball matches in the afternoon. Ten singles matches were played on Saturday, and ten more on Sunday. In all, 30 matches were played.

Each of the 30 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 15½ points won the competition.

Teams

Ten college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event plus a non-playing head coach and assistant coach for each team.[1]

 United States
Name Class College Qualification method
John Fields non-playing head coach
Andrew DiBitetto non-playing assistant coach
Sam Burns So. LSU 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Chandler Phillips So. Texas A&M 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Collin Morikawa So. California 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Jimmy Stanger Sr. Virginia 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Maverick McNealy Sr. Stanford 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Norman Xiong Fr. Oregon 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
John Coultas Jr. Florida Southern Committee pick, non-Division I
Sean Crocker Jr. Southern California Committee pick
Nick Hardy Jr. Illinois Committee pick
Doug Ghim Jr. Texas Coach's pick
 Europe
Name Country Class College Qualification method
David Inglis  Scotland non-playing head coach
Alan Murray  Ireland non-playing assistant coach
Hannes Rönneblad  Sweden Sr. Texas Tech 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Fredrik Niléhn  Sweden Jr. Texas Tech 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Kristoffer Ventura  Norway Jr. Oklahoma State 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
David Wicks  England Jr. Jacksonville 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Harry Ellis  England Jr. Florida State 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Rory Franssen  Scotland Fr. Missouri 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Stuart Grehan  Ireland Maynooth Committee pick
Viktor Hovland  Norway Fr. Oklahoma State Committee pick
Richard Mansell  England Sr. Nova Southeastern Coach's pick
Harry Hall  England So. UNLV Pick

The final place was allocated to the winner of the R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament. This was won by Stuart Grehan, who had already been selected for the team. Harry Hall was later selected as the final member of the team.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes
Results
Franssen/Grehen halved Burns/Phillips
Hovland/Ventura 6 & 5 Coultas/Stanger
Ellis/Hall 1 up Hardy/Xiong
Niléhn/Rönneblad 4 & 2 Crocker/Ghim
Mansell/Wicks 2 & 1 McNealy/Morikawa
1½ Foursomes 3½
1½ Overall 3½

Afternoon four-ball
Results
Wicks/Mansell 3 & 1 Burns/Phillips
Ventura/Hovland 1 up Coultas/Stanger
Grehan/Franssen halved Hardy/Xiong
Niléhn/Rönneblad 4 & 2 Crocker/Morikawa
Ellis/Hall 3 & 2 Ghim/McNealy
3½ Four-ball 1½
5 Overall 5

Saturday's singles matches
Results
Richard Mansell 4 & 3 Norman Xiong
Harry Hall 7 & 5 Doug Ghim
Harry Ellis 3 & 2 Jimmy Stanger
David Wicks 5 & 4 Nick Hardy
Stuart Grehan 2 & 1 Sam Burns
Rory Franssen 3 & 2 Collin Morikawa
Viktor Hovland halved Maverick McNealy
Kristoffer Ventura 4 & 3 John Coultas
Fredrik Niléhn 4 & 3 Sean Crocker
Hannes Rönneblad 1 up Chandler Phillips
½ Singles 9½
5½ Overall 14½

Sunday's singles matches
Results
Harry Hall 8 & 7 Norman Xiong
Stuart Grehan 2 & 1 Doug Ghim
Viktor Hovland 3 & 2 Jimmy Stanger
Harry Ellis 3 & 2 Nick Hardy
Kristoffer Ventura 2 & 1 Sam Burns
Fredrik Niléhn 2 & 1 Collin Morikawa
Rory Franssen 8 & 7 Maverick McNealy
Richard Mansell 2 up John Coultas
David Wicks 3 & 2 Sean Crocker
Hannes Rönneblad 2 & 1 Chandler Phillips
5 Singles 5
10½ Overall 19½

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were David Wicks and Maverick McNealy.[2]

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References
  1. "2017 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Announced". The Arnold Palmer Cup, Inc. March 16, 2017.
  2. "USA Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup At Atlanta Athletic Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
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