2017 Arnold Palmer Cup
DatesJune 9–11, 2017
VenueAtlanta Athletic Club
Highlands course
LocationJohns Creek, Georgia
United States 19½ 10½ Europe
USA wins the 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 Arnold Palmer Cup, it was the first since the death of namesake Arnold Palmer.

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

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

Afternoon four-ball

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

Saturday's singles matches

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

Sunday's singles matches

Europe Results United States
Harry Hall United States 8 & 7 Norman Xiong
Stuart Grehan United States 2 & 1 Doug Ghim
Viktor Hovland Europe 3 & 2 Jimmy Stanger
Harry Ellis United States 3 & 2 Nick Hardy
Kristoffer Ventura Europe 2 & 1 Sam Burns
Fredrik Niléhn Europe 2 & 1 Collin Morikawa
Rory Franssen United States 8 & 7 Maverick McNealy
Richard Mansell Europe 2 up John Coultas
David Wicks United States 3 & 2 Sean Crocker
Hannes Rönneblad Europe 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]

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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