Seven golfers from California colleges have been named to play in the Arnold Palmer Cup matches on July 3-5 at Lahinch Golf Club www.lahinchgolf.com in County Clare, Ireland, but there is no guarantee the event will be played because of worldwide Coronavirus pandemic.
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition features some of the best men and women college players from the United States against their International counterparts.
“The Arnold Palmer Cup is slated for July 3-5 at Lahinch Golf Club and in these unprecedented times we do not know if the matches will be held as scheduled, postponed, or canceled,” the Golf Coaches Association of America said in a statement announcing the players who made the teams.
“With the pandemic affecting so many lives around the globe, there are certainly more pressing issues than golf. However, we would like to recognize the accomplishments of these college golfers since last summer and during this college season.”
Men on the U.S. team include William Mouw of Pepperdine, John Augenstein of Vanderbilt, Quade Cummins of Oklahoma, Cooper Dossey of Baylor, Evan Katz of Duke, Ricky Castillo of Florida, John Pak of Florida State, Pierceson Coody of Texas, Andy Ogletree of Georgia Tech, Garett Reband of Oklahoma, Zach Zediker of Delta State and Davis Thompson of Georgia.
Women on the U.S. team include Jaime Jacob of Cal State San Marcos, Emilia Migliaccio of Wake Forest, Kaitlyn Papp of Texas, Rachel Kuehn of Wake Forest, Kenzie Wright of Alabama, Julia Johnson of Mississippi, Addie Baggarly of Florida, Latanna Stone of LSU, Kaitlin Milligan of Oklahoma, Gina Kim of Duke, Megan Schofill of Auburn and Allyson Geer of Michigan State.
Men on the International team include Yuxin Lin of USC and China, Puwit Anupansuebsai of San Diego State and Thailand, Adrien Pendaries of Duke and France, Mark Power of Wake Forest and Ireland, Sam Choi of New Mexico and South Korea, Angus Flanagan of Minnesota and England, Matthias Schmid of Louisville and Germany, Ludvig Aberg of Texas Tech and Sweden, Caolan Rafferty of Maynooth and Ireland, Alex Fitzpatrick of Wake Forest and England, Vincent Norrman of Georgia Southwestern and Sweden, and David Puig of Arizona State and Spain.
Women on the International team include Angelina Ye of Stanford and China, Emma Spitz of UCLA and Austria, Aline Krauter of Stanford and Germany, Vivian Hou of Arizona and Taiwan, Linn Grant of Arizona State and Sweden, Kaleigh Telfer of Auburn and South Africa, Sofia Garcia of Texas Tech and Paraguay, Ingrid Lindblad of LSU and Sweden, Olivia Mehaffey of Arizona State and Ireland, Hazel MacGarvie of Stirling and Scotland, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of South Carolina and France, and Sophie Guo of Texas and China.
The first day of the Arnold Palmer Cup features Mixed Four-Ball competition, followed by Mixed Foursomes in the morning and Four-Ball in the afternoon on the second day, and 24 singles matches are played on the final day.
The Internationals won, 33½–26½, last year at The Alotian Golf Club in Roland, Ark., but the U.S. leads the series, 12-10-1.
From 1997 until 2002, the U.S. played teams from Great Britain and Ireland before all of Europe was included from 2003 to 2017. In 2018, the U.S. opponent became the International team and women were included for the first time.
