2016 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24 to 26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won 18+12 to 11+12.[1]

2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
Dates24–26 June 2016
VenueFormby Golf Club
LocationFormby, Merseyside, England
Europe 18½ 11½ United States
Europe wins the Arnold Palmer Cup
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Format

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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 15+12 points won the competition.

Teams

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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.[2]

  United States
Name Class College Qualification method
Mike Cook non-playing head coach
John Handrigan non-playing assistant coach
Charlie Danielson Sr. Illinois 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Zach Wright Sr. LSU 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Rico Hoey Jr. Southern Cal 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Michael Johnson Sr. Auburn 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Nahum Mendoza III Jr. San Diego State 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Derek Bard Jr. Virginia Committee pick
Will Zalatoris So. Wake Forest Committee pick
Alistair Docherty Sr. Chico State Committee pick, non-Division I
Will Gordon Fr. Vanderbilt Coach's pick
Doug Ghim So. Texas replaced Maverick McNealy[3]
  Europe
Name Country Class College Qualification method
Janice Moodie   Scotland non-playing head coach
Dean Robertson   Scotland non-playing assistant coach
Sam Horsfield   England Fr. Florida 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Matthias Schwab   Austria Jr. Vanderbilt 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Adrian Meronk   Poland Sr. East Tennessee State 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Lars van Meijel   Netherlands Jr. Memphis 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Robin Petersson   Sweden Sr. Augusta 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
David Boote   Wales Sr. Stanford 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
Stuart Grehan   Ireland So. Maynooth Committee pick
Antoine Rozner   France Sr. UMKC Committee pick
Mathias Eggenberger   Switzerland Sr. Stirling Winner of R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament
Robin Sciot-Siegrist   France Sr. Louisville Coach's pick

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  Results  
Boote/Horsfield halved Docherty/Gordon
Meronk/Schwab   1 up Ghim/Zalatoris
Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist   3 & 2 Hoey/Mendoza
Grehan/van Meijel   2 & 1 Bard/Johnson
Eggenberger/Petersson halved Danielson/Wright
4 Foursomes 1
4 Overall 1

Afternoon four-ball

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  Results  
Boote/Meronk   4 & 2 Bard/Johnson
Horsfield/Schwab   2 & 1 Ghim/Zalatoris
Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist   1 up Docherty/Gordon
Eggenberger/Petersson   1 up Hoey/Mendoza
Grehan/van Meijel   4 & 2 Danielson/Wright
2 Four-ball 3
6 Overall 4

Saturday's singles matches

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  Results  
Antoine Rozner   5 & 4 Will Gordon
Adrian Meronk halved Alistair Docherty
Robin Petersson   6 & 5 Doug Ghim
Sam Horsfield   2 up Will Zalatoris
Matthias Schwab   3 & 2 Nahum Mendoza III
David Boote   4 & 3 Michael Johnson
Lars van Meijel   2 & 1 Rico Hoey
Robin Sciot-Siegrist   2 & 1 Derek Bard
Mathias Eggenberger halved Zach Wright
Stuart Grehan   2 & 1 Charlie Danielson
7 Singles 3
13 Overall 7

Sunday's singles matches

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  Results  
Antoine Rozner   1 up Nahum Mendoza III
Sam Horsfield   2 up Rico Hoey
Adrian Meronk halved Alistair Docherty
Robin Petersson   3 & 1 Zach Wright
David Boote   1 up Charlie Danielson
Mathias Eggenberger   1 up Will Zalatoris
Matthias Schwab   2 & 1 Doug Ghim
Robin Sciot-Siegrist   1 up Will Gordon
Lars van Meijel halved Derek Bard
Stuart Grehan halved Michael Johnson
5+12 Singles 4+12
18+12 Overall 11+12

Michael Carter award

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The Michael Carter Award winners were Robin Petersson and Charlie Danielson.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Europe beat USA to win Arnold Palmer Cup". R&A. 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Arnold Palmer Cup teams announced". Golf Coaches Association of America. 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Ghim named to United States Arnold Palmer Cup team". Golf Coaches Association of America. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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