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]
| Dates | December 21–23, 2020 | ||||
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| Venue | Bay Hill Club and Lodge | ||||
| Location | Bay Hill, Florida | ||||
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| International team wins the Arnold Palmer Cup | |||||
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 edit
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 edit
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 | 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 |
Monday's mixed fourball matches edit
| 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 edit
Morning mixed foursomes matches edit
| 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 | 1½ | ||
| 19½ | Overall | 4½ |
Afternoon fourball matches edit
| 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 | 9½ |
Wednesday's singles matches edit
| 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 edit
The Michael Carter Award winners were John Pak and Puwit Anupansuebsai.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Internationals Claim 24th Annual Arnold Palmer Cup At Bay Hill Club & Lodge". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 23, 2020.
- ^ "Lahinch Golf Club To Host 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 3, 2017.
- ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Postponed To December". Arnold Palmer Cup. April 7, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Named". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 27, 2020.
- ^ "Four Players Added To 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Roster". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 4, 2020.
- ^ "Abdulghany Added To International Arnold Palmer Cup Team". Arnold Palmer Cup. December 15, 2020.
- ^ Romine, Brentley (December 23, 2020). "Internationals rout U.S. in record-setting Arnold Palmer Cup victory". Golf Channel.
- ^ "Arnold Palmer Cup Matches: Internationals run out to early lead". AmateurGolf.com. December 21, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Arnold Palmer Coaches Announced". Arnold Palmer Cup. August 28, 2019.
- ^ "Assistant Coaches Named For 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup". Arnold Palmer Cup. September 12, 2019.