2020 Arnold Palmer Cup
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
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
William Mouw (Pepperdine), a member of the American team, was a late withdrawal and was not replaced.[4] On the first day his partner, Megan Schofill, played the fourball match alone.[5] In the other three sessions, matches involving him were deemed to be tied.
| 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 | |
| Allisen Corpuz | USC | |
| Allyson Geer | Michigan State | |
| Jaime Jacob | Cal State San Marcos | |
| Julia Johnson | Ole Miss | |
| Gina Kim | Duke | |
| Rachel Kuehn | Wake Forest | |
| Emilia Migliaccio | Wake Forest | |
| Kaitlyn Papp | Texas | |
| Megan Schofill | Auburn | |
| Latanna Stone | LSU | |
| Kenzie Wright | Alabama | |
| Men | ||
| John Augenstein | Vanderbilt | |
| Jonathan Brightwell | UNC Greensboro | |
| Ricky Castillo | Florida | |
| Pierceson Coody | Texas | |
| Quade Cummins | Oklahoma | |
| Cooper Dossey | Baylor | |
| Evan Katz | Duke | |
| John Pak | Florida State | |
| Garett Reband | Oklahoma | |
| Davis Thompson | Georgia | |
| Zach Zediker | Delta State | |
| International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College | Qualification method |
| Alan Murray |  Ireland |
non-playing head coach | |
| Ria Quiazon Scott |  Philippines |
non-playing head coach | |
| Sofie Aagaard |  Sweden |
non-playing assistant coach | |
| Barry Fennelly | Ireland |
non-playing assistant coach | |
| Women | |||
| Alyaa Abdulghany |  Malaysia | USC | |
| Sofia Garcia |  Paraguay | Texas Tech | |
| Linn Grant | Sweden | Arizona State | |
| Sophie Guo |  China | Texas | |
| Ingrid Lindblad | Sweden | LSU | |
| Olivia Mehaffey | Ireland | Arizona State | |
| Pauline Roussin-Bouchard |  France | South Carolina | |
| Gabriela Ruffels | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | USC | |
| Emma Spitz |  Austria | UCLA | |
| Maja Stark | Sweden | Oklahoma State | |
| Kaleigh Telfer |  South Africa | Auburn | |
| Angelina Ye | China | Stanford | |
| Men | |||
| Ludvig Åberg | Sweden | Texas Tech | |
| Puwit Anupansuebsai |  Thailand | San Diego State | |
| Sam Choi |  South Korea | New Mexico | |
| Alex Fitzpatrick |  England | Wake Forest | |
| Angus Flanagan | England | Minnesota | |
| Lin Yuxin | China | USC | |
| Vincent Norrman | Sweden | Georgia Southwestern State | |
| Adrien Pendaries | France | Duke | |
| Mark Power | Ireland | Wake Forest | |
| David Puig |  Spain | Arizona State | |
| Caolan Rafferty | Ireland | Maynooth | |
| Matthias Schmid |  Germany | Louisville | |
Monday's mixed fourball matches
| 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
Morning mixed foursomes matches
| 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
| 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
| 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 | Matthias 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 |
References
- "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.
- 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.