2016 Arnold Palmer Cup

The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24–26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won 1812 to 1112.[1]

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

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 1512 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.[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

Morning foursomes

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

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

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

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
512 Singles 412
1812 Overall 1112

Michael Carter award

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

References

  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.
  4. "Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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