The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24 to 26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won to .
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 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.
NameClassCollegeQualification method non-playing head coach non-playing assistant coach Sr. Illinois 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sr. LSU 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jr. Southern Cal 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sr. Auburn 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jr. San Diego State 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jr. Virginia Committee pick So. Wake Forest Committee pick Sr. Chico State Committee pick, non-Division I Fr. Vanderbilt Coach's pick So. Texas replaced Maverick McNealy
NameCountryClassCollegeQualification method non-playing head coach non-playing assistant coach Fr. Florida 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jr. Vanderbilt 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sr. East Tennessee State 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Jr. Memphis 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sr. Augusta 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sr. Stanford 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking So. Maynooth Committee pick Sr. UMKC Committee pick Sr. Stirling Winner of R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament Sr. Louisville Coach's pick
Friday's matches Morning foursomes Results Boote/HorsfieldhalvedDocherty/GordonMeronk/Schwab 1 upGhim/ZalatorisRozner/Sciot-Siegrist 3 & 2Hoey/MendozaGrehan/van Meijel 2 & 1Bard/JohnsonEggenberger/PeterssonhalvedDanielson/Wright 4 Foursomes 1 4 Overall 1
Afternoon four-ball Results Boote/Meronk 4 & 2Bard/JohnsonHorsfield/Schwab 2 & 1Ghim/ZalatorisRozner/Sciot-Siegrist 1 upDocherty/GordonEggenberger/Petersson 1 upHoey/MendozaGrehan/van Meijel 4 & 2Danielson/Wright 2 Four-ball 3 6 Overall 4
Saturday's singles matches Results Antoine Rozner 5 & 4Will GordonAdrian MeronkhalvedAlistair DochertyRobin Petersson 6 & 5Doug GhimSam Horsfield 2 upWill ZalatorisMatthias Schwab 3 & 2Nahum Mendoza IIIDavid Boote 4 & 3Michael JohnsonLars van Meijel 2 & 1Rico HoeyRobin Sciot-Siegrist 2 & 1Derek BardMathias EggenbergerhalvedZach WrightStuart Grehan 2 & 1Charlie Danielson 7 Singles 3 13 Overall 7
Sunday's singles matches Results Antoine Rozner 1 upNahum Mendoza IIISam Horsfield 2 upRico HoeyAdrian MeronkhalvedAlistair DochertyRobin Petersson 3 & 1Zach WrightDavid Boote 1 upCharlie DanielsonMathias Eggenberger 1 upWill ZalatorisMatthias Schwab 2 & 1Doug GhimRobin Sciot-Siegrist 1 upWill GordonLars van MeijelhalvedDerek BardStuart GrehanhalvedMichael Johnson Singles Overall
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were Robin Petersson and Charlie Danielson.
References
External links Arnold Palmer Cup official site