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.
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.
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 The teams were announced in March 2020, before the postponement of the event. A number of players were unable to compete and were replaced. Four replacements were announced on December 4, 2020 and another on December 15. 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. On the first day his partner, Megan Schofill, played the fourball match alone. 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.
United States Name College Qualification method non-playing head coach Dan Brooksnon-playing head coach Kate Goldennon-playing assistant coach Armen Kirakossiannon-playing assistant coachWomen 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 RankingMen 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
International Name Country College Qualification method Alan Murray non-playing head coach Ria Quiazon Scott non-playing head coach Sofie Aagaard non-playing assistant coach Barry Fennelly non-playing assistant coachWomen Alyaa Abdulghany USC Replacement Sofia Garcia Texas Tech Committee selection Linn Grant Arizona State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sophie Guo Texas Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Ingrid Lindblad LSU Committee selection Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State Committee selection Pauline Roussin-Bouchard South Carolina Committee selection Gabriela Ruffels USC Replacement Emma Spitz UCLA Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Maja Stark Oklahoma State Replacement Kaleigh Telfer Auburn Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Angelina Ye Stanford Committee selectionMen Ludvig Åberg Texas Tech Committee selection Puwit Anupansuebsai San Diego State Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Sam Choi New Mexico Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Alex Fitzpatrick Wake Forest Committee selection Angus Flanagan Minnesota Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Lin Yuxin USC Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Vincent Norrman Georgia Southwestern State Committee selection Adrien Pendaries Duke Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Mark Power Wake Forest Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking David Puig Arizona State Committee selection Caolan Rafferty Maynooth Committee selection Matti Schmid Louisville Committee selection
Monday's mixed fourball matches MatchInternational ResultsUnited 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/Papp9Session39Overall3
Tuesday's matches Morning mixed foursomes matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited 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/Papp10½Session1½19½Overall4½
Afternoon fourball matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited 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 7Session526½Overall9½
Wednesday's singles matches Match TeeInternational ResultsUnited 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 14Session1040½Overall19½
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were John Pak and Puwit Anupansuebsai.
References
External links Arnold Palmer Cup official site