2021 Arnold Palmer Cup
The 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from June 11–13, 2021 at Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Illinois. It was the 25th time the event had been contested and the fourth under the new format in which women golfers played in addition to men, and the United States played an international team. The United States team won the match 33–27.
| Dates | June 11–13, 2021 | ||||
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| Venue | Rich Harvest Farms | ||||
| Location | Sugar Grove, Illinois | ||||
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| USA wins the Arnold Palmer Cup | |||||
Format
The contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 24 foursomes matches, 12 in the morning, six all-women matches and six all-men matches, and 12 mixed matches in the afternoon. 24 singles matches were played on Sunday. 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
Selection was by a committee, except for the four coaches picks, one man and woman on each team. Six committee selections for each team were announced in March 2021 with the remaining players announced in early May.[1][2] The head coaches were announced in September 2020 with the assistant coaches selected in March 2021.[3][4]
| United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | College | Qualification method |
| Kim Lewellen | non-playing head coach | |
| Greg Sands | non-playing head coach | |
| Jean-Paul Hebert | non-playing assistant coach | |
| Jon Whithaus | non-playing assistant coach | |
| Women | ||
| Allisen Corpuz | USC | |
| Hanna Harrison | Louisville | |
| Lauren Hartlage | Dallas Baptist | |
| Julia Johnson | Ole Miss | |
| Gina Kim | Duke | |
| Irene Kim | Northwestern | |
| Rachel Kuehn | Wake Forest | |
| Brooke Matthews | Arkansas | |
| Emilia Migliaccio | Wake Forest | Coaches pick |
| Erica Shepherd | Duke | |
| Kate Smith | Nebraska | |
| Latanna Stone | LSU | |
| Men | ||
| Sam Bennett | Texas A&M | |
| Jacob Bridgeman | Clemson | |
| Ricky Castillo | Florida | |
| Pierceson Coody | Texas | |
| Nick Gabrelcik | North Florida | |
| Ryan Hall | South Carolina | |
| Dylan Menante | Pepperdine | |
| William Moll | Vanderbilt | |
| Trevor Norby | Oklahoma Christian | |
| Trent Phillips | Georgia | |
| Brad Reeves | Arizona | |
| Benjamin Shipp | NC State | |
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Friday's mixed fourball matches
| Match | International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chacarra/Fierro | 5 & 3 | Matthews/Menante |
| 2 | Brown/Hill | 1 up | Harrison/Norby |
| 3 | Townsend/Wallin | 4 & 3 | Bennett/Shepherd |
| 4 | Lindblad/Nyholm | 1 up | Moll/Smith |
| 5 | Pagdin/Price | 1 up | Hall/Johnson |
| 6 | Anupansuebsai/Olankitkunchai | tied | Phillips/Stone |
| 7 | Dumont de Chassart/Laisné | 4 & 3 | Kuehn/Shipp |
| 8 | Peláez Triviño/Puig | 2 & 1 | Reeves/Corpuz |
| 9 | Spitz/Lin | 2 & 1 | Gabrelcik/Migliaccio |
| 10 | Fredgaard/Jin | 4 & 3 | Bridgeman/I. Kim |
| 11 | Fitzpatrick/Walsh | tied | Castillo/Hartlage |
| 12 | Périco/Roussin-Bouchard | 1 up | Coody/G. Kim |
| 6 | Session | 6 | |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |
Saturday's matches
Morning foursomes matches
| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Brown/Walsh | 3 & 1 | Kuehn/Migliaccio |
| 14 | 10 | Chacarra/Lin | 3 & 2 | Bridgeman/Hall |
| 15 | 1 | Jin/Pagdin | 3 & 1 | Gabrelcik/Phillips |
| 16 | 10 | Olankitkunchai/Price | 3 & 2 | G. Kim/Shepherd |
| 17 | 1 | Fierro/Fredgaard | tied | Johnson/Stone |
| 18 | 10 | Hill/Périco | 2 & 1 | Castillo/Menante |
| 19 | 1 | Anupansuebsai/Dumont de Chassart | 2 up | Norby/Shipp |
| 20 | 10 | Roussin-Bouchard/Spitz | 4 & 3 | Corpuz/I. Kim |
| 21 | 1 | Lindblad/Wallin | 3 & 2 | Harrison/Matthews |
| 22 | 10 | Nyholm/Townsend | 2 & 1 | Bennett/Reeves |
| 23 | 1 | Fitzpatrick/Puig | 2 & 1 | Coody/Moll |
| 24 | 10 | Laisné/Peláez Triviño | 3 & 2 | Hartlage/Smith |
| 6½ | Session | 5½ | ||
| 12½ | Overall | 11½ |
Afternoon mixed foursomes matches
| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Lindblad/Nyholm | 2 & 1 | Migliaccio/Gabrelcik |
| 26 | 10 | Fierro/Chacarra | 3 & 2 | Corpuz/Shipp |
| 27 | 1 | Wallin/Townsend | 3 & 1 | Hartlage/Menante |
| 28 | 10 | Peláez Triviño/Puig | 3 & 1 | Harrison/Norby |
| 29 | 1 | Price/Pagdin | 5 & 4 | Shepherd/Bennett |
| 30 | 10 | Olankitkunchai/Anupansuebsai | 5 & 4 | Smith/Reeves |
| 31 | 1 | Fredgaard/Jin | 1 up | Matthews/Moll |
| 32 | 10 | Spitz/Périco | 4 & 3 | Johnson/Hall |
| 33 | 1 | Brown/Hill | 5 & 4 | Stone/Phillips |
| 34 | 10 | Laisné/Dumont de Chassart | 2 & 1 | I. Kim/Bridgeman |
| 35 | 1 | Roussin-Bouchard/Lin | tied | Kuehn/Castillo |
| 36 | 10 | Walsh/Fitzpatrick | 2 & 1 | G. Kim/Coody |
| 3½ | Session | 8½ | ||
| 16 | Overall | 20 |
Sunday's singles matches
| Match | Tee | International | Results | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | Ana Peláez Triviño | 3 & 2 | Gina Kim |
| 38 | 10 | David Puig | 3 & 2 | Dylan Menante |
| 39 | 1 | Alex Fitzpatrick | 2 & 1 | Jacob Bridgeman |
| 40 | 10 | Emma Spitz | 1 up | Julia Johnson |
| 41 | 1 | Beatrice Wallin | 4 & 3 | Irene Kim |
| 42 | 10 | Julián Périco | 5 & 3 | William Moll |
| 43 | 1 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | 4 & 3 | Trent Phillips |
| 44 | 10 | Isabella Fierro | 2 & 1 | Kate Smith |
| 45 | 1 | Lauren Walsh | 2 & 1 | Rachel Kuehn |
| 46 | 10 | Puwit Anupansuebsai | 7 & 5 | Benjamin Shipp |
| 47 | 1 | Lin Yuxin | 1 up | Ryan Hall |
| 48 | 10 | Virunpat Olankitkunchai | tied | Emilia Migliaccio |
| 49 | 1 | Penny Brown | 4 & 2 | Allisen Corpuz |
| 50 | 10 | Hugo Townsend | tied | Sam Bennett |
| 51 | 1 | Pontus Nyholm | 2 & 1 | Trevor Norby |
| 52 | 10 | Emily Price | 4 & 3 | Hanna Harrison |
| 53 | 1 | Karen Fredgaard | 2 & 1 | Latanna Stone |
| 54 | 10 | Joe Pagdin | 2 & 1 | Ricky Castillo |
| 55 | 1 | Eugenio Chacarra | 3 & 1 | Pierceson Coody |
| 56 | 10 | Agathe Laisné | 1 up | Brooke Matthews |
| 57 | 1 | Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | 3 & 2 | Erica Shepherd |
| 58 | 10 | Jin Bo | 3 & 2 | Brad Reeves |
| 59 | 1 | Allan Hill | 3 & 2 | Nick Gabrelcik |
| 60 | 10 | Ingrid Lindblad | 1 up | Lauren Hartlage |
| 11 | Session | 13 | ||
| 27 | Overall | 33 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Sam Bennett and Jin Bo.
References
- "2021 Arnold Palmer Cup Committee Selections Named". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 3, 2021.
- "2021 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Announced". Arnold Palmer Cup. May 4, 2021.
- "2021 Arnold Palmer Cup Coaches Announced". Arnold Palmer Cup. September 10, 2020.
- "2021 Arnold Palmer Cup Assistant Coaches Named". Arnold Palmer Cup. March 17, 2021.