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2016 Arnold Palmer Cup

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2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
Dates24–26 June 2016
VenueFormby Golf Club
LocationFormby, Merseyside, England
Europe 18½ 11½ United States
Europe wins the Arnold Palmer Cup
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The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24 to 26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won 18+12 to 11+12.[1]

Format

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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 15+12 points won the competition.

Teams

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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

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Morning foursomes

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Europe Results United States
Boote/Horsfield halved Docherty/Gordon
Meronk/Schwab Europe 1 up Ghim/Zalatoris
Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist Europe 3 & 2 Hoey/Mendoza
Grehan/van Meijel Europe 2 & 1 Bard/Johnson
Eggenberger/Petersson halved Danielson/Wright
4 Foursomes 1
4 Overall 1

Afternoon four-ball

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Europe Results United States
Boote/Meronk Europe 4 & 2 Bard/Johnson
Horsfield/Schwab United States 2 & 1 Ghim/Zalatoris
Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist Europe 1 up Docherty/Gordon
Eggenberger/Petersson United States 1 up Hoey/Mendoza
Grehan/van Meijel United States 4 & 2 Danielson/Wright
2 Four-ball 3
6 Overall 4

Saturday's singles matches

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Europe Results United States
Antoine Rozner Europe 5 & 4 Will Gordon
Adrian Meronk halved Alistair Docherty
Robin Petersson Europe 6 & 5 Doug Ghim
Sam Horsfield Europe 2 up Will Zalatoris
Matthias Schwab United States 3 & 2 Nahum Mendoza III
David Boote Europe 4 & 3 Michael Johnson
Lars van Meijel United States 2 & 1 Rico Hoey
Robin Sciot-Siegrist Europe 2 & 1 Derek Bard
Mathias Eggenberger halved Zach Wright
Stuart Grehan Europe 2 & 1 Charlie Danielson
7 Singles 3
13 Overall 7

Sunday's singles matches

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Europe Results United States
Antoine Rozner Europe 1 up Nahum Mendoza III
Sam Horsfield United States 2 up Rico Hoey
Adrian Meronk halved Alistair Docherty
Robin Petersson United States 3 & 1 Zach Wright
David Boote United States 1 up Charlie Danielson
Mathias Eggenberger Europe 1 up Will Zalatoris
Matthias Schwab Europe 2 & 1 Doug Ghim
Robin Sciot-Siegrist Europe 1 up Will Gordon
Lars van Meijel halved Derek Bard
Stuart Grehan halved Michael Johnson
5+12 Singles 4+12
18+12 Overall 11+12

Michael Carter award

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

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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