2016 Arnold Palmer Cup
| Dates | 24–26 June 2016 | ||||
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| Venue | Formby Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Formby, Merseyside, England | ||||
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| Europe wins the Arnold Palmer Cup | |||||
The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24 to 26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won 18+1⁄2 to 11+1⁄2.[1]
Format[edit]
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+1⁄2 points won the competition.
Teams[edit]
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
Morning foursomes[edit]
|
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[edit]
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|
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[edit]
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|
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[edit]
|
|
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 |
| 5+1⁄2 | Singles | 4+1⁄2 |
| 18+1⁄2 | Overall | 11+1⁄2 |
Michael Carter award[edit]
The Michael Carter Award winners were Robin Petersson and Charlie Danielson.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Europe beat USA to win Arnold Palmer Cup". R&A. 26 June 2016.
- ^ "2016 Arnold Palmer Cup teams announced". Golf Coaches Association of America. 15 April 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 24 September 2016.