Texas Tech University Athletics
Scott selected for Arnold Palmer Cup
April 23, 2024 | Men's Golf
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech's Calum Scott was selected to compete at the Arnold Palmer Cup this summer, July 5-7, announced Tuesday live on the Golf Channel. The junior from Scotland was named as one of 12 for the International Men's Team.Â
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The Arnold Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament heading into its 28th year, held this year at the famed Irish links at Lahinch Golf Club, which will feature the top men's and women's college golfers pitting the United States against a team of international players.
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Both teams consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2024, 11 of the 12 international golfers were committee selections for both the men's team and women's team. One of the committee selections for each gender must have been a representative from the R&A Student Tour Series. A coach's pick for each of the men's and women's teams was the final selection on the team and designated as such. The United States team selection process was the same with the exception that one of the committee selections must be a non-Division I golfer versus the R&A picks on the international side. A coach's pick was the final selection of the team, alike the international team.
In December, it was announced that Garrett Runion of LSU and Matt Thurmond of Arizona State will be Team USA co-head coaches while Australia's Rhyll Brinsmead and Ireland's Barry Fennelly will lead Team International.
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Texas Tech has a long history of being represented at the Arnold Palmer Cup as Scott's selection is the 12th since 2011 and the seventh of the last eight years. Past participants include Nils Floren (2011), Clement Sordet (2015), Hannes Ronneblad (2017), Fredrik Nilehn (2017, 2018), Hurly Long (2018), Ivan Ramirez (2019), Sandy Scott (2019), Ludvig Aberg (2020, 2022) and Tyran Snyders (2023). In addition, head coach Greg Sands served as the Team USA head coach in 2021.Â
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Last year, Team USA won the 2023 edition of the Arnold Palmer Cup by a score of 32-28 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Penn. The event consists of three days of play featuring a Four-Ball Match (Better Ball), two Foursomes Matches (Alternate Shot), and Singles Matches.
2024 Arnold Palmer Cup Selections – International Team
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla., in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world's greatest courses, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. Beginning with the 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club, the Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
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The Arnold Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament heading into its 28th year, held this year at the famed Irish links at Lahinch Golf Club, which will feature the top men's and women's college golfers pitting the United States against a team of international players.
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Both teams consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2024, 11 of the 12 international golfers were committee selections for both the men's team and women's team. One of the committee selections for each gender must have been a representative from the R&A Student Tour Series. A coach's pick for each of the men's and women's teams was the final selection on the team and designated as such. The United States team selection process was the same with the exception that one of the committee selections must be a non-Division I golfer versus the R&A picks on the international side. A coach's pick was the final selection of the team, alike the international team.
In December, it was announced that Garrett Runion of LSU and Matt Thurmond of Arizona State will be Team USA co-head coaches while Australia's Rhyll Brinsmead and Ireland's Barry Fennelly will lead Team International.
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Texas Tech has a long history of being represented at the Arnold Palmer Cup as Scott's selection is the 12th since 2011 and the seventh of the last eight years. Past participants include Nils Floren (2011), Clement Sordet (2015), Hannes Ronneblad (2017), Fredrik Nilehn (2017, 2018), Hurly Long (2018), Ivan Ramirez (2019), Sandy Scott (2019), Ludvig Aberg (2020, 2022) and Tyran Snyders (2023). In addition, head coach Greg Sands served as the Team USA head coach in 2021.Â
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Last year, Team USA won the 2023 edition of the Arnold Palmer Cup by a score of 32-28 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Penn. The event consists of three days of play featuring a Four-Ball Match (Better Ball), two Foursomes Matches (Alternate Shot), and Singles Matches.
2024 Arnold Palmer Cup Selections – International Team
- Bastien Amat (New Mexico; France)
- Josele Ballester (Arizona State; Spain)
- Carla Bernat (Kansas State; Spain)
- Emma Bunch (New Mexico State; Denmark)
- Adela Cernousek (Texas A&M; France)
- Hannah Darling (South Carolina; Scotland)
- Santiago de la Fuente (Houston; Mexico)
- Wenyi Ding (Arizona State; China)
- Maria José Marin (Arkansas; Colombia)
- Max Kennedy (Louisville; Ireland)
- Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State; Spain)
- Caitlyn Macnab (Ole Miss; South Africa)
- Paula Martín Sampedro (Stanford; Spain)
- Omar Morales (UCLA, Mexico)
- Jacob Skov Olesen (Arkansas; Denmark)
- Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina; Sweden)
- Calum Scott (Texas Tech; Scotland)
- Mirabel Ting (Florida State; Malaysia)
- Ben van Wyk (Georgia; South Africa)
- Sampson Zheng (California; China)
- Ryan Griffin (Maynooth; Ireland) - representative of The R&A's Student Tour Series
- Kate Lanigan (Maynooth; Ireland) -Â representative of The R&A's Student Tour Series
- Sara Byrne (Miami; Ireland) -Â coach's pick
- Filip Jakubcik (Arizona; Czech Republic) -Â coach's pick
- Zoe Campos (UCLA)
- Luke Clanton (Florida State)
- Maisie Filler (Florida)
- David Ford (North Carolina)
- Megha Ganne (Stanford)
- Ian Gilligan (Florida)
- Melanie Green (USF)
- Ben James (Virginia)
- Jackson Koivun (Auburn)
- Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest)
- Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss)
- Jack Lundin (Missouri)
- Anna Morgan (Furman)
- Farah O'Keefe (Texas)
- Catherine Park (Southern California)
- Kiara Romero (Oregon)
- Amanda Sambach (Virginia)
- Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt)
- Preston Summerhays (Arizona State)
- Brendan Valdes (Auburn).
- Mary Kelly Mulcahy (Findlay) -Â non-Division I selection
- Jackson Klutznick (Emory) -Â non-Division I selection
- Jackson Van Paris (Vanderbilt) -Â coach's pick
- Latanna Stone (LSU) -Â coach's pick
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla., in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men's and women's university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world's greatest courses, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. Beginning with the 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club, the Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Since its inception, over 245 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 44 have represented Europe or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, or Solheim Cup and more than 90 have claimed over 415 victories on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours, including 2023 major champions Jon Rahm (Masters Tournament), Lilia Vu (The Chevron Championship & AIG Women's Open), Wyndham Clark (U.S. Open), Allisen Corpuz (U.S. Women's Open), and Brian Harman (The Open), as well as 2023 FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 14-12-1.
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