Graham selected to compete at 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
April 29, 2025 | Men's Golf
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech's Connor Graham was selected to compete at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup, June 5-7, at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, S.C., announced live on the Golf Channel on Tuesday. The freshman from Scotland was one of 12 selections for the International Men's Team.
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The Arnold Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament heading into its 29th year, held stateside this year after being hosted at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland in 2024. The event features the top men's and women's college golfers in the world, pitting the United States against a team of international players annually.
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Both teams consist of 24 golfers, with 12 men and 12 women on each team. Each gender, on each team, consisted of one coaches' pick, which included the Red Raiders' Graham, who was one of two team international coaches' picks.
Texas Tech has a long history of being represented at the Arnold Palmer Cup, as Graham's selection is the 13th since 2011 and the eighth of the last nine 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), Tyran Snyders (2023) and Calum Scott (2024). In addition, head coach Greg Sands served as the Team USA head coach in 2021.
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Team USA defeated Team International 32.5-27.5 to win the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup and retain the Cup for the second straight year. The event consists of three days of play featuring a Four-Ball Match (Better Ball), two Foursomes Matches (Alternate Shot), and Singles Matches.
Since its inception, over 245 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 46 have represented Europe/International or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, or Solheim Cup and more than 95 have claimed over 435 victories on the PGA, DP World, LPGA, or Ladies European Tours. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1.
2025 ARNOLD PALMER CUP INTERNATIONAL TEAM:
Selection Process: The team shall consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2025, 11 of the 12 golfers will be committee selections. One of the committee selections must be a representative from the R&A Student Tour Series. Coaches' picks were the final selections on the team and were designated as such when announced.
Selection Process: The team shall consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2025, 11 of the 12 golfers will be committee selections. One of the committee selections must be a non-Division I golfer. Coaches' picks were the final selections on the team and were designated as such when announced.
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The Arnold Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style tournament heading into its 29th year, held stateside this year after being hosted at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland in 2024. The event features the top men's and women's college golfers in the world, pitting the United States against a team of international players annually.
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Both teams consist of 24 golfers, with 12 men and 12 women on each team. Each gender, on each team, consisted of one coaches' pick, which included the Red Raiders' Graham, who was one of two team international coaches' picks.
Texas Tech has a long history of being represented at the Arnold Palmer Cup, as Graham's selection is the 13th since 2011 and the eighth of the last nine 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), Tyran Snyders (2023) and Calum Scott (2024). In addition, head coach Greg Sands served as the Team USA head coach in 2021.
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Team USA defeated Team International 32.5-27.5 to win the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup and retain the Cup for the second straight year. The event consists of three days of play featuring a Four-Ball Match (Better Ball), two Foursomes Matches (Alternate Shot), and Singles Matches.
Since its inception, over 245 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 46 have represented Europe/International or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, or Solheim Cup and more than 95 have claimed over 435 victories on the PGA, DP World, LPGA, or Ladies European Tours. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1.
2025 ARNOLD PALMER CUP INTERNATIONAL TEAM:
Selection Process: The team shall consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2025, 11 of the 12 golfers will be committee selections. One of the committee selections must be a representative from the R&A Student Tour Series. Coaches' picks were the final selections on the team and were designated as such when announced.
- Daniel Bennett (Texas; South Africa)
- Carla Bernat (Kansas State; Spain)
- Carolina Chacarra (Wake Forest; Spain)
- Pablo Ereño (UCLA; Spain)
- Charlie Forster (Long Beach State; England)
- Eila Galitsky (South Carolina; Thailand)
- Justin Hastings (San Diego State; Cayman Islands)
- Filip Jakubcik (Arizona; Czech Republic)
- Lauren Kim (Texas; Canada)
- Phichaksn Maichon (Texas A&M, Thailand)
- Maria José Marin (Arkansas; Colombia)
- Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State; Norway)
- Meja Örtengren (Stanford; Sweden)
- Gabriel Palacios (Utah; Guatemala)
- Andrea Revuelta (Stanford; Spain)
- Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina; Sweden)
- Árni Sveinsson (LSU; Iceland)
- Mirabel Ting (Florida State; Malaysia)
- Tyler Weaver (Florida State; England)
- Lottie Woad (Florida State; England)
- Elice Fredriksson (Halmstad; Sweden) – selected as representatives of The R&A's Student Tour Series
- Ross Laird (Stirling; Scotland) – selected as representatives of The R&A's Student Tour Series
- Caitlyn Macnab (Ole Miss; South Africa) – coaches' pick
- Connor Graham (Texas Tech; Scotland) – coaches' pick
Selection Process: The team shall consist of 12 men's and 12 women's golfers. For 2025, 11 of the 12 golfers will be committee selections. One of the committee selections must be a non-Division I golfer. Coaches' picks were the final selections on the team and were designated as such when announced.
- Carson Bacha (Auburn)
- Anna Davis (Auburn)
- Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State)
- Megha Ganne (Stanford)
- Josiah Gilbert (Auburn)
- Jackson Koivun (Auburn)
- Jasmine Koo (Southern California)
- Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss)
- Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame)
- Sebastian Moss (Louisville)
- Farah O'Keefe (Texas)
- Catherine Park (Southern California)
- Macy Pate (Wake Forest)
- Kiara Romero (Oregon)
- Amanda Sambach (Virginia)
- Preston Stout (Oklahoma State)
- Jase Summy (Oklahoma)
- Kendall Todd (Arkansas)
- Wells Williams (Vanderbilt)
- Kelly Xu (Stanford)
- Adam Duncan (Colorado Christian) – non-Division I selection
- Mary Kelly Mulcahy (Findlay) – non-Division I selection
- Lauryn Nguyen (Northwestern) – coaches' pick
- Jack Turner (Florida) – coaches' pick
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