The International team broke a tie by winning 15 of the 24 singles matches to beat the United States 33-27 and win the Arnold Palmer Cup for the third time in the last four editions.
The two sides were deadlocked 18-18 after three sessions of fourball and foursomes matches, sending the 26th Arnold Palmer Cup down to the Sunday singles matches at the Golf Club de Genève in Switzerland.
The Internationals got off to a hot start Sunday, winning seven of the first eight matches on the course capped by a 4-and-3 victory by Mateo Fernández de Oliveira over Johnny Keefer. The Argentinian who plays for Arkansas went 4-0 for the Internationals.
After Illinois senior Adrien Dumont de Chassart of Belgium dusted off Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan 4 and 3, another Wake Forest golfer, Carolina Chacarra of Spain, won the final hole to defeat Antonia Malate of San Jose State 1-up and clinch the cup for the Internationals.
Southern Cal’s Amari Avery went 4-0 for the U.S. team, beating Stirling’s Lorna McClymont of Scotland in the singles.
“If you look back at the players who have played in this tournament before, it is a testament to how strong college golf is and where it’s headed,” Texas Tech’s Ludvig Åberg of Sweden told Golf Channel after halving his singles match against North Florida’s Nick Gabrelcik. “A lot of the people who played this week will do great things on the pro golf circuit as well, so being able to win as a team is fantastic.”
Åberg is one of three International players who were awarded professional exemptions. Åberg was invited to play in the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Stanford’s Aline Krauter (Germany) and Alabama’s Benedetta Moresco (Italy) will play in the Amundi Evian Championship on July 21-24 in France.
The Arnold Palmer Cup presented by Rolex is an annual Ryder Cup-style event pitting the top American and international collegiate golfers. Since 2018, it has featured 12 men and 12 women on each team. The original Palmer Cup from 1997 to 2002 included only men from the U.S. against a team from Great Britain and Ireland. The Americans played a European men’s team from 2003 to ’17 before expanding to include women and collegians from the rest of the world.
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