- Format
- Teams
- Friday's matches Morning foursomes Afternoon four-ball
- Saturday's singles matches
- Sunday's singles matches
- Michael Carter award
- References
- External links
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}{{Infobox team golf tournament
| name = Arnold Palmer Cup
| year = 2016
| logo =
| logowidth =
| dates = 24–26 June 2016
| venue = Formby Golf Club
| location = Formby, Merseyside, England
| home = Europe
| away = USA
| homecaptain =
| awaycaptain =
| homescore = 18½
| awayscore = 11½
| result = Europe wins
}}The 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup was held from 24–26 June 2016 at Formby Golf Club in Formby, Merseyside, England. Europe won 18{{sfrac|1|2}} to 11{{sfrac|1|2}}.[1] FormatOn 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{{sfrac|1|2}} points won the competition. TeamsTen 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] | {{flagu|United States | | Name | Class | College | Qualification method |
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| Mike|Cook|dab=golfer}} | 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|dab=golfer}} | Sr. | Auburn | 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Nahum|Mendoza III | Mendoza, Nahum} | 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] |
| {{flagu|Europe | | Name | Country | Class | College | Qualification method |
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| Janice|Moodie}} | {{SCO}} | non-playing head coach | | Dean|Robertson}} | {{SCO}} | non-playing assistant coach | | Sam|Horsfield}} | {{ENG}} | Fr. | Florida | 1st in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Matthias|Schwab}} | {{AUT}} | Jr. | Vanderbilt | 2nd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Adrian|Meronk}} | {{POL}} | Sr. | East Tennessee State | 3rd in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Lars|van Meijel | Vanmeijel, Lars} | {{NLD}} | Jr. | Memphis | 4th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Robin|Petersson}} | {{SWE}} | Sr. | Augusta | 5th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | David|Boote}} | {{WAL}} | Sr. | Stanford | 6th in Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking | | Stuart|Grehan}} | {{IRL}} | So. | Maynooth | Committee pick | | Antoine|Rozner}} | {{FRA}} | Sr. | UMKC | Committee pick | | Mathias|Eggenberger}} | {{CHE}} | Sr. | Stirling | Winner of R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament | | Robin|Sciot-Siegrist | Sciotsiegrist, Robin} | {{FRA}} | Sr. | Louisville | Coach's pick |
Friday's matchesMorning foursomes| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px | Results | {{flagicon|USA|size=50px |
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| Boote/Horsfield | halved | Docherty/Gordon | | Meronk/Schwab | {{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up | Ghim/Zalatoris | | Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist | {{flagicon|EUR}} 3 & 2 | Hoey/Mendoza | | Grehan/van Meijel | {{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1 | Bard/Johnson | | Eggenberger/Petersson | halved | Danielson/Wright | | 4 | Foursomes | 1 | | 4 | Overall | 1 |
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Afternoon four-ball| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px | Results | {{flagicon|USA|size=50px |
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| Boote/Meronk | {{flagicon|EUR}} 4 & 2 | Bard/Johnson | | Horsfield/Schwab | {{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1 | Ghim/Zalatoris | | Rozner/Sciot-Siegrist | {{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up | Docherty/Gordon | | Eggenberger/Petersson | {{flagicon|USA}} 1 up | Hoey/Mendoza | | Grehan/van Meijel | {{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 2 | Danielson/Wright | | 2 | Four-ball | 3 | | 6 | Overall | 4 |
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Saturday's singles matches| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px | Results | {{flagicon|USA|size=50px |
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| Antoine Rozner | {{flagicon|EUR}} 5 & 4 | Will Gordon | | Adrian Meronk | halved | Alistair Docherty | | Robin Petersson | {{flagicon|EUR}} 6 & 5 | Doug Ghim | | Sam Horsfield | {{flagicon|EUR}} 2 up | Will Zalatoris | | Matthias Schwab | {{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 | Nahum Mendoza III | | David Boote | {{flagicon|EUR}} 4 & 3 | Michael Johnson | | Lars van Meijel | {{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1 | Rico Hoey | | Robin Sciot-Siegrist | {{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1 | Derek Bard | | Mathias Eggenberger | halved | Zach Wright | | Stuart Grehan | {{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1 | Charlie Danielson | | 7 | Singles | 3 | | 13 | Overall | 7 |
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Sunday's singles matches| EUR|size=50px | Results | {{flagicon|USA|size=50px |
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| Antoine Rozner | {{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up | Nahum Mendoza III | | Sam Horsfield | {{flagicon|USA}} 2 up | Rico Hoey | | Adrian Meronk | halved | Alistair Docherty | | Robin Petersson | {{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1 | Zach Wright | | David Boote | {{flagicon|USA}} 1 up | Charlie Danielson | | Mathias Eggenberger | {{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up | Will Zalatoris | | Matthias Schwab | {{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1 | Doug Ghim | | Robin Sciot-Siegrist | {{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up | Will Gordon | | Lars van Meijel | halved | Derek Bard | | Stuart Grehan | halved | Michael Johnson | | 1|2}} | Singles | 1|2}} | | 1|2 | Overall | 1|2 |
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Michael Carter awardThe Michael Carter Award winners were Robin Petersson and Charlie Danielson.[4] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.randa.org/News/2016/06/Arnold-Palmer-Cup-at-Formby-Golf-Club |title=Europe beat USA to win Arnold Palmer Cup |publisher=R&A |date=26 June 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://collegiategolf.com/news/2016-arnold-palmer-cup-teams-announced-2300.html |title=2016 Arnold Palmer Cup teams announced |publisher=Golf Coaches Association of America |date=15 April 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://collegiategolf.com/news/ghim-named-to-united-states-arnold-palmer-cup-team-2368.html |title=Ghim named to United States Arnold Palmer Cup team |publisher=Golf Coaches Association of America |date=10 June 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/content/europe-reclaims-arnold-palmer-cup-formby-golf-club |title=Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=24 September 2016}}
External links- Arnold Palmer Cup official site
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