Arnold Palmer Cup: Committee selections made, spring rankings updated

As the Arnold Palmer Cup teams begin to take shape, the race is heating up for the final spots in the July matches at Lahinch Golf Club.

As the Arnold Palmer Cup teams begin to take shape, the race is heating up for the remaining spots in the July matches, to be played at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland. The annual team event consists of college golf’s best U.S. players competing against those from around the world.

Three men and three women were already named to each side as committee selections. For the United States, that included Ricky Castillo (Florida), Emilia Migliaccio (Wake Forest), Kaitlin Milligan (Oklahoma), John Pak (Florida State), Kaitlyn Papp (Texas) and Davis Thompson (Georgia).

The Internationals selected Ludvig Aberg (Texas Tech/Sweden), Ingrid Lindblad (LSU/Sweden), Olivia Mehaffey (Arizona State/Ireland), Caolan Rafferty (Maynooth/Ireland), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina/France) and Matthias Schmid (Louisville/Germany).

Each team is made up of 12 men and 12 women

What happens next? The six Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking selections will be made on March 25, along with two additional committee selections for the United States and one additional committee selection for the International side.

Using Golfstat’s NCAA Player Ranking as a base, the Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes and a penalty for poor finishes. The ranking also contains a strength of schedule component.

The next Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking will be announced March 19.

U.S. – Men

Rank   Name                         School                   Percent
1 Evan Katz Duke 0.9949
2 William Mouw Pepperdine 0.994
3 Jonathan Brightwell UNC Greensboro 0.9926
4 Canon Claybomb Alabama 0.9911
5 Pierceson Coody Texas 0.9897
6 Noah Goodwin SMU 0.9884
7 David Perkins Illinois State 0.9879
8 Walker Lee Texas A&M 0.9879
9 McClure Meissner SMU 0.9874
10 Christopher Gotterup Rutgers 0.9861
11 Andy Ogletree Georgia Tech 0.986
12 Nolan Ray Lipscomb 0.9856
13 Austin Eckroat Oklahoma State 0.9846
14 Trevor Werbylo Arizona 0.9838
15 Jack Rhea ETSU 0.9837
16 Ryggs Johnston Arizona State 0.9771
17 Spencer Soosman Texas 0.9758
18 William Paysse Texas A&M 0.9749
19 Reid Davenport Vanderbilt 0.9739
20 Devon Bling UCLA 0.9715
21 Cameron Sisk Arizona State 0.9712
22 Spencer Cross Tennessee 0.9678
23 Briggs Duce Arizona 0.9669
24 Andy Lopez Texas Tech 0.9664
25 David Bryant Colorado State 0.965

U.S. – Women

Rank   Name                       School                  Percent
1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 0.9915
2 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 0.9806
3 Kenzie Wright Alabama 0.9789
4 Addison Baggarly Florida 0.9731
5 Allyson Geer-Park Michigan State 0.9708
6 Ashley Gilliam Mississippi State 0.9685
7 Jensen Castle Kentucky 0.968
8 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 0.968
9 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 0.967
10 Gina Kim Duke 0.9667
11 Latanna Stone LSU 0.9642
12 Kennedy Swann Ole Miss 0.964
13 Riley Smyth Virginia 0.9632
14 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 0.9615
15 Ellie Slama Oregon State 0.959
16 Malia Nam USC 0.9531
17 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 0.9472
18 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 0.9457
19 Courtney Dow Texas A&M 0.9447
20 Ami Gianchandani Yale 0.9441
21 Conner Beth Ball Ole Miss 0.9421
22 Katherine Zhu California 0.9409
23 Megan Furtney Duke 0.9387
24 Kate Smith Nebraska 0.9382
25 Ashley Kim Michigan 0.933

International – Men

Rank    Name                        School                               Percent
1 Mark Power Wake Forest (Ireland) 0.9902
2 Adrien Pendaries Duke (France) 0.9851
3 Yuxin Lin USC (China) 0.9823
4 Matthew Anderson San Francisco (Canada) 0.9809
5 David Puig Corrius Arizona State (Spain) 0.978
6 Jack Trent UNLV (Australia) 0.9772
7 Angus Flanagan Minnesota (England) 0.9771
8 Sam Choi New Mexico (Korea) 0.9749
9 Alex Fitzpatrick Wake Forest (England) 0.9748
10 Leo Oyo San Diego State (Japan) 0.9721
11 Jamie Li Florida State (England) 0.972
12 Puwit Anupansuebsai San Diego State (Thailand) 0.9711
13 John Murphy Louisville (Ireland) 0.968
14 Noah Steele ETSU (Canada) 0.9657
15 Pontus Nyholm Campbell (Sweden) 0.9637
16 Eugenio Chacarra Wake Forest (Spain) 0.9617
17 Markus Braadlie Texas Tech (Norway) 0.9566
18 Bryan Wiyang Teoh UCLA (Malaysia) 0.9552
19 Henry Lee Washington (Canada) 0.9546
20 Kieran Vincent Liberty (Zimbabwe) 0.9533
21 Parathakorn Suyasri Colorado State (Thailand) 0.9521
22 Jiri Zuska Louisville (Czech Republic) 0.9496
23 Julian Perico Arkansas (Peru) 0.9492
24 Shiso Go ETSU (Japan) 0.9484
25 John Gough Charlotte (England) 0.9464

International – Women

Rank   Name School       Percent
1 Sophie Guo Texas (China) 0.9972
2 Vivian Hou Arizona (Taiwan) 0.996
3 Linn Grant Arizona State (Sweden) .9943
4 Emma Spitz  UCLA (Austria) 0.9926
5 Aline Krauter Stanford (Germany) 0.9908
6 Sofia Garcia Texas Tech (Paraguay) 0.9903
7 Maja Stark Oklahoma State (Sweden) 0.9891
8 Yu-Sang Hou Arizona (Taiwan) 0.9869
9 Angelina Ye Stanford (China) 0.9869
10 Jaravee Boonchant Duke (Thailand) 0.9855
11 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn (South Africa) 0.9849
12 Priscilla Schmid Indiana (Uruguay) 0.983
13 Renate Grimstad Miami (Norway) 0.98
14 Alyaa Abdulghany USC (Malaysia) 0.9794
15 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina (Philippines) 0.9793
16 Natasha Andrea Oon San Jose State (Malaysia) 0.9788
17 Amelia Garvey USC (New Zealand) 0.9771
18 Isabella Fierro Oklahoma State (Mexico) 0.9767
19 Elodie Chapelet Baylor (France) 0.9742
20 Momoka Kobori Pepperdine (New Zealand) 0.9742
21 Sofie Kibsga Nielsen Oregon (Denmark) 0.9742
22 Caley McGinty Kent State (England) 0.9737
23 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech (Australia) 0.9697
24 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest (Ireland) 0.9691
25 Maria Hoyes Arkansas (Colombia) 0.9685