With the NCAA canceling all sports for the rest of the academic year, everyone’s eyes turn to summer events.
Oklahoma golfers Quade Cummins, Garrett Reband, and Kaitlin Milligan were named to the Arnold Palmer Cup USA Team.
The APC is a Ryder Cup-style event that showcases the best collegiate golfers in the world. 12 men and 12 women from the United States square off against 12 men and 12 women from around the world in a three-day event which will be held at Lahinch Country Club in Lahinch, Ireland July 3-5.
Both Cummins and Reband had their senior seasons cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic but managed to keep Oklahoma at the top of the standings as the Sooners finished No. 1 in the final GolfWeek poll of the abbreviated season.
Fort Worth native, Reband, ranked No. 3 nationally by GolfStat and No. 21 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, secured five top-10 finishes and a shared individual win at the Puerto Rico Classic earlier this spring.
Cummins, a Weatherford, Okla., native is ranked No. 5 in the nation by GolfStat and No. 25 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. His play led the Sooners to two team wins with his best finish of the season coming at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in the fall where he finished second at 20-under-par.
The duo automatically qualified for the event based on the Cup’s points system.
Milligan, a junior from Norman, Okla., was a coaches/committee pick. Ranked No. 58 in the nation by GolfStat and No. 137 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, Milligan has been on a hot streak over the past season with 15 top-20 finishes in her last 18 events.
This will not be the first time the APC has had representatives from Oklahoma. Just two years ago, Brad Dalke and Sooners head coach Ryan Hybl led the way for Team USA with a win over Team International in Evian, France.
For more information regarding the APC, click here.
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