Palmer Cup: Meet the European team
A look at the European team set to compete
against the U.S. in the June 26-28 Palmer Cup:
Rahm was an obvious choice after winning the
Thunderbird Invitational and finishing second in
the Redhawk Invitational in back-to-back
tournaments recently. He's 14th on the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Gouveia owns three college victories, most
recently in the FAU Slomin Autism Invite. He
led
from start to finish and posted a career-best
6-under 65 in the second round. No. 26 in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Has been Arizona’s No. 1 player this season,
with 19 rounds at or below par. No. 53 on the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Detry is the highest world-ranked player on the
European team, at 12th in the World Amateur
Golf Ranking. He placed fourth at the 3M
Augusta Invitational, his fourth top-5 of the
season. No. 36 in the Golfweek/Sagarin
Rankings.
Angles takes his place on the team after
winning the Ole Miss Reunion Intercollegiate by
three shots. It was his second victory of the
season, following the Louisiana Tech Argent
Financial Classic. No. 80 in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Ross finished second to Angles in the Reunion
Intercollegiate to match his best finish with
the
Cougars. He also owns five more top-10
finishes this season. No. 83 in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Dunne earns his place after four top-5 finishes
this season, including three in his past four
tournaments. He recently finished fifth in the
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate. No. 75 in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Recently won his third tournament of the
season when he defeated Rahm by three shots
in the Redhawk Invitational. It follows victories
in the Farms Collegiate in February and the
Saint Mary's Invitational in the fall. No. 32 in
the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Earns his place on the team courtesy of
winning the R&A Scholars Foundation
tournament at St. Andrews, defeating
McDonald by a shot. He won the Formby Hare
last year. No. 629 in World Amateur Golf
Ranking.
McDonald is a former Scottish Boys Stroke Play
champion (2009). In 2012 he reached the
semifinals of the British Amateur Championship
at Royal Troon. He studies applied
mathematics. No. 101 in World Amateur Golf
Ranking.
ABOUT THE Palmer Cup
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition
features
top men and women collegiate players from the
United States
against their International counterparts.
Each team will be comprised of 12 men's and
12
women's golfers.
Day one will feature Mixed Four-Ball
competition, day
two will see Mixed
Foursomes in the morning and Four-Ball in the
afternoon, with 24 singles
matches on the final day.
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