Suh, Vu top the Arnold Palmer Cup Penultimate Ranking
3/8/2018 | by Golf Coaches Association of America
see also: Arnold Palmer Cup Matches, Tralee Golf Club
Justin Suh of USC and Lilia Vu of UCLA top the ranking for the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup matches at the Evian Resort in France
NORMAN, OK (March 8, 2018) – The penultimate Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking for the 2018 event at Evian Resort Golf Club was released today. The top six golfers from the final ranking in the Spring from both the United States and International men and women - 12 total golfers - shall be among the 48 individuals selected to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup July 6-8. The 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup will be the first using the expanded format of United States men’s and women’s collegiate golfers versus their counterparts from around the world.
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 remaining six men’s and women’s spots for the United States will consist of five committee selections, including at least one non-Division I golfer, and a coaches pick. The balance of the International team will include the men’s and women’s winners of The R&A Scholars Tournament, four committee selections and a coaches pick.
Arnold Palmer Cup teams will be unveiled live on Golf Channel’s Golf Central on Wednesday, March 14 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.
Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
March 8, 2018
United States - Men
United States - Women
International - Men
International - Women
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 remaining six men’s and women’s spots for the United States will consist of five committee selections, including at least one non-Division I golfer, and a coaches pick. The balance of the International team will include the men’s and women’s winners of The R&A Scholars Tournament, four committee selections and a coaches pick.
Arnold Palmer Cup teams will be unveiled live on Golf Channel’s Golf Central on Wednesday, March 14 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.
Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking
March 8, 2018
United States - Men
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Justin Suh | JR | Southern California | 1 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | JR | California | 0.9985 |
| 3 | Matthew Wolff | FR | Oklahoma State | 0.9969 |
| 4 | Davis Riley | JR | Alabama | 0.9959 |
| 5 | Shintaro Ban | SR | UNLV | 0.9939 |
| 6 | Steven Fisk | JR | Georgia Southern | 0.9939 |
| 7 | Brad Dalke | JR | Oklahoma | 0.9928 |
| 8 | Stephen Franaken | JR | NC State | 0.9918 |
| 9 | Philip Knowles | JR | North Florida | 0.9918 |
| 10 | Garrett May | JR | Baylor | 0.9913 |
| 11 | Chandler Phillips | JR | Texas A&M | 0.9903 |
| 12 | Bryson Nimmer | JR | Clemson | 0.9862 |
| 13 | Zach Bauchou | JR | Oklahoma State | 0.9847 |
| 14 | Will Gordon | JR | Vanderbilt | 0.9836 |
| 15 | Austin Eckroat | FR | Oklahoma State | 0.9836 |
| 16 | John Pak | FR | Florida State | 0.9826 |
| 17 | Brandon Mancheno | FR | Auburn | 0.9826 |
| 18 | Patrick Martin | JR | Vanderbilt | 0.9825 |
| 19 | Dan Erickson | SO | Texas A&M | 0.9816 |
| 20 | Sahith Theegala | JR | Pepperdine | 0.9811 |
| 21 | Gordon Neale | JR | Florida | 0.978 |
| 22 | Luis Gagne | JR | LSU | 0.9764 |
| 23 | Hayden Buckley | SR | Missouri | 0.9741 |
| 24 | Cristian DiMarco | SR | USF | 0.9739 |
| 25 | Brandon Wu | JR | Stanford | 0.9724 |
United States - Women
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Lilia Vu | JR | UCLA | 1 |
| 2 | Lauren Stephenson | JR | Alabama | 0.9988 |
| 3 | Andrea Lee | SO | Stanford | 0.9988 |
| 4 | Sophia Shubert | SR | Texas | 0.9975 |
| 5 | Kristen Gillman | SO | Alabama | 0.9957 |
| 6 | Emilia Migliaccio | FR | Wake Forest | 0.992 |
| 7 | Alana Uriell | SR | Arkansas | 0.992 |
| 8 | Dylan Kim | JR | Arkansas | 0.9914 |
| 9 | Jennifer Kupcho | JR | Wake Forest | 0.9902 |
| 10 | Natalie Srinivasan | SO | Furman | 0.9889 |
| 11 | Mika Liu | FR | Stanford | 0.987 |
| 12 | Mariel Galdiano | SO | UCLA | 0.9859 |
| 13 | Sierra Brooks | SO | Florida | 0.9852 |
| 14 | Bethany Wu | JR | UCLA | 0.9852 |
| 15 | Kaitlyn Papp | FR | Texas | 0.9846 |
| 16 | Hannah Kim | SR | Northwestern | 0.9796 |
| 17 | Anna Redding | JR | Virginia | 0.979 |
| 18 | Jennifer Chang | FR | Southern California | 0.9772 |
| 19 | Allyson Geer | SO | Michigan State | 0.9723 |
| 20 | Alyaa Abdulghany | FR | Southern California | 0.9722 |
| 21 | Brigitte Dunne | JR | SMU | 0.9705 |
| 22 | Haylee Harford | JR | Furman | 0.9698 |
| 23 | Allisen Corpuz | SO | Southern California | 0.9679 |
| 24 | Beth Lillie | FR | Virginia | 0.9667 |
| 25 | Emilee Hoffman | SO | Texas | 0.9624 |
International - Men
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Fredrik Nilehn (Sweden) | SR | Texas Tech | 0.9939 |
| 2 | Stefano Mazzoli (Italy) | JR | TCU | 0.9821 |
| 3 | Alvaro Ortiz (Mexico) | SR | Arkansas | 0.9821 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Scalise (Italy) | SR | Tennessee | 0.9806 |
| 5 | Jovan Rebula (South Africa) | SO | Auburn | 0.9805 |
| 6 | Jamie Li (England) | SO | Florida State | 0.9723 |
| 7 | Claudio Correa (Chile) | SR | USF | 0.9686 |
| 8 | Harry Hall (England) | JR | UNLV | 0.9683 |
| 9 | Hurly Long (Germany) | SR | Texas Tech | 0.9672 |
| 10 | Ian Snyman (South Africa) | JR | North Texas | 0.9651 |
| 11 | KK Limbhasut (Thailand) | JR | California | 0.9649 |
| 12 | Won Jun Lee (Republic of Korea) | FR | Florida | 0.9594 |
| 13 | Raul Pereda (Mexico) | SR | Jacksonville | 0.9528 |
| 14 | Lukas Euler (Germany) | JR | Kentucky | 0.9497 |
| 15 | Alex Del Rey (Spain) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9491 |
| 16 | Grant Booth (Australia) | SR | Nevada | 0.9483 |
| 17 | Conor Purcell (Ireland) | SO | Charlotte | 0.9461 |
| 18 | Andy Zhang (China) | SO | Florida | 0.9414 |
| 19 | Carl Yuan (China) | JR | Washington | 0.9412 |
| 20 | Yannik Paul (Germany) | SR | Colorado | 0.9401 |
| 21 | Matthias Schmid (Germany) | FR | Louisville | 0.9385 |
| 22 | Garrick Higgo (South Africa) | FR | UNLV | 0.9373 |
| 23 | Hidetoshi Yoshihara (Japan) | SO | UCLA | 0.9355 |
| 24 | Jesper Svensson (Sweden) | JR | Campbell | 0.9344 |
| 25 | Chun An Yu (Taiwan) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9322 |
International - Women
| Rank | Player | Year | School | Percentile |
| 1 | Maria Fassi (Mexico) | JR | Arkansas | 0.9988 |
| 2 | Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand) | FR | UCLA | 0.9951 |
| 3 | Olivia Mehaffey (Northern Ireland) | SO | Arizona State | 0.9902 |
| 4 | Dewi Weber (Netherlands) | JR | Miami | 0.9877 |
| 5 | Ainhoa Olarra (Spain) | SR | South Carolina | 0.9865 |
| 6 | Jaravee Boonchant (Thailand) | FR | Duke | 0.984 |
| 7 | Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland) | SO | Stanford | 0.9834 |
| 8 | Maddie Szeryk (Canada) | SR | Texas A&M | 0.9816 |
| 9 | Robyn Choi (Australia) | SO | Colorado | 0.981 |
| 10 | Paz Marfa (Spain) | SO | Michigan State | 0.9809 |
| 11 | Wenyung Keh (New Zealand) | JR | Washington | 0.9777 |
| 12 | Leonie Harm (Germany) | JR | Houston | 0.9754 |
| 13 | Pimnipa Panthong (Thailand) | SO | Kent State | 0.9735 |
| 14 | Julienne Soo (Australia) | JR | Oklahoma | 0.9723 |
| 15 | Connie Jaffrey (Scotland) | SR | Kansas State | 0.97 |
| 16 | Hee Ying Loy (Malaysia) | JR | East Tennessee State | 0.9687 |
| 17 | Ana Belac (Slovenia) | SO | Duke | 0.968 |
| 18 | Alice Hewson (England) | JR | Clemson | 0.9679 |
| 19 | Jaclyn Lee (Canada) | JR | Ohio State | 0.9668 |
| 20 | Renate Grimstad (Norway) | SO | Miami | 0.9612 |
| 21 | Jiyoon Jang (Republic of Korea) | SO | California | 0.9573 |
| 22 | Louis Kaye Go (Philippines) | SO | South Carolina | 0.9561 |
| 23 | Malene Krolboll Hansen (Denmark) | SR | Coastal Carolina | 0.9533 |
| 24 | Ana Paula Valdes (Mexico) | SO | Clemson | 0.9525 |
| 25 | Michaela Finn (Sweden) | JR | Kent State | 0.9506 |
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...
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