Lahinch Golf Club in County Clare will host the Arnold Palmer Cup between July 5th and 7th this year.
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded in 1997 by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The inaugural event was held at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando.
The event is a Ryder Cup style tournament that pits the top university/college golfers from the United States against an International Team. It is one of the world’s leading amateur events and is unique in that it features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Numerous former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LPGA Tour, while many have represented Europe or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup including Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Lucas Glover, Webb Simpson, Ben Curtis, Bryson DeChambeau, Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler, J.B. Holmes, Billy Horschel, Matt Kuchar, Francesco Molinari, Alex Norén, Brandt Snedeker, Jon Rahm, Victor Hovland, Colin Morikawa, Brian Harman, Ludvig Aberg, Vincent Norrman, Allisen Corpuz, Linn Grant and Rose Zhang.
The Arnold and Winnie Palmer Foundation organizes the tournament, which provides a platform for perpetuating Arnold Palmer’s commitment to youth development and the growth of amateur/collegiate golf.
In 2018, the Arnold Palmer Cup expanded further to include the leading women collegiate golfers, and the European team widened its brief to facilitate collegiate golfers from around the world.
Both teams were selected towards the end of April, and most of the top amateur players in the world will be at Lahinch in a few weeks’ time, including 6 of the top 10 world-ranked amateur men, four members of last year’s successful USA Walker Cup team, and 4 of the top 10 world-ranked amateur women. In total, 19 of the world’s top 50 amateur male golfers and 19 of the world’s top 50 amateur women golfers have been selected.
Max Kennedy, Ryan Griffin, Sara Byrne and Kate Lanigan al all on the international team representing a strong Irish contingent
“We are delighted to welcome some of the best amateur golfers in the world to Lahinch Golf Club to participate in this prestigious tournament,” said John Gleeson, Chairperson of Lahinch Golf Club.
“Lahinch has a proven track record of hosting major tournaments, and we expect a super few days of top-class golf on our famous Links. The next generation of elite golfers will be in Lahinch during the first week of July, and it promises to be a fantastic few days”.
The tournament was due to be held at the Club in 2020, but the onset of the worldwide pandemic made hosting this prestigious tournament impossible. It was agreed to postpone the tournament until 2024.
Lahinch will host the Walker Cup in September 2026.
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