United States get revenge on Internationals with 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup win

For the first time since 2018 the Americans are Arnold Palmer Cup champions.

Team USA entered the Sunday singles matches of the annual team competition for college and university golfers with a 20-16 lead over its International counterparts and needed to secure 11 points from 24 matches to capture the cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Objective complete.

After Duke sophomore Erica Shepherd ran away with a 3-and-2 win over South Carolina sophomore and No. 5-ranked Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Arizona redshirt senior Brad Reeves earned the clinching point with a 3-and-2 win of his own over Oklahoma State’s Bo Jin, who finished runner-up at the NCAA Championship earlier this month.

Final score: 33-27 in favor of Team USA 🇺🇸

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— Arnold Palmer Cup (@ArnoldPalmerCup) June 13, 2021

The win is the Americans’ 13^th of the competition, which dates back to 1997. The United States lost last December at Bay Hill, 40½–19½.

The competition as it is played now features teams from the U.S. and the rest of the world, comprised of 12 men and 12 women, but has changed over the years. From 1997-2017 the event was men only, and from 1997-2002 was contested between the U.S. and Great Britain and Ireland. After the Americans won four of the first six events, the Great Britain and Ireland team was expanded to include all of Europe from 2003-2017. The current format has been used since 2018.

Sunday singles results

• Gina Kim (USA) def. Ana Pelaez Trivino (Int.), 3 and 2
• David Puig (Int.) def. Dylan Menante (USA), 3 and 2
• Jacob Bridgeman (USA) def. Alex Fitzpatrick (Int.), 2 and 1
• Emma Spitz (Int.) def. Julia Johnson (USA), 1 up
• Beatrice Wallin (Int.) def. Irene Kim (USA), 4 and 3
• Julian Perico (Int.) def. William Moll (USA), 5 and 3
• Trent Phillips (USA) def. Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Int.), 4 and 3
• Isabella Fierro (Int.) def. Kate Smith (USA), 2 and 1
• Lauren Walsh (Int.) def. Rachel Kuehn (USA), 2 and 1
• Benjamin Shipp (USA) def. Puwit Anupansuebsai (Int.), 7 and 5
• Ryan Hall (USA) def. Yuxin Lin (Int.), 1 up
• Virunpat Olankitkunchai (Int.) and Emilia Migliaccio (USA), tied
• Allisen Corpuz (USA) def. Penny Brown (Int.), 4 and 2
• Hugo Townsend (Int.) and Sam Bennett (USA), tied
• Pontus Nyholm (Int.) def. Trevor Norby (USA), 2 and 1
• Emily Price (Int.) def. Hanna Harrison (USA), 4 and 3
• Latanna Stone (USA) def. Karen Fredgaard (Int.), 2 and 1
• Ricky Castillo (USA) def. Joe Pagdin (Int.), 2 and 1
• Eugenio Chacarra (Int.) def. Pierceson Coody (USA), 3 and 1
• Agathe Laisne (Int.) def. Brooke Matthews (USA), 1 up
• Erica Shepherd (USA) def. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (Int.), 3 and 2
• Brad Reeves (USA) def. Bo Jin (Int.), 3 and 2
• Nick Gabrelcik (USA) def. Allan Hill (Int.), 3 and 2
• Lauren Hartlage (USA) def. Ingrid Lindblad (Int.), 1 up