For Immediate Release Contact: Dustin Roberts Golf Coaches Association of America (405) 329-4222 Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 First Spring Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking Released NORMAN, Okla. – The first of three spring Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings were released for 2017 matches held June 9-11 at Atlanta Athletic Club. Additional rankings will be released Feb. 23 and March 9. The 10 person teams for both Europe and the United States will be announced March 16 during the first round of the Arnold almerP Invitational pre- sented by MasterCard. The Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking automatically qualifies the top six players for both sides and uses Golfstat’s NCAA Player Ranking as a base. The ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes, penalty for poor finishes, and contains a strength of schedule component. The remaining four players for the United States will be selected using three committee picks and one coaches pick. One of the U.S. committee picks must be a non-Division I golfer. The final four spots on Team Europe shall consist of the champion of The R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament, held in early April, two committee picks and one coaches pick. For more information visit arnoldpalmercup.com. UNITED STATES EUROPE Rank Name School Percent Rank Name School Country Percent 1 Wyndham Clark Oregon .9990 1 Fredrik Nilehn Texas Tech Sweden .9893 2 Sam Burns LSU .9981 2 Hannes Ronneblad Texas Tech Sweden .9762 3 Maverick McNealy Stanford .9981 3 Viktor Hovland Oklahoma State Norway .9689 4 Jimmy Stanger Virginia .9981 4 Frederik Dreier UTEP Denmark .9661 5 Sean Crocker Southern California .9961 5 Mans Berglund Lamar Sweden .9632 6 Norman Xiong Oregon .9961 6 Federico Zucchetti Texas Tech Italy .9611 7 Braden Thornberry Mississippi .9957 7 Euan Walker Missouri Scotland .9587 8 Greyson Sigg Georgia .9942 8 Edoardo Lipparelli Illinois Italy .9538 9 Dylan Meyer Illinois .9925 9 David Wicks Jacksonville England .9476 10 Will Zalatoris Wake Forest .9922 10 Linus Lilliedahl Missouri Sweden .9476 11 Wyatt Larkin Kennesaw State .9913 11 Ilari Saulo Middle Tennessee Finland .9467 12 Chandler Phillips Texas A&M .9903 12 Jeremy Paul Colorado Germany .9408 13 Patrick Martin Vanderbilt .9903 13 Kristoffer Ventura Oklahoma State Norway .9378 14 Spencer Ralston Georgia .9988 14 Yannik Paul Colorado Germany .9356 15 Doug Ghim Texas .9869 15 Sam Horsfield Florida England .9310 16 Cameron Young Wake Forest .9864 16 Jeremy Gandon Kansas State France .9262 17 Dylan Wu Northwestern .9859 17 Harry Ellis Florida State England .9261 18 Will Long Auburn .9821 18 Simon Zach Louisville Czech Rep .9163 19 Rico Hoey Southern California .9816 19 Gisli Sveinbergsson Kent State Iceland .9139 20 Blaine Hale Oklahoma .9816 20 Alejandro Del Arizona State Spain .9095 21 Patrick Fishburn BYU .9812 Rey Gonzalez 22 Scott Stevens South Carolina .9801 21 Pierre Mazier TCU France .9050 23 Collin Morikawa California .9796 22 Erik Lindwall Eastern Kentucky Sweden .9023 24 Gordon Neale Florida .9782 23 Paul McBride Wake Forest Ireland .8994 25 Nick Hardy Illinois .9772 24 Pablo Rodriguez- Kennesaw State Spain .8961 Tabernero Torres 25 Daniel Sutton Kansas England .8960 - Arnold Palmer Cup -.