West Virginia’s Sear Ranked 19 In Penultimate Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking

West Virginia University Senior Max Sear currently ranks 19th in the International Division of the Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking for 2019. Sear is a native of Markham, Ontario, Canada.

The top six golfers from the final ranking in the Spring from both the United States and International men and women – 12 total golfers – will be among the 24 individuals selected to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Longtime Arnold Palmer partner Rolex is continuing its 50 year relationship through its support of the matches which will be hosted by The Alotian Club June 7-9. 

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 6 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.

For more information visit arnoldpalmercup.com.

United States Men

Rank	Player	Year	School	Percentile
1	Peter Kuest	JR	BYU	0.9973
2	Alex Smalley	SR	Duke	0.9963
3	Will Grimmer	SR	Ohio State	0.9940
4	Will Gordon	SR	Vanderbilt	0.9931
5	Eric Bae	JR	Wake Forest	0.9917
6	Luke Schniederjans	JR	Georgia Tech	0.9899
7	Edwin Yi	SR	Oregon	0.9894
8	Riley Casey	JR	Oklahoma	0.9894
9	Chandler Eaton	JR	Duke	0.9885
10	Steven Fisk	SR	Georgia Southern	0.9872
11	Steven Chervony	SR	Texas	0.9871
12	McClure Meissner	SO	SMU	0.9867
13	Cole Hammer	FR	Texas	0.9866
14	Clay Feagler	JR	Pepperdine	0.9848
15	Patrick Martin	SR	Vanderbilt	0.9836
16	Blake Elliott	SR	McNeese State	0.9831
17	Brandon Wu	SR	Stanford	0.9829
18	Ethan Marcus	SR	Arizona	0.9801
19	Chandler Phillips	SR	Texas A&M	0.9788
20	Scott Stevens	SR	South Carolina	0.9779
21	Noah Norton	SO	Georgia Tech	0.9774
22	Benjamin Shipp	JR	NC State	0.9770
23	Jon Augenstein	JR	Vanderbilt	0.9769
24	Quade Cummins	JR	Oklahoma	0.9760
25	Sebastian Crampton	SR	California	0.9757

United States Women

Rank	Player	Year	School	Percentile
1	Mariel Galdiano	JR	UCLA	0.9966
2	Dylan Kim	SR	Arkansas	0.9932
3	Jennifer Chang	SO	Southern California	0.9869
4	Malia Nam	FR	Southern California	0.9864
5	Haylee Harford	SR	Furman	0.9853
6	Kaitlyn Papp	SO	Texas	0.9852
7	Hailee Cooper	FR	Texas	0.9847
8	Abby Carlson	JR	Vanderbilt	0.9830
9	Aneka Seumanutafa	FR	Ohio State	0.9830
10	Stephanie Lau	SR	Northwestern	0.9829
11	Auston Kim	FR	Vanderbilt	0.9802
12	Ellie Slama	SO	Oregon State	0.9739
13	Emilia Migliaccio	SO	Wake Forest	0.9711
14	Sierra Brooks	JR	Florida	0.9660
15	Courtney Zeng	SR	Vanderbilt	0.9653
16	Ivy Shepherd	FR	Clemson	0.9653
17	Kaitlin Milligan	SO	Oklahoma	0.9643
18	Lauren Hartlage	JR	Louisville	0.9638
19	Gina Kim	FR	Duke	0.9637
20	Kaylee Benton	FR	Arkansas	0.9630
21	Brooke Riley	JR	Northwestern	0.9630
22	Natalie Srinivasan	JR	Furman	0.9625
23	Kenzie Wright	JR	Alabama	0.9607
24	Greta Bruner	JR	TCU	0.9603
25	Allyson Geer-Park	JR	Michigan State	0.9591

International Men

Rank	Player	Year	School (Country)	Percentile
1	Chun An Yu	JR	Arizona State (Taiwan)	0.9926
2	Matthias Schmid	SO	Louisville (Germany)	0.9895
3	Peng Pichaikool	JR	Mississippi State (Thailand)	0.9871
4	Sandy Scott	JR	Texas Tech (Scotland)	0.9843
5	Kaito Onishi	SO	Southern California (Japan)	0.9802
6	Kengo Aoshima	SO	Wake Forest (Japan)	0.9792
7	Ivan Ramirez	SR	Texas Tech (Colombia)	0.9742
8	Jovan Rebula	JR	Auburn (South Africa)	0.9733
9	Albin Bergstrom	FR	USF (Sweden)	0.9714
10	Stefano Mazzoli	SR	TCU (Italy)	0.9709
11	Alex Del Rey	JR	Arizona State (Spain)	0.9668
12	Luis Gagne	SR	LSU (Costa Rica)	0.9668
13	Harry Hall	SR	UNLV (England)	0.9644
14	Joel Wendin	SR	Arkansas State (Sweden)	0.9627
15	Oliver Farrell	SR	Marquette (England)	0.9581
16	Ervin Chang	JR	Liberty (Malaysia)	0.9557
17	John Axelsen	SO	Florida (Denmark)	0.9538
18	Adrien Pendaries	SO	Duke (France)	0.9529
19	Max Sear	SR	West Virginia (Canada)	0.9521
20	Marco Steyn	SO	Wake Forest (South Africa)	0.9506
21	Guillaume Fanonnel	JR	ULM (France)	0.9488
22	Harry Hillier	SO	Kansas (New Zealand)	0.9470
23	Daniel O’Loughlin	JR	Colorado (England)	0.9463
24	Tim Widing	JR	San Francisco (Sweden)	0.9461
25	Ben Wong	FR	SMU (Hong Kong)	0.9460

International Women

Rank	Player	Year	School (Country)	Percentile
1	Frida Kinhult	FR	Florida State (Sweden)	0.9960
2	Patty Tavatanakit	SO	UCLA (Thailand)	0.9960
3	Hira Naveed	SR	Pepperdine (Australia)	0.9949
4	Julie McCarthy	SO	Auburn (Ireland)	0.9921
5	Albane Valenzuela	JR	Stanford (Switzerland)	0.9915
6	Jiwon Jeon	JR	Alabama (Republic of Korea)	0.9909
7	Leonie Harm	SR	Houston (Germany)	0.9904
8	Emily Price	FR	South Carolina (England)	0.9898
9	Lois Kaye Go	JR	South Carolina (Philippines)	0.9892
10	Amelia Garvey	SO	Southern California (New Zealand)	0.9846
11	Ana Belac	JR	Duke (Slovenia)	0.9841
12	Agathe Laisne	SO	Texas (France)	0.9824
13	Anna Backman	FR	Miami (Finland)	0.9813
14	Gabriela Ruffels	SO	Southern California (Australia)	0.9790
15	Sofia Garcia	SO	Texas Tech (Paraguay)	0.9763
16	Yu-Sang Hou	SO	Arizona (Taiwan)	0.9762
17	Karoline Stormo	SR	Kent State (Norway)	0.9717
18	Abegail Arevalo	SR	San Jose State (Philippines)	0.9712
19	Clare Legaspi	JR	UCLA (Philippines)	0.9704
20	Aline Krauter	FR	Stanford (Germany)	0.9703
21	Marta Perez	JR	Florida (Spain)	0.9699
22	Harmie Constantino	FR	Georgia (Philippines)	0.9682
23	Kaleigh Telfer	SO	Auburn (South Africa)	0.9659
24	Sára Kousková	FR	Texas (Czech Republic)	0.9619
25	Bianca Pagdanganan	SR	Arizona (Philippines)	0.9596

About Arnold Palmer Cup

The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla. in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Arnold Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world’s greatest courses including The Old Course, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. The 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club became the only major tournament which features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.

Since its inception, over 100 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on either the PGA Tour, European Tour or LPGA, 28 have represented Europe or the USA in the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, and more than 50 have claimed over 200 victories on the PGA or European Tours. The United States leads the series 12-9-1.

The Arnold Palmer Cup is supported by the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation. The Arnold Palmer Cup provides a platform for perpetuating Arnold Palmer’s commitment to youth development and the growth of amateur/collegiate golf. For more information, please visit ArnoldPalmerCup.com.

About Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation

It all began in the 1960’s when Arnold Palmer’s go-for-broke style of golf bolstered a legion of fans, coined by the press as Arnie’s Army. Palmer’s charisma and unfailing sense of kindness and thoughtfulness endeared him to millions around the world. Over the past four decades, the Palmer family has contributed time and resources to support their passion for helping others and in so doing have made a profound impact on many lives. Founded in 2015, Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation has been entrusted to continue Arnold Palmer’s legacy of philanthropy by ensuring a brighter future for our youth through children’s health, character development and nature-focused wellness. For more information, or to join Arnie’s Army, please visit ArniesArmy.org or contact Chris Kolodinsky at 407-876-3944 or [email protected].

Rolex and the Arnold Palmer Cup

Through an unwavering commitment to the game of golf for more than 50 years, Rolex has developed one of the broadest and longest-standing relationships between brand and sport. These strong ties date back to 1967 when Rolex partnered with legendary golfer Arnold Palmer. The charismatic American holds a special place in golf history thanks as much to his natural talent and successful playing career as to his pioneering role in the sport. Since that pivotal bond, Rolex has gone on to establish partnerships at every level of the sport, including the governing bodies responsible for advancing the sport and the finest players, from The Big Three to the New Guard who are leading the rankings at the moment. The decision to partner the Arnold Palmer Cup was thus a natural progression for the Swiss watchmaker, and a tribute to the Arnold Palmer’s inspiring legacy.

About Rolex

An unrivalled reputation for quality and expertise 

Rolex, a Swiss watch manufacture headquartered in Geneva, is recognized the world over for its expertise and the quality of its products. Its Oyster and Cellini watches, all certified as Superlative Chronometers for their precision, performance and reliability, are symbols of excellence, elegance and prestige. The word “Perpetual” is inscribed on every Rolex Oyster. But more than just a word on a dial, it is a philosophy that embodies the company’s vision and values. From the beginning, in 1905, founder Hans Wilsdorf instilled a spirit of continuous improvement. This led Rolex to pioneer the development of the wristwatch and numerous major watchmaking innovations, such as the Oyster, the first waterproof wristwatch, launched in 1926, and the Perpetual rotor self-winding mechanism, invented in 1931. Rolex has registered over 500 patents in the course of its history. A truly integrated and independent manufacturing company, Rolex designs, develops and produces in-house the essential components of its watches, from the casting of the gold alloys to the machining, crafting, assembly and finishing of the movement, case, dial and bracelet. Furthermore, Rolex is actively involved in supporting the arts and culture, sport and exploration, as well as the preservation of the planet.

About Nike

The exclusive footwear, apparel, headwear, and glove supplier of the Arnold Palmer Cup, Our mission is what drives us to do everything possible to expand human potential. We do that by creating groundbreaking sport innovations, by making our products more sustainably, by building a creative and diverse global team and by making a positive impact in communities where we live and work.