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Keh Selected as Coach’s Pick for International Arnold Palmer Cup Team
May 04, 2018 | Women's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. – Washington golfer Wenyung Keh has been selected as the coach's pick for the International Team that will compete at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup held July 6-8 at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France.
The junior out of New Zealand joins 12 other women's golfers on the international team in the Ryder Cup-style competition. She was selected to the team by head coach Anne Walker of Scottish decent and the current head coach at Stanford University. This year's Arnold Palmer Cup is the first with an extended format to include collegiate athletes.
Keh recently earned her first career All-Pac-12 Selection following a season that featured five top 10 efforts and no finish below 25th in her nine events. She also competed at the first annual Asia Pacific Women's Amateur Championships where she tied for second after falling in a playoff. Keh has posted seven rounds under par during collegiate play this year and most recently finished tied for fifth at the Pac-12 Championships.
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 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club will become 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 or European Tours, 25 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 11-9-1.
The Arnold Palmer Cup is supported by Arnie's Army Charitable 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.
The junior out of New Zealand joins 12 other women's golfers on the international team in the Ryder Cup-style competition. She was selected to the team by head coach Anne Walker of Scottish decent and the current head coach at Stanford University. This year's Arnold Palmer Cup is the first with an extended format to include collegiate athletes.
Keh recently earned her first career All-Pac-12 Selection following a season that featured five top 10 efforts and no finish below 25th in her nine events. She also competed at the first annual Asia Pacific Women's Amateur Championships where she tied for second after falling in a playoff. Keh has posted seven rounds under par during collegiate play this year and most recently finished tied for fifth at the Pac-12 Championships.
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 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club will become 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 or European Tours, 25 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 11-9-1.
The Arnold Palmer Cup is supported by Arnie's Army Charitable 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.
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