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Zach Ranked in the Top 20 in the Palmer Cup Rankings
February 13, 2017 | Men's Golf
Talented sophomore ranks 18th in the first of three rankings.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville sophomore men's golfer Simon Zach was ranked in the top 20 of the newly released 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings announced on Monday.
This is the first of three spring rankings set ahead of the 2017 matches to be 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 Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.
Zach is ranked No. 18 on the European top 20 chart. A native of Prague, Czech Republic, Zach, who competed in the President Eisenhower Amateur World Championships for the Czech Republic, Â leads Louisville in stroke average at 71.67 in two events, shooting a 1-under par in each of the fall tournaments.
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.
This is the first of three spring rankings set ahead of the 2017 matches to be 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 Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard.
Zach is ranked No. 18 on the European top 20 chart. A native of Prague, Czech Republic, Zach, who competed in the President Eisenhower Amateur World Championships for the Czech Republic, Â leads Louisville in stroke average at 71.67 in two events, shooting a 1-under par in each of the fall tournaments.
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.
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