The United States won the competition with 18 of 24 points in the closing rounds of the Finals to clinch a 38.5-21.5 victory in the Arnold Palmer Cup at Evian Resort Golf Club. This year's edition marks the first time Team USA has won as a visiting team since 2010. Neither team had retained the cup from the United States in 2011. The United States now leads the series with a total of 12-9-1.

The victorious American team - Photo: DR

Northern Ireland's Olivia Mehaffey won the first point of the day, but the Americans responded by winning the next three. Chandler Phillips and Italy's Lorenzo Scalise cut the next game in half before Team USA claimed three more wins. Both teams would score another match in the semi-finals before Andy Zhang and Luis Gagné won.

Emilia Migliaccio of Team USA, who was the only player of the year to beat a 4-0 record, led another American who had five straight wins. Alana Uriell put the exclamation mark in the lead with a 2 & 1 win that clinched the cup for the United States.

Olivia Mehaffey from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Collin Morikawa from La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., Have been named the winners of the Michael Carter Award, which is presented to the Arnold Palmer Cup participant who best represents the qualities and ideals of sportsmanship, integrity and maintenance Game.

Justin Suh, of San Jose, Calif., Was selected by both teams to receive exemption for the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup and the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, while Dylan Kim of Plano, Texas, has received a wild card for the Evian Championship in September. The players selected the individual of the two teams who they felt best represented the “Arnold Palmer” legacy - the values ​​Arnold Palmer exhibited throughout his golfing life.