The first teams formed for the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup four-ball match to be held at the Evian Resort were announced during today's opening ceremony. Long partner of Arnold Palmer Rolex continues its 50-year relationship with its support of matches, the first played in the expanded format. Tomorrow's games start at 8:30 a.m.

Everything ready for the first round of the Arnold Palmer Cup at the Evian Resort Golf ClubThe first match of the competition includes:

  • the Norwegian Viktor Hovland and the Irish Oliva Mehaffey against Jennifer Kupcho and Matthew Wolff of the USA team;
  • Jovan Rebula of South Africa and Switzerland's Albane Venzuela against Chandler Phillips and Lilia Vu;
  • The German Hurly Long and the Thai Patty Tavatanakit against Andrea Lee and Collin Morikawa;
  • England's Harry Hall and New Zealander Wenyung Keh vs. University of Alabama duo Kristen Gillman and Davis Riley;
  • Korean Jiwon Jeon and Italian Lorenzo Scalise against Sahith Theegala and Alana Uriell;
  • Jaravee Boonchant of Thailand and Fredrik Nilehn of Sweden against Brad Dalke and Jamie Freedman;
  • the Thai duo of KK Limbhasut and Pimnipa Panthong against Zach Bauchou and Dylan Kim;
  • Luis Gagne from Costa Rica and Spain's Ainhoa ​​Olarra against Shintaro Ban and Mariel Galdiano;
  • Maddie Szeryk and Andy Zhang of Canada against Lauren Stephenson and Braden Thornberry of Canada;
  • and Maria Fassi and Alvaro Ortiz from Mexico against Sophia Schubert and Justin Suh.

Remaining matches include Italian Stefano Mazzoli and Dewi Weber of the Netherlands against Stephen Franken and Emilia Migliaccio; and Irishman Ronan Mullarney and Chloe Ryan against SM Lee and Kaitlyn Papp.

The United States leads the Arnold Palmer Cup series with 11-9-1.