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Lincoln, NE (KDLM)-
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for former Detroit Lakes Laker golfer Kate Smith. Five weeks ago, she was golfing in the second-ever Augusta Women’s National Am (a tournament for the top-72 women amateur golfers in the world). Two weeks ago, she captured medalist honors at the Big Ten Championship to become the first Nebraska Cornhusker to ever win the award.
And yesterday, she was announced as one of the 12 women that will be representing the US by competing in the Arnold Palmer Cup June 11-13 at Rich Harvest Farms outside of Chicago.
The Palmer Cup matches the top 12 U.S. men’s and women’s collegiate golfers against the top 12 collegiate men’s and women’s international golfers in a Ryder Cup-style, mixed four-ball format.
“I am so honored to be selected to represent the United States on this year’s Palmer Cup team,” Smith said. “It should be an amazing experience, and I am excited to compete for my country at a high level.”
“This is a tremendous honor for Kate and she certainly earned it,” says the head coach of the Nebraska golf team Lisa Johnson said. “Kate will represent Nebraska well among the elite college players in the country at the Palmer Cup. It has been so exciting to watch her receive all the recognition that she has earned this year because of the amazing work she has put into becoming one of the nation’s best collegiate golfers.”
The United States leads the all-time Palmer Cup series 12-11-1, but the international team won the most recent event, which was held at Bay Hill in Orlando in mid-December of 2020, following postponements caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Well over 100 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on either the PGA Tour, European Tour or LPGA and 29 have represented the United States or Europe in the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. More than 60 golfers have combined for more than 250 victories on the PGA or European Tours. Smith told KDLM on the Sports Wrap last week that she intends to go pro after the summer and attend Q School to get her tour card in the fall.
U.S. Palmer Cup Team
Women
Kate Smith (Nebraska)
Julia Johnson (Ole Miss)
Gina Kim (Duke)
Latanna Stone (LSU)
Allisen Corpuz (USC)
Erica Shepherd (Duke)
Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest)
Brooke Mathews (Arkansas)
Hanna Harrison (Dallas Baptist)
Lauren Hartlage (Louisville)
Irene Kim (Northwestern)
Men
Ricky Castillo (Florida)
Pierceson Coody (Texas)
Trent Phillips (Georgia)
Sam Bennett (Texas A&M)
Jacob Bridgeman (Clemson)
Nick Gabrelcik (North Florida)
Ryan Hall (South Carolina)
Dylan Menante (Pepperdine)
William Moll (Vanderbilt)
Trevor Norby (Oklahoma Christian)
Brad Reeves (Arizona)
Benjamin Shipp (NC State)
International Palmer Cup Team
Women
Ingrid Lindblad (LSU/Sweden)
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina/France)
Emma Spitz (UCLA/Austria)
Penny Brown (Stirling/Scotland)
Agathe Laisne (Texas/France)
Isabella Fierro (Oklahoma State/Mexico)
Karen Fredgaard (Houston/Sweden)
Virunpat Olankitkunchai (Maryland/Thailand)
Ana Pelaez Trivino (South Carolina/Spain)
Emily Price (Kent State/England)
Beatrice Wallin (Florida State/Sweden)
Lauren Walsh (Wake Forest/Ireland)
Men
Puwit Anupansuebsai (San Diego State/Thailand)
Alex Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest/England)
Yuxin Lin (Florida/China)
David Puig (Arizona State/Spain)
Eugenio Chacarra (Oklahoma State/Spain)
Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Illinois/Belgium)
Allan Hill (Maynooth/Ireland)
Bo Jin (Oklahoma State/China)
Pontus Nyholm (Campbell/Sweden)
Joseph Pagdin (Florida/England)
Julian Perico (Arkansas/Spain)
Hugo Townsend (Boise State/Sweden)
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