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USA Today
19 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Team International runs away with 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup title at Congaree
Team International runs away with 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup title at Congaree For the second straight year, the team on foreign soil is heading home with the trophy. Team International got off to a slow start Saturday in singles, dropping the first four matches, but they won 15 of the final 20 to run away with the title at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup at Congaree Golf Club in South Carolina. The Internationals won 35-25, taking the title in the United States for the first time since 2020 and getting their first victory in the series since 2022. The Palmer Cup 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 U.S. now leads the series, 15-13-1. Former Wake Forest star Carolina Chacarra closed a perfect 4-0 week with a 1-up win against Stanford's Megha Ganne. She was one of two International players to finish the week with an unblemished record, joining former San Diego State standout Justin Hastings, the first Caymanian to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup. 'Representing Team International as well as my country Spain alongside such amazing golfers and people means the world to me,' Chacarra said. 'It's been such a fun and special week. The team chemistry was unbelievable, and I think the results really showed that. Match play is always a blast, and going 4-0 made it even sweeter. This is a great tournament with some of the best players in the world, and bringing the trophy back was our goal all week." It was a special week for Texas sophomore Daniel Bennett, the 2025 Phil Mickelson Award winner, and Arkansas junior Maria Jose Marin, who won the NCAA individual title last month at Omni La Costa. The duo each received exemptions into professional events, as voted on by their peers. Bennett will tee it up in the 2026 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, and Marin will play later this summer in the Amundi Evian Championship.
Perth Now
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussie ‘aura' could end winning drought
Australian golfing great Geoff Ogilvy has the 'aura' to lead the International Team to a drought-breaking Presidents Cup win, according to one of the young stars the new captain will have in his team in 2026. A three-time Presidents Cup player and four-time assistant captain, Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open winner, has been locked in as the next International Team captain for the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah in Chicago. The International Team has only won the Presidents Cup once, in 1998, but the next generation of players, including Korean-born star Tom Kim, are keen to end the US domination and have shown a willingness to take it up to the golfing powerhouse. In the last event in Canada, the International Team went undefeated in five Friday foursomes matches that Kim, who was involved in multiple exchanges with world No.1 Scottie Scheffler, said was a 'really big moment' when it came to belief. Despite going on to lose the clash, for a 10th straight time, Kim, the world No.38, said momentum was building and Ogilvy would bring the confidence of a major winner to the next clash. 'It's really cool. I'm really happy for Geoff. He really deserves it. I've been a part of two Presidents Cup and he's been vice-captain for both of them,' Kim said. 'I think we've had a lot of good runs. We've had a lot of good days. We went 5-0 on Friday last year. I think it was really a big moment for the team. 'I know at the end of Sunday, the scores weren't as close as we would expect, but we had moments where we've scared the US team, I think. And he's been a part of that. 'I think the belief is there of knowing we can get over the hump. 'I think with Geoff, seeing the really high moments and the low moments, he has that charisma and the aura to be able to lead us to win. And he has the confidence for sure, being a major winner and knowing what it's like to win at big events. Team International captain Geoff Ogilvy and Team USA captain Brandt Snedeker with the Presidents Cup. Ben Jared/PGA Tour Credit: Supplied 'And I think if he can just get our team to keep experiencing the higher highs a little bit more, and the lows, just be a little better. 'I really believe that we'll have a chance, especially I know how hard it is on American soil.' Ogilvy pointed to the 'disappointment' of that challenge in Canada falling short as fuel for players like Kim, who has already played in two losing teams at 22 years of age. 'Disappointment usually fuels motivation, so the group is very passionate about it and very determined to sort of balance the ledger, if you like, and start winning this tournament a bit more regularly,' Ogilvy said. 'As I said, it just looks so much fun to win. 'These young guys who are sort of getting going on their Presidents Cup journeys really feel the long time sort of disappointments that Adam (Scott) and Hideki (Matsuyama) have had and frustrations and really want to win for them, I think. 'The hunger is definitely there.'
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hayden Wilde sets sights on T100 Triathlon World Tour success as new season begins
Olympic silver medallist Hayden Wilde is racing to win, not make up the numbers, as he gears up for his T100 debut in Singapore. The 27-year-old triathlete is stepping up to the middle distance for 2025 following his announcement as one of four 'Hot Shots' added to the men's T100 World Triathlon Tour line-up this year. It's a distance Wilde is not as well known for, with most of his success coming in the short course format, including Tokyo 2020 bronze and Paris 2024 silver. But with a second-place finish at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in December, the Kiwi has already proven his pedigree over the longer distances. "For me, the target for the T100 series is obviously to win the series," he said. "I don't want to go into the T100 series making up the numbers. I'm not there to hide and not there to just sit in the back and just wait for the last few hundred metres. "I'm there to race and race hard and make everyone push their limits." Wilde already has a history over the 100km distance, having been part of Team International for the Collins Cup in 2022. From his bathroom to Singapore 🛀Hayden Wilde gets out for his first outside run in the Singapore humidity.🎥 WATCH BTS: — T100 Triathlon World Tour (@t100triathlon) April 4, 2025 The Collins Cup, modelled after golf's Ryder Cup, takes place over the same distance as the T100 World Tour, with Wilde finishing second to 2021 IRONMAN world champion Kristian Blummenfelt in his match. And despite having focussed closely on the Olympic distance over the past two years, Wilde noted that there has not been much change in his preparation over the two formats. "The swim is relatively the same, it just about getting on the TT bike a little bit more," he said. "Obviously we're riding for about 90 minutes, so it's not a heck of a lot more than we normally do in Olympic distance. "And then the run, you can kind of wing an 18k run. "It's an interesting distance and I feel like it caters an Olympic distance athletes to step up a lot easier than say someone coming down to it." Already known for his racing rivalry with Britain's Alex Yee, viewers will be exposed to new rivalries this season as Wilde goes head-to-head with Belgium's Jelle Geens. Geens pipped Wilde to the 70.3 world title at the end of 2024, adding to the Kiwi's silver collection as he continues his hunt for another gold. And with bubbling rivalries already rearing their heads before the first race even gets underway, Wilde believes that it can only be a good thing for the sport. "I think there will be a bit of spice and a bit of rivalry in the T100 series," he said. "Triathlon is relatively PG and to get some characters within the sport would be pretty sick. "I just want to make the sport exciting. I don't want to go to a race and win easily. I want to put myself into the hurt locker and use that training that I've used and apply that into the racing. "It looks like it's going to be hard work, but I'm up to the challenge and it should be fun."
