UF MGOLF | Dudley Hart Named USA Assistant Coach for 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup

A Ryder Cup-style tournament, the event features the top men’s and women’s collegiate golfers.

NORMAN, Okla. – Florida men’s golf associate head coach Dudley Hart was named a Team USA assistant coach for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Tuesday.

Hart joins a long list of Gators to play in the prestigious event and joins head coach J.C. Deacon who was the head coach of Team International in 2021. This marks the fourth straight event that Florida will be represented as last year, Fred Biondi helped lead Team International to victory and was the first-ever Brazilian to participate. Hart is the 13th overall Gator to partake and eighth in the since 2020 (Ricky Castillo and Yuxin Lin played twice in 2020).

The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the GCAA in 1997. A Ryder Cup-style tournament, the event features the top men’s and women’s collegiate golfers. Co-ed since 2018, it is one of the only events in the sport of golf that features men and women competing side-by-side.

The top six golfers from the spring’s final ranking from both the United States and International men and women shall be among the individuals selected to compete in the Palmer Cup. The remaining six spots for the United States will consist of five committee picks, including at least one non-Division I golfer, and a coaches pick. The balance of the International team also includes five committee selections, including at least one representative from The R&A Student Tour Series, and a coaches pick.

The 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup is set to take place at Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Ireland from July 5-7.

Florida’s all-time Arnold Palmer Cup Participants

  *   Matt Every (2004, 2005) | United States
  *   Billy Horschel (2007, 2008) | United States
  *   Tyson Alexander (2010) | United States
  *   Bank Vongvanij (2011) | United States
  *   Sam Horsfield (2016) | International
  *   Andy Zhang (2018) | International
  *   Addie Baggarly (2020) | United States
  *   Ricky Castillo (2020, 2021) | United States
  *   Yuxin Lin (2020, 2021) | International
  *   Joe Pagdin (2021) | International
  *   J.C. Deacon (2021) |International
  *   Fred Biondi (2022) | International

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