STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior Maverick McNealy has been selected to the United States' Arnold Palmer cup team for the third straight year, as announced Thursday during the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 9-11 at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
The additional five United States players determined by the ranking includ Sam Burns of LSU, Texas A&M's Chandler Phillips, Collin Morikawa of California, Virginia's Jimmy Stanger and Oregon's Norman Xiong.
John Coultas of Florida Southern, Southern California's Sean Crocker and Illinois' Nick Hardy were committee selections. Coultas was the designated non-Division I player. Doug Ghim of Texas was John Fields' coach's pick.
McNealy, the world's top-ranked amateur, represented the United States in 2015 and was selected compete in 2016. When McNealy withdrew from the 2016 event, Ghim was added to Team USA.