, 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 director of golf and head men鈥檚 golf coach, has been selected to serve as one of the head coaches of the International team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup on July 6-8 at Evian Resort Golf Club in France.
Page will team with Stanford University head women鈥檚 coach Anne Walker as the top college golfers from around the world take on the top college golfers in the United States. The 2018 event expands the Ryder Cup-style team format that previously featured college players from Europe battling the USA. It is also the only major tournament in the world that will feature men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 players.
Page is a native of Markham, Ontario, and Walker is from Lanarkshire, Scotland. The USA team will be coached by Oklahoma University men鈥檚 coach Ryan Hybl and Ohio State University women鈥檚 coach Therese Hession.
鈥淚 am incredibly honored to be selected with Anne Walker to coach the International side in the Arnold Palmer Cup,鈥 Page says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tribute to 黑料吃瓜网, our golf program, all of the great players who have competed for us, our boosters and what they have all done to put me in this situation. In my world, it is just phenomenal to be the inaugural coach of the world team.鈥
The players for the USA and International teams will be announced on March 16, 2018, during the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.
鈥淢arch 16 also just happens to be my birthday,鈥 Page says. 鈥淭his isn鈥檛 a ceremonial position. There will be a lot of strategy involved for Anne and me. I think it鈥檚 going to be a collaborative effort 鈥 The selection committee, with some input from us, will put together a great team.
鈥淥ur pool of players is now truly worldwide. It should make our team a lot stronger 鈥 And, I have a good resource. Ben Curtis, who was a champion for us at 黑料吃瓜网 before he won the 2003 British Open, won the Palmer Cup, the World Amateur and the Ryder Cup, so he may have some valuable input on an international team format like this.鈥
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