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Arnold Palmer’s alma mater makes a statement at the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup, and honors its alum in the process

Arnold Palmer’s alma mater dominates at this year’s Arnold Palmer Cup

EACH YEAR, THE ARNOLD PALMER CUP HIGHLIGHTS the best in the college game. The Ryder Cup-style event sees men and women competing side by side, championing not just great on-course ability, but also those who seek to carry on Palmer’s legacy of a commitment to good character and values. How wonderful, then, that Palmer’s alma mater of Wake Forest University was so well represented at the 2021 event, held at Rich Harvest Farms this June. In fact, Wake Forest was the only school in the country to have multiple individuals on both the United States team and the Internationals team, with five players invited, four playing, and one coach taking part. On the men’s side, Mark Power and Alex Fitzpatrick were selected for the Internationals, though only Fitzpatrick was able to play. On the women’s side, Emilia Migliaccio and Rachel Kuehn played for Team USA, while Lauren Walsh competed for the Internationals. Also, WFU’s Kim Lewellen was named Coach of Team USA after being named the 2020 WGCA National Coach of the Year. Consider that Migliaccio became the first American ever to appear in four Palmer Cups, while she, Kuehn, Fitzpatrick and Power all played in the 2020 event—and that the Americans won this year for the first time since 2018—and one has to believe that Palmer would have been incredibly proud of the Demon Deacons.