That’s the story for Westminster resident Jennifer Kupcho over the last month in representing the U.S. in the Curtis Cup and the Arnold Palmer Cup.

The Americans won both competitions, including 38.5-21.5 over an International squad Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Cup, which features many of the top college players squaring off in a Ryder Cup-like event. The U.S. now leads the all-time series in the Palmer Cup, 12-9-1.

As for Kupcho, she capped her performance on Sunday in Evian-les-Bains, France with a forfeit victory. Kupcho, the NCAA individual champion from Wake Forest, defeated 2016 NCAA runner-up Dewi Weber from the University of Miami and The Netherlands, who forfeited due to sickness.

That gave Kupcho, the world’s No. 2-ranked women’s amateur, a 3-1 record for the week. Overall, the U.S. went 17-5-2 in Sunday’s singles matches in becoming the first visiting team since 2010 to win the Palmer Cup.

Previously, Kupcho won a mixed four-ball and a same-gender four-ball match, and lost in foursomes. (Kupcho is pictured at right in photo holding the Arnold Palmer Cup with Wake Forest teammate Emilia Migliaccio, who also played for the U.S. Photo courtesy of the Kupcho family.)

This year’s Arnold Palmer Cup was the first that included a female contingent of competitors. The event was held at the Evian Resort Golf Club, which annually hosts the Evian Championship on the LPGA Tour.

In the Curtis Cup last month in New York, Kupcho went 3-1-1 as the U.S. routed Great Britain & Ireland 17-3 in a matchup of the top amateurs from each country/area.

This coming week, Kupcho will continue competing in big events as she’s in the field for the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio. The 21-year-old earned a spot in the field by virtue of her NCAA victory. It will be her first appearance in an LPGA Tour event other than the U.S. Womem’s Open, in which she’s competed twice.

For all the Palmer Cup results, CLICK HERE.
 

Saturday’s two matches left Kupcho 2-1 so far in the Palmer Cup, which features the best college players from the U.S. and elsewhere in the world competing against one another in a Ryder Cup-style event.

With just Sunday’s singles matches remaining, the U.S. leads the International squad 20.5 points to 15.5.

Kupcho, the NCAA individual champion from Wake Forest, and Vu, who plays for UCLA, defeated Chloe Ryan and Jiwon Jeon 2 and 1 in their four-ball matchup. The Americans never trailed, but 13 of the 17 holes were halved, with the U.S. losing just one hole, No. 15, where the International side made eagle.

Kupcho and Vu finished 6 under par for 17 holes.

In the morning, Kupcho played in mixed foursomes with Matthew Wolff, with whom she won a mixed four-ball match on Friday. But the result was different in foursomes with Jovan Rebula and Albane Valenzuela defeating the Americans 4 and 2.

Kupcho and Wolff made five bogeys in the alternate shot, but they trailed just 1 down through 13. However, the Internationals won the next three holes — going par, birdie, birdie — to close out the match. The Americans were 2 over par for 16 holes.

This marks the first year females have been included in the Arnold Palmer Cup. The Americans lead the all-time series in the event, 11-9-1.

 For all the Palmer Cup results from Friday, CLICK HERE.
 

A month after going 3-1-1 in the Americans’ Curtis Cup rout of Great Britain & Ireland, Kupcho teamed up with Matthew Wolff to defeat Olivia Mehaffey and Viktor Hovland of the International squad, 4 and 2 in Friday’s mixed four-ball of the Arnold Palmer Cup in Evian-les-Bains, France. The Palmer Cup features the top players in college golf competing in a Ryder Cup-like competition.

In the first Palmer Cup to include female competitors, Kupcho, the NCAA individual champion from Wake Forest, helped the U.S. build an 8-4 lead with two days remaining in the event.

Kupcho and Wolff, who plays for NCAA team champion Oklahoma State, never trailed on Friday, but were all square with Mehaffey and Hovland through eight holes. But the Americans won four consecutive holes starting on No. 9 to take control. During that stretch, Kupcho and Wolff went eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie.

Overall on Friday, after parring each of their first three holes,
Kupcho and Wolff played their final 13 holes in 10 under par and their final eight holes in 8 under. They earned the first point for the U.S. team.

Saturday will feature mixed foursomes in the morning and a four-ball in the afternoon. And Sunday will be singles matches.

The event is being held at the Evian Resort Golf Club, which annually hosts the Evian Championship on the LPGA Tour.

Kupcho, who’s ranked No. 2 in the world in women’s amateur golf, is the third player who’s grown up in Colorado to have competed in the Palmer Cup, following Steve Ziegler (2009) and Wyndham Clark (2014). Cherry Hills Country Club hosted the matches in 2009, with Palmer himself in attendance. Palmer, of course, played golf at the same university as Kupcho does — Wake Forest. The King passed away in 2016.

The Americans lead the all-time series, 11-9-1. This is the first year an international squad is facing the U.S., rather than one strictly limited to European players.

For all the Palmer Cup results from Friday, CLICK HERE.