Team International Leads After Back-and-Forth 2025 Palmer Cup Opening Round

06/05/25

Pairings & Golfstat Live Scoring

RIDGELAND, S.C. Team International leads Team USA 6.5-5.5 after the first 12 matches of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup at Congaree Golf Club.

Team International’s Connor Graham and Andrea Revuelta carded six birdies and led the final 11 holes during their bogey-free 4&3 victory over Team USA’s Adam Duncan and Macy Pate to record the tournament’s first point.

“It was really fun to play with Connor,” said Revuelta, a freshman from Madrid, Spain. “We knew each other when we played on the Junior Ryder Cup team together, so seeing each other here is really fun.” “A good win in the first match, so we’re looking forward to getting out there again tomorrow,” followed Graham, a freshman from Blairgowrie, Scotland.

Team USA’s Mary Kelly Mulcahy and Jase Summy grabbed Match 4’s first lead on the 2nd hole and didn’t look back en route to their 3&2 victory over Team International’s Elice Fredriksson and Ross Laird for Team USA’s first point. Mulcahy is now 5-0 in her Palmer Cup career after becoming the first non-Division I Palmer Cup participant to go 4-0 last year at Lahinch Golf Club.

In Match 1, Florida State and Team International’s Tyler Weaver and Lottie Woad held at least a 1UP lead until Auburn and Team USA’s Carson Bacha and Anna Davis birdied the par-4 15th hole to tie the match with three holes remaining. After both teams parred the 16th and 17th hole, Woad made her birdie putt within eight feet to give Team International a 2-1 lead.

After Team International’s Mirabel Ting and Justin Hastings’ 2UP victory over Team USA’s Michael La Sasso and Megha Ganne, Team USA won Match 5 (Jacob Modleski/Kendall Todd), 6 (Catherine Park/Jack Turner), and 7 (Farah O’Keefe/Ethan Fang) all by 3&2 margins to take a 4-3 lead.

Play was suspended due to lightning at 4:15 pm EST with Matches 8-12 still to finish. Play resumed at 5:40 pm EST, was suspended again at 6:09 pm EST, and resumed again at 7:05 pm EST.

After being down for seven of the first nine holes, Team International’s Charlie Forster and Lauren Kim used a bogey-free back-nine, including two birdies in their final four holes, to pull ahead of Team USA’s Lauryn Nguyen and Wells Williams and win 2&1.

Team International’s Carolina Chacarra and Pablo Ereño were either tied or down during the first seven holes against Team USA’s Max Herendeen and Isabella McCauley. The Madrid, Spain, natives secured the lead on the 8th hole and charged forward during the match’s final nine holes to win 3&2 and take a 5-4 Team International lead.

Matches 9, 10, and 12 ended tied, giving Team International the 6.5-5.5 lead into Round 2 Friday morning. Match 10 saw Team USA’s Preston Stout and Kelly Xu lead by as many as four during the first 13 holes. Stout and Xu parred their final six holes while Team International’s Eila Galitsky and Luke Poulter parred their final four. Galitsky and Poulter eagled the par-5 12th hole and birdied the 14th to tie the match and later earn a half-point.

“We’re pretty happy,” Team International Co-Head Coach Stew Burke said. “We’re one point to the good, which is the goal for closing out day one.” “Today was incredible,” continued Team International Co-Head Coach Aaron O’Callaghan. “The weather was very disruptive towards the end, but I thought our players handled it extremely well. The level of golf was through the roof, seeing the best players in the world compete on one of the best golf courses in the world. Our players are excited and we feel very confident in our pairings.”

Pairings for tomorrow’s two rounds are listed below. Round 2 will begin at 8:00 am EST (Eastern Standard Time) and will be followed by approximately 1:30 pm EST beginning tee times for Round 3. Follow along with live scoring at THIS LINK.

Round 2 ~ Foursomes Pairings (all times EST)

8:00 am (#1)

Elice Fredriksson/Meja Örtengren (International) vs. Megha Ganne/Kelly Xu (USA)

8:00 am (#10)

Connor Graham/Tyler Weaver (International) vs. Ethan Fang/Preston Stout (USA)

8:10 am (#1)

Filip Jakubcik/Ross Laird (International) vs. Josiah Gilbert/Michael La Sasso (USA)

8:10 am (#10)

Maria José Marin/Caitlyn Macnab (International) vs. Mary Kelly Mulcahy/Farah O’Keefe (USA)

8:20 am (#1)

Mirabel Ting/Lottie Woad (International) vs. Jasmine Koo/Catherine Park (USA)

8:20 am (#10)

Daniel Bennett/Luke Poulter (International) vs. Jack Turner/Wells Williams (USA)

8:30 am (#1)

Charlie Forster/Justin Hastings (International) vs. Max Herendeen/Jase Summy (USA)

8:30 am (#10)

Carla Bernat/Lauren Kim (International) vs. Anna Davis/Kiara Romero (USA)

8:40 am (#1)

Carolina Chacarra/Andrea Revuelta (International) vs. Lauryn Nguyen/Macy Pate (USA)

8:40 am (#10)

Michael Mjaaseth/Árni Sveinsson (International) vs. Carson Bacha/Jackson Koivun (USA)

8:50 am (#1)

Pablo Ereño/Gabriel Palacios (International) vs. Adam Duncan/Jacob Modleski (USA)

8:50 am (#10)

Eila Galitsky/Louise Rydqvist (International) vs. Isabella McCauley/Kendall Todd (USA)

Round 3 ~ Mixed Foursomes Pairings

1:30 pm (#1)

Ross Laird/Caitlyn Macnab (International) vs. Megha Ganne/Jacob Modleski (USA)

1:30 pm (#10)

Daniel Bennett/Elice Fredriksson (International) vs. Michael La Sasso/Kelly Xu (USA)

1:40 pm (#1)

Tyler Weaver/Lottie Woad (International) vs. Ethan Fang/Farah O’Keefe (USA)

1:40 pm (#10)

Connor Graham/Andrea Revuelta (International) vs. Catherine Park/Jack Turner (USA)

1:50 pm (#1)

Carla Bernat/Filip Jakubcik (International) vs. Josiah Gilbert/Jasmine Koo (USA)

1:50 pm (#10)

Meja Örtengren/Gabriel Palacios (International) vs. Mary Kelly Mulcahy/Jase Summy (USA)

2:00 pm (#1)

Justin Hastings/Mirabel Ting (International) vs. Jackson Koivun/Kiara Romero (USA)

2:00 pm (#10)

Charlie Forster/Lauren Kim (International) vs. Carson Bacha/Macy Pate (USA)

2:10 pm (#1)

Maria José Marin/Árni Sveinsson (International) vs. Adam Duncan/Kendall Todd (USA)

2:10 pm (#10)

Carolina Chacarra/Pablo Ereño (International) vs. Anna Davis/Preston Stout (USA)

2:20 pm (#1)

Eila Galitsky/Luke Poulter (International) vs. Max Herendeen/Lauryn Nguyen (USA)

2:20 pm (#10)

Michael Mjaaseth/Louise Rydqvist (International) vs. Isabella McCauley/Wells Williams (USA) 

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