José Marin, Todd Selected for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas women’s golfers Maria José Marin and Kendall Todd will play in June’s Arnold Palmer Cup, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Golf Channel Tuesday evening.
The announcement marks the seventh time in the last eight years that the University of Arkansas golf programs have been represented in the Ryder Cup-style tournament. The 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup will be contested from June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina, one of Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest American Courses.. The 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup will be contested from June 5-7 at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina, one of Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest American Courses.
“Our program is honored to be represented once again at the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup,” Arkansas head coach Shauna Taylor said. “The Palmer Cup is truly one of the highlights of a college golf season. Mr. Palmer epitomized the right way to play the game of golf with great sportsmanship and love for the game. Since the Palmer Cup expanded to include the women, it has become a goal for each one of our players each year.”
José Marin, a native of Colombia, will play for Team International in her second Arnold Palmer Cup appearance. The sophomore is wrapping another successful season in college golf with two individual wins and one runner-up finish. José Marin has ranked inside the top 10 of Scoreboard by Clippd’s National Collegiate Golf Rankings and was the top-ranked women’s college golfer for the month of February. She has also been the top-ranked SEC women’s golfer for much of the fall and the entire spring. At last year’s Cup at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland, José Marin finished with a 1-2-1 match record in Team International’s 32.5-27.5 loss to Team USA.
“Maria José Marin has had an awesome year and will be a great addition to Team International,” Taylor said. “Maria had the privilege of playing in Ireland last year and enjoyed every moment of it. Making this team for the second time is a testament to her level of play and I know she will look forward to playing again this year at such an amazing venue like Congaree Golf Club.”
Todd will play in her first Palmer Cup and represent the United States after she wraps up her final season of college golf. The senior from Goodyear, Arizona is in the midst of her best year, with one win and seven top 10 finishes. She holds a +.01 average score to par, leads Arkansas with 20 rounds at par/better, birdies (99) and has two match play wins. In April, Todd tied the NCAA record for lowest round to par (-11) in the third round of the Clemson Invitational. Todd also competed in this year’s edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
“To have Kendall Todd end her college career as a member of the USA Palmer Cup team is a dream come true for her,” Todd said. “She has worked extremely hard during her career here at Arkansas and is very deserving of making this team. She has been a model of consistency all season and I know this will be an incredible ending to her great college career. I’m proud of both Maria and Kendall for their selection and I look forward to heading to South Carolina to support them this summer.”
José Marin and Todd will lead Arkansas in next week’s NCAA Regionals at Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.
Razorbacks at the Arnold Palmer Cup
2010: David Lingmerth (Sweden), Team Europe
2011, 2012, 2013: Sebastian Cappelen (Denmark), Team Europe
2018: Alvaro Ortiz (Meixco) and Maria Fassi (Mexico), Team International and Dylan Kim and Alana Uriell, Team USA
2019: Dylan Kim, Team USA and Kaylee Benton, Team USA
2021: Julian Perico (Peru), Team International and Brooke Matthews, Team USA
2022: Mateo Fernandez de Oliveria (Argentina), Team International
2023: Mateo Fernandez de Oliveria (Argentina), Team International
2024: Maria José Marin (Colombia), Team International and Jacob Skov Olesen (Denmark), Team International
2025: Maria José Marin (Colombia), Team International and Kendall Todd, Team USA
Teams
United States team selections include Carson Bacha (Auburn), Anna Davis (Auburn), Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State), Megha Ganne (Stanford), Josiah Gilbert (Auburn), Jackson Koivun (Auburn), Jasmine Koo (Southern California), Michael La Sasso (Ole Miss), Jacob Modleski (Notre Dame), Sebastian Moss (Louisville), Farah O’Keefe (Texas), Catherine Park (Southern California), Macy Pate (Wake Forest), Kiara Romero (Oregon), Amanda Sambach (Virginia), Preston Stout (Oklahoma State), Jase Summy (Oklahoma), Kendall Todd (Arkansas), Wells Williams (Vanderbilt), and Kelly Xu (Stanford). Adam Duncan (Colorado Christian) and Mary Kelly Mulcahy (Findlay) were the non-Division I selections. Head Coaches Kalen Anderson and Nick Clinard selected Lauryn Nguyen (Northwestern) and Jack Turner (Florida), respectively, as their coach’s picks.
International team selections include Daniel Bennett (Texas; South Africa), Carla Bernat (Kansas State; Spain), Carolina Chacarra (Wake Forest; Spain), Pablo Ereño (UCLA; Spain), Charlie Forster (Long Beach State; England), Eila Galitsky (South Carolina; Thailand), Justin Hastings (San Diego State; Cayman Islands), Filip Jakubcik (Arizona; Czech Republic), Lauren Kim (Texas; Canada), Phichaksn Maichon (Texas A&M, Thailand), Maria José Marin (Arkansas; Colombia), Michael Mjaaseth (Arizona State; Norway), Meja Örtengren (Stanford; Sweden), Gabriel Palacios (Utah; Guatemala), Andrea Revuelta (Stanford; Spain), Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina; Sweden), Árni Sveinsson (LSU; Iceland), Mirabel Ting (Florida State; Malaysia), Tyler Weaver (Florida State; England), and Lottie Woad (Florida State; England). Elice Fredriksson (Halmstad; Sweden) and Ross
Laird (Stirling; Scotland) were selected as representatives of The R&A’s Student Tour Series. Head Coaches Stew Burke and Aaron O’Callaghan selected Caitlyn Macnab (Ole Miss; South Africa) and Connor Graham (Texas Tech; Scotland), respectively, as their coach’s picks.
About the Congaree Golf Club (via Golf Digest)
Tom Fazio has designed countless compelling golf courses on sites that weren’t. But at Congaree, 30 minutes inland from Beaufort, S.C., he at least had great material: sand, in the form of two deep sections of it separated by a lowcountry wetland area. The sand made it easy to scoop and shape long ridgelines, creating significant movement across an otherwise level property—and dozens of stately live oaks, carefully transplanted for effect—further outline the design. Finely edged Melbourne-style bunkers sweep up to the edges of fairways and into greens, catching shots that drift too far and leading to challenging hi-lo recovery situations. Congaree hosted the 2022 CJ Cup after making its debut as a tour venue for the previous year’s Palmetto Championship, which replaced that year’s Canadian Open.
About the Arnold Palmer Cup
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla., in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players. The Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world’s greatest courses, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, Cherry Hills, and Lahinch. Beginning with the 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club, the Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Since its inception, over 245 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 46 have represented Europe/International or the USA in the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, or Solheim Cup and more than 95 have claimed over 435 victories on the PGA, DP World, LPGA, or Ladies European Tours. The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1.
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