Norman, Okla. – Georgia Tech junior Christo Lamprecht, ranked No. 1 among international collegiate players under consideration, has been selected to be a member of the International team for the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. The 27th annual competition will be hosted by Laurel Valley Golf Club, July 8-10, 2023 in Ligonier, Pa.
The United States and the International teams were announced Tuesday. The top six golfers from the final ranking from both the United States and International men and women are among the individuals selected to compete in the Palmer Cup.
International team ranking qualifiers included Lamprecht, Christiaan Maas (Texas; South Africa), Herman Sekne (Purdue; Norway), Tyran Snyders (Texas Tech; South Africa), Sampson Zheng (California; China), and Karl Vilips (Stanford; Australia) for the men, and Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State; Spain), Charlotte Heath (Florida State; England), Mirabel Ting (Augusta; Malaysia), Maddison Hinson-Tolchard (Oklahoma State; Australia), Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn (Iowa State; Thailand), and Carla Bernat (Tulane; Spain) for the women.
International team Committee selections were Santiago de la Fuente (Houston; Mexico), Mateo Fernández de Oliveira (Arkansas; Argentina), Max Kennedy (Louisville; Ireland), Frederik Kjettrup (Florida State; Denmark), Andrea Lignell (Ole Miss; Sweden), Caley McGinty (Ohio State; England), Lauren Walsh (Wake Forest; Ireland), and Lottie Woad (Florida State; England). Ryan Griffin (Maynooth; Ireland) and Lorna McClymont (Stirling; Scotland) were the representatives from The R&A Student Tour Series. Head coaches John Handrigan and Golda Borst selected Mats Ege (East Tennessee State; Norway) and Chiara Tamburlini (Ole Miss; Switzerland), respectively, as their coach’s picks.
Lamprecht, who is one of three members of the men’s team who return from the 2022 International squad, won three of four matches to help the International team defeat the USA in last year’s Palmer Cup. He has posted seven top-10 finishes in nine events this year, including a victory at the Inverness Intercollegiate in the fall and three runner-up finishes this spring at the Watersound Invitational, the Linger Longer Invitational and The Goodwin. He tied for ninth place at the Atlantic Coast Conference championship to help the Yellow Jackets win the stroke play portion by 16 shots, and won both of his matches to lift the Jackets to the match play title as well.
The junior from George, South Africa, holds a current ranking of No. 9 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and No. 12 in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. The 6-foot-8 junior tops the Yellow Jackets in stroke average at an even 69.37 over 27 rounds and is currently Tech’s highest-ranked player in the college golf – No. 9 by Golfstat and No. 5 the Golfweek/Sagarin Index.
Lamprecht is the 11th different Georgia Tech golfer to compete in the annual competition, and the first to represent the International team. He represented his home country in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship and 2021 Spirit International, as well as the 2017 and 2019 Junior Presidents Cup matches.
Lamprecht led the International team to victory at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup in Switzerland.
United States team ranking qualifiers included Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest), Crystal Wang (Illinois), Zoe Campos (UCLA), Megan Schofill (Auburn), Antonia Malate (San Jose State), and Ashleigh Park (Oregon) for the women and Gordon Sargent (Vanderbilt), Michael Thorbjornsen (Stanford), David Ford (North Carolina), Preston Summerhays (Arizona State), Ben James (Virginia), and Nick Gabrelcik (North Florida) for the men.
United States team Committee selections were Austin Greaser (North Carolina), Tommy Kuhl (Illinois), Ashley Menne (Arizona State), Emilia Migliaccio (Wake Forest), Maxwell Moldovan (Ohio State), Jennie Park (Texas A&M), Amanda Sambach (Virginia), and Caleb Surratt (Tennessee). Olivia Mitchell (Dallas Baptist) and Alex Price (Christopher Newport) were the non-Division I selections. Team USA Head Coach Michael Beard selected Derek Hitchner (Pepperdine) and Derek Radley selected Amari Avery (Southern California) as their coach’s picks.
Lamprecht has represented his home country of South Africa in international competition three times, including the Palmer Cup and the World Amateur Team Championship last year.
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