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News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
NORMAN, Okla. – Texas A&M men’s golf standout Phichaksn Maichon was added to Team International competing at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup July 5-7 in Lahinch, Ireland.
Maichon joins fellow Aggie Adela Cernousek, the 2024 SEC women’s golf individual champion, on Team International at the famed Irish links at Lahinch Golf Club, consistently ranked one of the top 50 golf courses in the world. He becomes the seventh golfer in program history selected to participate in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Maichon is the ninth golfer from Thailand selected for the tournament since 2018.
The Bangkok native earned PING All-America Third Team status for the 2023-24 campaign as well as being named All-SEC Second Team. Maichon led the Aggies in tournaments (14), rounds played (42), versus par (-1.03) and stroke average (70.28). He wrapped up the season slotted at No. 15 in the Clippd National College Player Ranking and posted a 917-287-42 W-L-T.
Maichon pummeled the field by eight strokes in earning his second career collegiate victory with a record-setting performance at the Louisiana Classics in March. He won the title with a tournament-record tally of 18-under 198. Maichon was also finished runner up at the NCAA Stanford Regional and third at the Aggie Invitational. He posted top 10 performances at the SEC Stroke Play hosted by Jerry Pate (4th) and the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (9th).
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, and Cherry Hills. 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.