Wake Forest has had at least one women’s golfer selected every year since the Palmer Cup expanded to include International and women’s competitors in 2018. Pate’s first selection was in 2025, competing against fellow Deac and Team International member Carolina Chacarra (’25).
A two-time ANWA invitee, Pate captured her first collegiate win at the 2025 Jackson T. Stephens Cup with a career-low 54-hole score (202) at eight-under to secure the win. She placed in the top-25 throughout all spring competitions, including back-to-back top-10 finishes at Moon Golf Invitational and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.
Additionally, the 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year maintained the lowest scoring average of the Demon Deacons post-ACC Championship, as well as the highest ranked Deac on Scoreboard (No. 19).
Kovelesky marks her first selection to the tournament, building off a strong freshman semester that she continued into her sophomore year. The 2025 Honorable Mention All-American opened the year with first place co-medalist honors at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, followed by a career low 54-hole round of 206 (-4) to take second behind Pate at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup. At both tournaments, Kovelesky matched career-low rounds of 67.
The 2025 All-ACC Selection kicked off the postseason with a nine-under performance at the 2026 ACC Championship to earn third place medalist honors.
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 250 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on the PGA, DP World, or LPGA Tours; 46 have represented…
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