LAS VEGAS — The coaches for the American and International teams at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup were named Tuesday during the annual coaches convention at Planet Hollywood.
Auburn’s Nick Clinard and South Carolina’s Kalen Anderson will lead Team USA as co-head coaches, while Kansas State’s Stew Burke and East Tennessee State’s Aaron O’Callaghan will guide the International team.
The 2025 Palmer Cup is set for June 6-8 at Congaree Golf Club in South Carolina. Congaree is No. 1 on Golfweek’s Best list of private courses in South Carolina and sits at T-24 in rankings of modern courses in the United States.
Anderson, hired as head coach in 2008, has helped South Carolina earn four consecutive No. 1 NCAA Regional seeds, winning five since 2010, and qualifying for the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in 12 of the past 14 seasons. The Gamecocks have won 28 tournaments under Anderson, including the Annika Intercollegiate this fall, and have earned 48 WGCA All-America honors by 15 different players.
Clinard is in his 16th season as head coach at Auburn, and last year was his best season, guiding the Tigers to their first national championship in school history. This fall, Auburn finished inside the top three in all five tournaments this fall, including a win at the East Lake Cup.
A 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup assistant coach, Burke is in his second season as Kansas State’s head coach. The Wildcats tallied four top-five finishes this fall, including a victory in the season-opening Powercat Invitational.
Also an Arnold Palmer Cup assistant coach in 2024, O’Callaghan was named head coach at East Tennessee State on June 10, 2024. He led the Buccaneers to top-15 finishes in all five tournaments this fall. O’Callaghan spent the last six seasons as the associate head coach at Wake Forest.
The Palmer Cup is an annual competition between the top collegiate players from the United States going against their International counterparts. The U.S. leads the Palmer Cup series 15-12-1.
