NORMAN, Okla. – Fighting Illini junior golfer Adrien Dumont de Chassart has been selected to compete in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup as part of Team International, it was announced Tuesday (May 4) on Golf Channel.

Dumont de Chasssart will make his debut appearance at the prestigious Ryder Cup-style event, which will be played June 11-13 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.

A native of Villers La Ville, Belgium, Dumont de Chassart is the sixth different Illini to represent the Orange and Blue at the Palmer Cup, joining Nick Hardy (2017), Charlie Danielson (2016), Thomas Detry (2014 and 2015), Thomas Pieters (2012) and Scott Langley (2010).  

Dumont de Chassart, ranked No. 30 nationally by Golfstat, is coming off a second-place finish this weekend to help lead the No. 10-ranked Illini to their sixth consecutive Big Ten Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club. He is second on the team in stroke average (71.04) in 2020-21, while tying for the team lead as the Illini's top finisher at three events this season. He has tallied top-10 finishes in six of eight events, including a trio of top-5s.  

Dumont de Chassart and the Illini continue postseason play, May 17-19 at the NCAA Regionals. The field will be released as part of GOLF Channel's College Central coverage on Wednesday, May 5 at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.

2021 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams
Team United States
Sam Bennett (Texas A&M)
Jacob Bridgeman (Clemson)
Ricky Castillo (Florida)
Pierceson Coody (Texas)
Allisen Corpuz (Southern California)
Nick Gabrelcik (North Florida)
Ryan Hall (South Carolina)
Hanna Harrison (Dallas Baptist)
Lauren Hartlage (Louisville)
Julia Johnson (Ole Miss)
Gina Kim (Duke)
Irene Kim (Northwestern)
Rachel Kuehn (Wake Forest)
Brooke Matthews (Arkansas)
Dylan Menante (Pepperdine)
Emilia Migliaccio (Wake Forest)
William Moll (Vanderbilt)
Trevor Norby (Oklahoma Christian)
Trent Phillips (Georgia)
Brad Reeves (Arizona)|
Erica Shepherd (Duke)
Benjamin Shipp (NC State)
Kate Smith (Nebraska)
Latanna Stone (LSU)

Team International
Puwit Anupansuebsai (San Diego State/Thailand)
Penny Brown (Stirling/Scotland)
Eugenio Chacarra (Oklahoma State/Spain)
Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Illinois/Belgium)
Isabella Fierro (Oklahoma State/Mexico)
Alex Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest/England)
Karen Fredgaard (Houston/Sweden)
Allan Hill (Maynooth/Ireland)
Bo Jin (Oklahoma State/China)
Agathe Laisne (Texas/France)
Yuxin Lin (Florida/China)
Ingrid Lindblad (LSU/Sweden)
Pontus Nyholm (Campbell/Sweden)
Virunpat Olankitkunchai (Maryland/Thailand)
Joseph Pagdin (Florida/England)
Ana Pelaez Trivino (South Carolina/Spain)
Julian Perico (Arkansas/Spain)
David Puig (Arizona State/Spain)
Emily Price (Kent State/England)
Paulne Roussin-Bouchard (South Carolina/France)
Emma Spitz (UCLA/Austria)
Hugo Townsend (Boise State/Sweden)
Beatrice Wallin (Florida State/Sweden)}
Lauren Walsh (Wake Forest/Ireland)

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 Arnold Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world's greatest courses including The Old Course, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. The 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club became the only major tournament which features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.

Since its inception, over 100 former Arnold Palmer Cup alumni have gone on to earn cards on either the PGA Tour, European Tour or LPGA, 29 have represented Europe or the USA in the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, and more than 60 have claimed over 250 victories on the PGA or European Tours, including three major championships in 2020. The United States leads the series 12-11-1.

The Arnold Palmer Cup is supported by Arnie's Army Charitable Foundation. The Arnold Palmer Cup provides a platform for perpetuating Arnold Palmer's commitment to youth development and the growth of amateur/collegiate golf.  For more information, please visit ArnoldPalmerCup.com.