Senior Ban candidate for Arnold Palmer Cup

UNLV senior golfer Shintaro Ban, ranked the country’s 10thbest player this season, is among the candidates to compete in the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup.

The top six golfers from the final spring ranking from the United States and international men and women — 12 total — will be among the 24 to compete in the event, set for July 6-8 in France.

Using Golfstat’s NCAA ranking as a base, the Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes and penalties for poor finishes, with a strength-of-schedule component.

Ban leads the Rebels in scoring average this season at 69.60 strokes per round. He finished in the top 20 in all five of his fall events.

Women’s tennis: Junior Aiwen Zhu was named Mountain West women’s player of the week for the second time in three weeks. The Wuxi, China, native improved to 5-0 at No. 1 singles this season with three wins last week and is ranked No. 63 nationally. Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers, 38, set to become a free agent in March, underwent surgery on his right shoulder, the team said.

Cardinals: A judge ordered running back Adrian Peterson to pay $600,000 after he defaulted on a loan from a suburban Minneapolis bank.

Vikings: Minnesota hired Philadelphia quarterbacks coach John Defilippo as offensive coordinator, NFL Network reported.

Chiefs: Seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darrelle Revis, 32, was released.