2007 Palmer Cup
Dates | June 7–8, 2007 | ||||
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Venue | Caves Valley Golf Club | ||||
Location | Owings Mills, Maryland | ||||
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United States wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
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The 2007 Palmer Cup was held on June 7–8, 2007 on the Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland. The United States won 18 to 6.[1] Europe took a 3–1 lead on the first morning but the United States won all 8 of the afternoon singles matches to lead 9–3.
Format
On Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. Four foursomes matches were played on the Friday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.
Each of the 24 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 121/2 points won the competition.
Teams
Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.
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Name | College |
Mike McGraw head coach | Oklahoma State |
John Knauer assistant coach | Arizona |
Brian Harman | Georgia |
Billy Horschel | Florida |
Dustin Johnson | Coastal Carolina |
Chris Kirk | Georgia |
Luke List | Vanderbilt |
Jamie Lovemark | Southern California |
Jonathan Moore | Oklahoma State |
Webb Simpson | Wake Forest |
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Name | Country | College |
Chris van der Velde head coach | ![]() | |
Peter Svallin assistant coach | ![]() | |
Jonas Blixt | ![]() | Florida State |
Jorge Campillo | ![]() | Indiana |
Rhys Davies | ![]() | East Tennessee State |
Oscar Florén | ![]() | Texas Tech |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Georgia State |
Pedro Oriol | ![]() | Arizona |
Gareth Shaw | ![]() | East Tennessee State |
Gordon Yates | ![]() | Stirling |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
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Davies/Shaw | ![]() | List/Lovemark |
Campillo/Oriol | ![]() | Harman/Horschel |
Haastrup/Yates | ![]() | Moore/Simpson |
Blixt/Florén | ![]() | Johnson/Kirk |
3 | Four-ball | 1 |
3 | Overall | 1 |
Afternoon singles
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Rhys Davies | ![]() | Jamie Lovemark |
Jorge Campillo | ![]() | Luke List |
Gareth Shaw | ![]() | Billy Horschel |
Pedro Oriol | ![]() | Brian Harman |
Gordon Yates | ![]() | Jonathan Moore |
Jonas Blixt | ![]() | Webb Simpson |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Chris Kirk |
Oscar Florén | ![]() | Dustin Johnson |
0 | Singles | 8 |
3 | Overall | 9 |
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Campillo/Oriol | ![]() | Harman/Horschel |
Blixt/Florén | ![]() | List/Lovemark |
Haastrup/Yates | ![]() | Moore/Simpson |
Davies/Shaw | ![]() | Johnson/Kirk |
1 | Foursomes | 3 |
4 | Overall | 12 |
Afternoon singles
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Oscar Florén | ![]() | Billy Horschel |
Gordon Yates | ![]() | Luke List |
Gareth Shaw | ![]() | Brian Harman |
Jonas Blixt | ![]() | Webb Simpson |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Jamie Lovemark |
Pedro Oriol | ![]() | Jonathan Moore |
Jorge Campillo | ![]() | Dustin Johnson |
Rhys Davies | ![]() | Chris Kirk |
2 | Singles | 6 |
6 | Overall | 18 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.[2]
References
External links
- Palmer Cup official site