Palmer Cup

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The Palmer Cup is an annual eight man team golf competition between American college golfers and European college/university golfers. It is named after Arnold Palmer. The teams are selected on the basis of nationality, not according to the location of the players' universities. Many of the European players attend American universities as sports scholarships have never been a feature of the university system in Europe. From 1997 to 2002 the United States played Great Britain & Ireland rather than the whole of Europe.

Europe won the 2008 tournament and successfully retained the trophy in 2009 with a 13 – 11 victory, this tied the overall competition up at 6–6–1. USA won the 2010 tournament for the first time on European soil since 2002 with a 13 – 11 victory. This gave the USA a 7–6–1 overall advantage in the Palmer Cup series. The USA team won again in 2011 , 13 – 11, to boost the overall record to 8–6–1.

[edit] Results

Year	Winner	Margin	Venue	Location
2011	United States	13 – 11	The Stanwich Club	Connecticut
2010	United States	13 – 11	Royal Portrush Golf Club	Northern Ireland
2009	Europe	13 – 11	Cherry Hills Country Club	Colorado
2008	Europe	14 – 10	Glasgow Golf Club Gailes Links	Scotland
2007	United States	18 – 6	Caves Valley Golf Club	Maryland
2006	Europe	19½ – 4½	Prestwick Golf Club	Scotland
2005	United States	14 – 10	Whistling Straits, Irish Course	Wisconsin
2004	Europe	14½ – 9½	Ballybunion Golf Club	Ireland
2003	Europe	14 – 10	Kiawah Island Club, Cassique Course	South Carolina
2002	United States	15½ – 8½	Doonbeg Golf Club	Ireland
2001	United States	18 – 6	Baltusrol Golf Club	New Jersey
2000	Great Britain & Ireland	12½ – 11½	Royal Liverpool Golf Club	England
1999	United States	17½ – 6½	The Honors Course	Tennessee
1998	Tied	12 – 12	Old Course and New Course	Scotland
1997	United States	19 – 5	Bay Hill Club and Lodge	Florida