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 | |||||
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 |
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Peter Svallin assistant coach |
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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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Results | ![]() |
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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
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
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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
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.[2]
References
- ^ "2007 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.