2011 Palmer Cup
| Dates | June 9–11, 2011 | ||||
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| Venue | The Stanwich Club | ||||
| Location | Greenwich, Connecticut | ||||
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| United States wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 2011 Palmer Cup was held on June 9–11, 2011 at The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticut. The United States won 13 to 11.[1]
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 12½ points won the competition.
Teams
Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.
 United States
| |
|---|---|
| Name | College |
| Tim Poe head coach |
Central Missouri |
| Michael Burcin assistant coach |
South Carolina |
| Blayne Barber | Auburn |
| Patrick Cantlay | UCLA |
| Alex Carpenter | Abilene Christian |
| Russell Henley | Georgia |
| Daniel Miernicki | Oregon |
| Arnond Vongvanij | Florida |
| Chris Williams | Washington |
| Andrew Yun | Stanford |
 Europe
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College |
| Rickard Lindberg head coach |
 Sweden
|
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| David Ingles assistant coach |
 Scotland
|
Northwestern |
| Sebastian Cappelen |  Denmark
|
Arkansas |
| Nacho Elvira |  Spain
|
Texas A&M |
| Nils Florén | Sweden
|
Texas Tech |
| Jeff Karlsson | Sweden
|
Kennesaw State |
| Robert S. Karlsson | Sweden
|
Liberty |
| Henrik Norlander | Sweden
|
Augusta State |
| Nick Macandrew | Scotland
|
Aberdeen |
| Pontus Widegren | Sweden
|
UCLA |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
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Results | 
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|---|---|---|
| Cappelen/Elvira | 2 & 1
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Vongvanij/Yun |
| Florén/J. Karlsson | 4 & 2
|
Cantlay/Carpenter |
| R. Karlsson/Macandrew | 4 & 3
|
Miernicki/Williams |
| Norlander/Widegren | 3 & 2
|
Barber/Henley |
| 1 | Four-ball | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon foursomes
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Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Florén/Macandrew | 5 & 4
|
Vongvanij/Yun |
| Cappelen/Elvira | 5 & 3
|
Barber/Carpenter |
| J. Karlsson/R. Karlsson | halved | Miernicki/Williams |
| Norlander/Widegren | 5 & 4
|
Cantlay/Henley |
| 2½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 4½ |
Friday's singles matches
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Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Pontus Widegren | 6 & 4
|
Arnond Vongvanij |
| Nick Macandrew | 7 & 6
|
Andrew Yun |
| Nils Florén | 3 & 2
|
Daniel Miernicki |
| Jeff Karlsson | 2 & 1
|
Alex Carpenter |
| Robert S. Karlsson | halved | Patrick Cantlay |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 1 up
|
Russell Henley |
| Nacho Elvira | halved | Chris Williams |
| Henrik Norlander | 2 & 1
|
Blayne Barber |
| 5 | Singles | 3 |
| 8½ | Overall | 7½ |
Saturday's singles matches
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Results |
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|---|---|---|
| Nick Macandrew | 3 & 1
|
Patrick Cantlay |
| Nils Florén | 4 & 2
|
Alex Carpenter |
| Jeff Karlsson | 6 & 5
|
Arnond Vongvanij |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 5 & 3
|
Daniel Miernicki |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 1 up
|
Russell Henley |
| Nacho Elvira | halved | Blayne Barber |
| Henrik Norlander | 3 & 2
|
Chris Williams |
| Pontus Widegren | 1 up
|
Andrew Yun |
| 2½ | Singles | 5½ |
| 11 | Overall | 13 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Russell Henley and Nacho Elvira.[2]
References
- ^ "2011 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.