1997 Palmer Cup
| Dates | July 10–12, 1997 | ||||
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| Venue | Bay Hill Club and Lodge | ||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||
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| United States wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 1997 Palmer Cup was held on July 10–12, 1997 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The United States won 19 to 5.[1]
Format[]
On Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on Friday, and eight more on Saturday.. 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 Great Britain and Ireland participated in the event.
 United States
| |
|---|---|
| Name | College |
head coach |
UNLV |
team manager |
Alabama |
| Brad Elder | Texas |
| Brian Hull | Southern California |
| Joel Kribel | Stanford |
| TCU | |
| UNLV | |
| Bo Van Pelt | Oklahoma State |
| Charles Warren | Clemson |
| Ohio State | |
 Great Britain &  Ireland
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College |
| Peter Dawson head coach |
 England
|
|
team manager |
England
|
|
| Richie Coughlan | Ireland
|
Clemson |
 Scotland
|
UAB | |
| Peter Lawrie | Ireland
|
Dublin |
| England
|
Minnesota | |
| Scotland
|
Alabama | |
| Keith Nolan | Ireland
|
East Tennessee State |
| Ireland
|
Edinburgh | |
| England
|
Emory | |
Thursday's matches[]
Morning four-ball[]
 & 
|
Results | 
|
|---|---|---|
| Nolan/Steven | 3 & 1
|
Elder/Van Pelt |
| MacDonald/White | 2 & 1
|
Hull/Kribel |
| Coughlan/Lawrie | 2 & 1
|
Warren/Wollmann |
| Laurence/Le Mesurier | 5 & 4
|
Ochoa/Oh |
| 1 | Four-ball | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon foursomes[]
| &
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Laurence/Le Mesurier | 2 & 1
|
Ochoa/Oh |
| Nolan/Steven | 5 & 4
|
Elder/Van Pelt |
| MacDonald/White | 4 & 3
|
Hull/Kribel |
| Coughlan/Lawrie | 7 & 6
|
Warren/Wollmann |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 1 | Overall | 7 |
Friday's singles matches[]
| &
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Richie Coughlan | 3 & 2
|
Bo Van Pelt |
| Andrew White | 2 & 1
|
Brad Elder |
| Keith Nolan | 3 & 2
|
Ted Oh |
| Peter Lawrie | halved | Chris Wollmann |
| Martin Le Mesurier | 4 & 2
|
Charles Warren |
| Allan MacDonald | 7 & 6
|
Brian Hull |
| Neil Steven | 4 & 2
|
Alberto Ochoa |
| Andrew Laurence | 2 up
|
Joel Kribel |
| 1½ | Singles | 6½ |
| 2½ | Overall | 13½ |
Saturday's singles matches[]
| &
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Peter Lawrie | halved | Alberto Ochoa |
| Neil Steven | 4 & 2
|
Joel Kribel |
| Keith Nolan | 2 & 1
|
Brian Hull |
| Richie Coughlan | 4 & 2
|
Chris Wollmann |
| Martin Le Mesurier | 2 up
|
Ted Oh |
| Andrew Laurence | 1 up
|
Charles Warren |
| Allan MacDonald | 2 up
|
Bo Van Pelt |
| Andrew White | 1 up
|
Brad Elder |
| 2½ | Singles | 5½ |
| 5 | Overall | 19 |
References[]
- ^ "1997 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- Arnold Palmer Cup
- Golf in Florida
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