1999 Palmer Cup
Dates | June 12–13, 1999 | ||||
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Venue | Honors Course | ||||
Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||||
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United States wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 1999 Palmer Cup was held on June 12–13, 1999 on the Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The United States won 17½ to 6½.[1]
Format[]
On Saturday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on the Sunday morning with a further eight more 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 Great Britain and Ireland participated in the event.
United States | |
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Name | College |
head coach |
Ohio State |
team manager |
Skidmore |
UNLV | |
Jonathan Byrd | Clemson |
Ben Curtis | Kent State |
Clemson | |
Hank Kuehne | SMU |
Matt Kuchar | Georgia Tech |
Bryce Molder | Georgia Tech |
Georgia |
Great Britain & Ireland | ||
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Name | Country | College |
team manager |
England | |
Luke Donald | England | Northwestern |
Northern Ireland | Ulster | |
Max Harris | England | North Carolina |
Michael Hoey | Northern Ireland | Clemson |
Scotland | St Andrews | |
England | Stanford | |
Kyron Sullivan | Wales | Wales |
Scotland | St Andrews |
Saturday's matches[]
Morning four-ball[]
& | Results | |
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Donald/Rowe | 4 & 3 | Anderson/Kuchar |
Foster/Hoey | 4 & 3 | Engler/Molder |
Harris/Sullivan | 3 & 2 | Curtis/Byrd |
Lindsay/White | 5 & 4 | Kuehne/Morrison |
1 | Four-ball | 3 |
1 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon foursomes[]
& | Results | |
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Donald/Harris | 2 & 1 | Kuchar/Molder |
Foster/Sullivan | 1 up | Curtis/Engler |
Lindsay/White | 3 & 2 | Byrd/Morrison |
Hoey/Rowe | 3 & 2 | Anderson/Kuehne |
2 | Foursomes | 2 |
3 | Overall | 5 |
Sunday's matches[]
Morning singles[]
Afternoon singles[]
References[]
- ^ "1999 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
External links[]
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