2000 Palmer Cup
Dates | 15–16 August 2000 | ||||
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Venue | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | ||||
Location | Hoylake, England | ||||
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Great Britain and Ireland wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 2000 Palmer Cup was held on 15–16 August 2000 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Great Britain and Ireland won 12½–11½.[1] At the final hole of the final match, holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie, to halve his match and win the Palmer Cup.[2]
Format[]
On Tuesday, 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 Wednesday 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 Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.
Great Britain & Ireland | ||
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Name | Country | College |
team manager |
Wales | |
England | Surrey | |
Jamie Elson | England | Augusta State |
Max Harris | England | North Carolina |
Scotland | New Mexico | |
Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | Alabama at Birmingham |
Simon Robinson | England | Houston |
England | Stanford | |
Kyron Sullivan | Wales | Wales |
United States | |
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Name | College |
head coach |
Kansas |
team manager |
Colorado |
Jonathan Byrd | Clemson |
Georgia | |
Clemson | |
Lucas Glover | Clemson |
Jeff Klauk | Florida Southern |
Andy Miller | Brigham Young |
Houston | |
East Tennessee State |
Tuesday's matches[]
Morning four-ball[]
& | Results | |
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Elson/Harris | 3 & 2 | Cassini/Sanders |
Booker/Hendry | 5 & 3 | Glover/Miller |
McDowell/Sullivan | 2 up | Klauk/Wisler |
Robinson/Rowe | halved | Byrd/Engler |
2½ | Four-ball | 1½ |
2½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon foursomes[]
& | Results | |
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Elson/Harris | 5 & 3 | Miller/Sanders |
Booker/Hendry | 5 & 4 | Byrd/Cassini |
McDowell/Robinson | 1 up | Engler/Wisler |
Rowe/Sullivan | 3 & 1 | Glover/Klauk |
2 | Foursomes | 2 |
4½ | Overall | 3½ |
Wednesday's matches[]
Morning singles[]
Afternoon singles[]
References[]
- ^ "2000 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Palmer Cup Presented By CSFBdirect Tournament Notes". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2001.
External links[]
- Arnold Palmer Cup
- Golf tournaments in England
- 2000 in golf
- 2000 in English sport
- August 2000 sports events in the United Kingdom