2007 Palmer Cup

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2007 Palmer Cup
DatesJune 7–8, 2007
VenueCaves Valley Golf Club
LocationOwings Mills, Maryland
United States 18 6 Europe
United States wins the Palmer Cup
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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.

 United States
Name College

head coach
Oklahoma State

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
 Europe
Name Country College

head coach
 Netherlands

assistant coach
 Sweden
Jonas Blixt  Sweden Florida State
Jorge Campillo  Spain Indiana
Rhys Davies  Wales East Tennessee State
Oscar Florén  Sweden Texas Tech
Mark Haastrup  Denmark Georgia State
 Spain Arizona
 Northern Ireland East Tennessee State
 Scotland Stirling

Thursday's matches[]

Morning four-ball[]

Europe Results United States
Davies/Shaw Europe 9 & 7 List/Lovemark
Campillo/Oriol United States 3 & 2 Harman/Horschel
Haastrup/Yates Europe 1 up Moore/Simpson
Blixt/Florén Europe 2 & 1 Johnson/Kirk
3 Four-ball 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon singles[]

Europe Results United States
Rhys Davies United States 4 & 2 Jamie Lovemark
Jorge Campillo United States 2 up Luke List
Gareth Shaw United States 2 up Billy Horschel
Pedro Oriol United States 4 & 2 Brian Harman
Gordon Yates United States 2 & 1 Jonathan Moore
Jonas Blixt United States 2 & 1 Webb Simpson
Mark Haastrup United States 1 up Chris Kirk
Oscar Florén United States 4 & 2 Dustin Johnson
0 Singles 8
3 Overall 9

Friday's matches[]

Morning foursomes[]

Europe Results United States
Campillo/Oriol United States 5 & 4 Harman/Horschel
Blixt/Florén Europe 5 & 4 List/Lovemark
Haastrup/Yates United States 4 & 3 Moore/Simpson
Davies/Shaw United States 2 & 1 Johnson/Kirk
1 Foursomes 3
4 Overall 12

Afternoon singles[]

Europe Results United States
Oscar Florén United States 4 & 3 Billy Horschel
Gordon Yates United States 6 & 5 Luke List
Gareth Shaw United States 1 up Brian Harman
Jonas Blixt Europe 1 up Webb Simpson
Mark Haastrup United States 2 & 1 Jamie Lovemark
Pedro Oriol United States 2 & 1 Jonathan Moore
Jorge Campillo United States 2 & 1 Dustin Johnson
Rhys Davies Europe 4 & 2 Chris Kirk
2 Singles 6
6 Overall 18

Michael Carter award[]

The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2007 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

External links[]

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