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 | |||||
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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.
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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 |
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Name | Country | College |
Rickard Lindberg head coach | ![]() | |
David Ingles assistant coach | ![]() | Northwestern |
Sebastian Cappelen | ![]() | Arkansas |
Nacho Elvira | ![]() | Texas A&M |
Nils Florén | ![]() | Texas Tech |
Jeff Karlsson | ![]() | Kennesaw State |
Robert S. Karlsson | ![]() | Liberty |
Henrik Norlander | ![]() | Augusta State |
Nick Macandrew | ![]() | Aberdeen |
Pontus Widegren | ![]() | UCLA |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Cappelen/Elvira | ![]() | Vongvanij/Yun |
Florén/J. Karlsson | ![]() | Cantlay/Carpenter |
R. Karlsson/Macandrew | ![]() | Miernicki/Williams |
Norlander/Widegren | ![]() | Barber/Henley |
1 | Four-ball | 3 |
1 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon foursomes
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Florén/Macandrew | ![]() | Vongvanij/Yun |
Cappelen/Elvira | ![]() | Barber/Carpenter |
J. Karlsson/R. Karlsson | halved | Miernicki/Williams |
Norlander/Widegren | ![]() | Cantlay/Henley |
2½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
3½ | Overall | 4½ |
Friday's singles matches
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Pontus Widegren | ![]() | Arnond Vongvanij |
Nick Macandrew | ![]() | Andrew Yun |
Nils Florén | ![]() | Daniel Miernicki |
Jeff Karlsson | ![]() | Alex Carpenter |
Robert S. Karlsson | halved | Patrick Cantlay |
Sebastian Cappelen | ![]() | Russell Henley |
Nacho Elvira | halved | Chris Williams |
Henrik Norlander | ![]() | Blayne Barber |
5 | Singles | 3 |
8½ | Overall | 7½ |
Saturday's singles matches
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Nick Macandrew | ![]() | Patrick Cantlay |
Nils Florén | ![]() | Alex Carpenter |
Jeff Karlsson | ![]() | Arnond Vongvanij |
Robert S. Karlsson | ![]() | Daniel Miernicki |
Sebastian Cappelen | ![]() | Russell Henley |
Nacho Elvira | halved | Blayne Barber |
Henrik Norlander | ![]() | Chris Williams |
Pontus Widegren | ![]() | Andrew Yun |
2½ | Singles | 5½ |
11 | Overall | 13 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Russell Henley and Nacho Elvira.[2]
References
External links
- Palmer Cup official site