2006 Palmer Cup
Dates | 29–30 June 2006 | ||||
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Venue | Prestwick Golf Club | ||||
Location | Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||
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Europe wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 2006 Palmer Cup was held on 29–30 June 2006 at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Europe won 19½–4½.[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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.
Europe | ||
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Name | Country | College |
Mattsson, PeterPeter Mattsson head coach |
Sweden | |
Cañizares, AlejandroAlejandro Cañizares | Spain | Arizona State |
Davies, RhysRhys Davies | Wales | East Tennessee State |
Florén, OscarOscar Florén | Sweden | Texas Tech |
Haastrup, MarkMark Haastrup | Denmark | Georgia State |
Luiten, JoostJoost Luiten | Netherlands | Randstad Topsport |
Lewton, SteveSteve Lewton | England | North Carolina State |
Martín, PabloPablo Martín | Spain | Oklahoma State |
Ramsay, RichieRichie Ramsay | Scotland | Stirling |
United States | |
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Name | College |
Haack, ChrisChris Haack head coach |
Georgia |
Baca, RyanRyan Baca | Baylor |
Blaum, RyanRyan Blaum | Duke |
Castro, RobertoRoberto Castro | Georgia Tech |
Harman, BrianBrian Harman | Georgia |
Kirk, ChrisChris Kirk | Georgia |
Larsen, KevinKevin Larsen | Georgia Tech |
List, LukeLuke List | Vanderbilt |
Ogden, ClayClay Ogden | Brigham Young |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
Results | ||
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Cañizares/Martín | 5 & 3 | Harman/Kirk |
Haastrup/Luiten | 4 & 3 | List/Ogden |
Davies/Ramsay | 6 & 4 | Baca/Blaum |
Florén/Lewton | 2 & 1 | Castro/Larsen |
4 | Four-ball | 0 |
4 | Overall | 0 |
Afternoon singles
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
Results | ||
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Cañizares/Martín | 6 & 5 | Blaum/Castro |
Florén/Haastrup | 1 up | Baca/Ogden |
Luiten/Ramsay | 3 & 2 | Harman/List |
Davies/Lewton | 4 & 3 | Kirk/Larsen |
4 | Foursomes | 0 |
14 | Overall | 2 |
Afternoon singles
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Steve Lewton and Clay Ogden.[2]
References
- ↑ "2006 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.