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 | |||||
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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.
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Name | Country | College |
Peter Mattsson head coach | ![]() | |
Alejandro Cañizares | ![]() | Arizona State |
Rhys Davies | ![]() | East Tennessee State |
Oscar Florén | ![]() | Texas Tech |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Georgia State |
Joost Luiten | ![]() | Randstad Topsport |
Steve Lewton | ![]() | North Carolina State |
Pablo Martín | ![]() | Oklahoma State |
Richie Ramsay | ![]() | Stirling |
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Name | College |
Chris Haack head coach | Georgia |
Ryan Baca | Baylor |
Ryan Blaum | Duke |
Roberto Castro | Georgia Tech |
Brian Harman | Georgia |
Chris Kirk | Georgia |
Kevin Larsen | Georgia Tech |
Luke List | Vanderbilt |
Clay Ogden | Brigham Young |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Cañizares/Martín | ![]() | Harman/Kirk |
Haastrup/Luiten | ![]() | List/Ogden |
Davies/Ramsay | ![]() | Baca/Blaum |
Florén/Lewton | ![]() | Castro/Larsen |
4 | Four-ball | 0 |
4 | Overall | 0 |
Afternoon singles
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Pablo Martín | ![]() | Brian Harman |
Alejandro Cañizares | ![]() | Clay Ogden |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Ryan Baca |
Joost Luiten | ![]() | Luke List |
Richie Ramsay | ![]() | Roberto Castro |
Oscar Florén | ![]() | Kevin Larsen |
Steve Lewton | ![]() | Chris Kirk |
Rhys Davies | ![]() | Ryan Blaum |
6 | Singles | 2 |
10 | Overall | 2 |
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Cañizares/Martín | ![]() | Blaum/Castro |
Florén/Haastrup | ![]() | Baca/Ogden |
Luiten/Ramsay | ![]() | Harman/List |
Davies/Lewton | ![]() | Kirk/Larsen |
4 | Foursomes | 0 |
14 | Overall | 2 |
Afternoon singles
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Pablo Martín | ![]() | Roberto Castro |
Oscar Florén | ![]() | Ryan Blaum |
Mark Haastrup | ![]() | Brian Harman |
Alejandro Cañizares | ![]() | Ryan Baca |
Joost Luiten | ![]() | Kevin Larsen |
Steve Lewton | halved | Clay Ogden |
Rhys Davies | ![]() | Luke List |
Richie Ramsay | ![]() | Chris Kirk |
5½ | Singles | 2½ |
19½ | Overall | 4½ |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Steve Lewton and Clay Ogden.[2]
References
External links
- Palmer Cup official site