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. 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 12 points won the competition.
Teams Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.
NameCollege head coach Oklahoma State assistant coach Arizona Georgia Florida Coastal Carolina Georgia Vanderbilt Southern California Oklahoma State Wake Forest
NameCountryCollege head coach assistant coach Florida State Indiana East Tennessee State Texas Tech Georgia State Arizona East Tennessee State Stirling
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball Results Davies/Shaw 9 & 7List/LovemarkCampillo/Oriol 3 & 2Harman/HorschelHaastrup/Yates 1 upMoore/SimpsonBlixt/Florén 2 & 1Johnson/Kirk 3 Four-ball 1 3 Overall 1
Afternoon singles Results Rhys Davies 4 & 2Jamie LovemarkJorge Campillo 2 upLuke ListGareth Shaw 2 upBilly HorschelPedro Oriol 4 & 2Brian HarmanGordon Yates 2 & 1Jonathan MooreJonas Blixt 2 & 1Webb SimpsonMark Haastrup 1 upChris KirkOscar Florén 4 & 2Dustin Johnson 0 Singles 8 3 Overall 9
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes Results Campillo/Oriol 5 & 4Harman/HorschelBlixt/Florén 5 & 4List/LovemarkHaastrup/Yates 4 & 3Moore/SimpsonDavies/Shaw 2 & 1Johnson/Kirk 1 Foursomes 3 4 Overall 12
Afternoon singles Results Oscar Florén 4 & 3Billy HorschelGordon Yates 6 & 5Luke ListGareth Shaw 1 upBrian HarmanJonas Blixt 1 upWebb SimpsonMark Haastrup 2 & 1Jamie LovemarkPedro Oriol 2 & 1Jonathan MooreJorge Campillo 2 & 1Dustin JohnsonRhys Davies 4 & 2Chris Kirk 2 Singles 6 6 Overall 18
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.
References
External links Palmer Cup official site