The 2009 Palmer Cup was held on June 4–5, 2009 at Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. Europe won 13 to 11.
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.
NameCollege head coach Washington assistant coach California Alabama UCLA Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Georgia Georgia Tech Marquette Stanford
NameCountryCollege head coach assistant coach Indiana Arizona State IULM Milan Augusta State Tennessee Texas A&M Southern California Tennessee
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball Results Campillo/Sluiter 2 upCauley/LeonNorlander/Wingardh 6 & 4Flores/MitchellMotta/Pavan 2 upVan Sickle/ZieglerGross/Paisley 2 upHoffmann/Tringale 3 Four-ball 1 3 Overall 1
Afternoon singles Results Robin Wingardh 4 & 3Bud CauleyJorge Campillo 1 upMike Van SickleTim SluiterhalvedCameron TringaleLeonardo Motta 2 upMorgan HoffmannStephan Gross 3 & 1Erik FloresAndrea Pavan 2 & 1Steve ZieglerChris Paisley 4 & 2Adam MitchellHenrik Norlander 3 & 2Trent Leon 4½ Singles 3½ 7½ Overall 4½
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes Results Campillo/Sluiter 5 & 4Cauley/Van SickleGross/Paisley 1 upFlores/ZieglerMotta/Pavan 3 & 2Leon/MitchellNorlander/Wingardh 1 upHoffmann/Tringale 2 Foursomes 2 9½ Overall 6½
Afternoon singles Results Jorge Campillo 2 & 1Bud CauleyStephan Gross 5 & 4Steve ZieglerTim Sluiter 1 upMorgan HoffmannChris Paisley 1 upCameron TringaleLeonardo Motta 8 & 7Mike Van SickleAndrea PavanhalvedErik FloresRobin Wingardh 2 & 1Trent LeonHenrik Norlander 3 & 2Adam Mitchell 3½ Singles 4½ 13 Overall 11
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were Trent Leon and Robin Wingardh.
References
External links Palmer Cup official site