2012 Palmer Cup
| Dates | 28–30 June 2012 | ||||
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| Venue | Royal County Down Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||||
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| Europe wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
The 2012 Palmer Cup was held on 28–30 June 2012 at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Europe won 13½–10½.[1] The United States led 10–6 at the start of the final day but Europe won 7 of the 8 singles matches and halved the other to win the match.
Format
On Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on Friday, and eight more on Saturday.. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College |
| Lindberg, RickardRickard Lindberg head coach |
 Sweden |
|
| Ingles, DavidDavid Ingles assistant coach |
 Scotland |
Northwestern |
| Booth, DavidDavid Booth |  England |
Stirling |
| Brun, JulienJulien Brun |  France |
Texas Christian |
| Cappelen, SebastianSebastian Cappelen |  Denmark |
Arkansas |
| Huizing, DaanDaan Huizing |  Netherlands |
Utrecht |
| Karlsson, Robert S.Robert S. Karlsson | Sweden |
Liberty |
| Pieters, ThomasThomas Pieters | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Illinois |
| Robertson, GraemeGraeme Robertson | Scotland |
Stirling |
| Widegren, PontusPontus Widegren | Sweden |
UCLA |
 United States | |
|---|---|
| Name | College |
| Gregory, JoshJosh Gregory head coach |
SMU |
| Newton, ChristianChristian Newton assistant coach |
Georgia Tech |
| Barber, BlayneBlayne Barber | Auburn |
| Ernst, DerekDerek Ernst | UNLV |
| Mills, CorbinCorbin Mills | Clemson |
| Rodgers, PatrickPatrick Rodgers | Stanford |
| Thomas, JustinJustin Thomas | Alabama |
| White, JamesJames White | Georgia Tech |
| Williams, ChrisChris Williams | Washington |
| Yun, AndrewAndrew Yun | Stanford |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Huizing/Pieters | 1 up |
Williams/Yun |
| Brun/Cappelen | halved | Ernst/Mills |
| Booth/Robertson | 6 & 4 |
Barber/White |
| Karlsson/Widegren | 2 up |
Rodgers/Thomas |
| ½ | Four-ball | 3½ |
| ½ | Overall | 3½ |
Afternoon foursomes
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Huizing/Pieters | 1 up |
Ernst/Yun |
| Robertson/Widegren | 5 & 4 |
Mills/Williams |
| Booth/Karlsson | 2 & 1 |
Barber/White |
| Brun/Cappelen | 1 up |
Rodgers/Thomas |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1½ | Overall | 6½ |
Friday's singles matches
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Graeme Robertson | 3 & 2 |
Chris Williams |
| Julien Brun | 2 & 1 |
Blayne Barber |
| Daan Huizing | 1 up |
Corbin Mills |
| David Booth | 4 & 2 |
Andrew Yun |
| Thomas Pieters | halved | James White |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 4 & 2 |
Derek Ernst |
| Sebastian Cappelen | halved | Justin Thomas |
| Pontus Widegren | halved | Patrick Rodgers |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 6 | Overall | 10 |
Saturday's singles matches
| |
Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Cappelen | 3 & 2 |
Chris Williams |
| Daan Huizing | 4 & 3 |
Justin Thomas |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 2 & 1 |
Patrick Rodgers |
| Thomas Pieters | halved | Corbin Mills |
| David Booth | 2 up |
James White |
| Graeme Robertson | 2 up |
Derek Ernst |
| Julien Brun | 6 & 5 |
Blayne Barber |
| Pontus Widegren | 3 & 1 |
Andrew Yun |
| 7½ | Singles | ½ |
| 13½ | Overall | 10½ |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Robert S. Karlsson and Andrew Yun.[2]
References
- ↑ "2012 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.