2000 Palmer Cup
Dates | 15–16 August 2000 | ||||
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Venue | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | ||||
Location | Hoylake, England | ||||
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Great Britain and Ireland wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
← 1999 2001 → |
The 2000 Palmer Cup was held on 15–16 August 2000 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Great Britain and Ireland won 12½–11½.[1] At the final hole of the final match, Phil Rowe holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie, to halve his match and win the Palmer Cup.[2]
Format
On Tuesday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on the Wednesday morning with a further eight more 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 Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.
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Name | Country | College |
Clive Brown team manager | ![]() | |
Mark Booker | ![]() | Surrey |
Jamie Elson | ![]() | Augusta State |
Max Harris | ![]() | North Carolina |
Joel Hendry | ![]() | New Mexico |
Graeme McDowell | ![]() | Alabama at Birmingham |
Simon Robinson | ![]() | Houston |
Phil Rowe | ![]() | Stanford |
Kyron Sullivan | ![]() | Wales |
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Name | College |
Ross Randall head coach | Kansas |
Mark Simpson team manager | Colorado |
Jonathan Byrd | Clemson |
Nick Cassini | Georgia |
John Engler | Clemson |
Lucas Glover | Clemson |
Jeff Klauk | Florida Southern |
Andy Miller | Brigham Young |
Andy Sanders | Houston |
Chris Wisler | East Tennessee State |
Tuesday's matches
Morning four-ball
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Elson/Harris | ![]() ![]() | Cassini/Sanders |
Booker/Hendry | ![]() | Glover/Miller |
McDowell/Sullivan | ![]() ![]() | Klauk/Wisler |
Robinson/Rowe | halved | Byrd/Engler |
2½ | Four-ball | 1½ |
2½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon foursomes
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Elson/Harris | ![]() | Miller/Sanders |
Booker/Hendry | ![]() | Byrd/Cassini |
McDowell/Robinson | ![]() ![]() | Engler/Wisler |
Rowe/Sullivan | ![]() ![]() | Glover/Klauk |
2 | Foursomes | 2 |
4½ | Overall | 3½ |
Wednesday's matches
Morning singles
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Graeme McDowell | ![]() ![]() | Lucas Glover |
Joel Hendry | ![]() ![]() | Andy Miller |
Max Harris | halved | Nick Cassini |
Jamie Elson | ![]() | Jonathan Byrd |
Simon Robinson | ![]() | John Engler |
Mark Booker | ![]() ![]() | Andy Sanders |
Kyron Sullivan | ![]() | Chris Wisler |
Phil Rowe | ![]() ![]() | Jeff Klauk |
4½ | Singles | 3½ |
9 | Overall | 7 |
Afternoon singles
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Graeme McDowell | ![]() ![]() | Lucas Glover |
Max Harris | ![]() | Andy Miller |
Joel Hendry | ![]() | Nick Cassini |
Kyron Sullivan | ![]() | Chris Wisler |
Jamie Elson | ![]() ![]() | John Engler |
Mark Booker | ![]() ![]() | Jeff Klauk |
Simon Robinson | ![]() | Andy Sanders |
Phil Rowe | halved | Jonathan Byrd |
3½ | Singles | 4½ |
12½ | Overall | 11½ |
References
External links
- Palmer Cup official site