1999 Palmer Cup
{{Short description|Amateur team golf tournament}}
{{Infobox team golf tournament
| name = Palmer Cup
| year = 1999
| logo =
| logowidth =
| dates = June 12–13, 1999
| venue = Honors Course
| location = Chattanooga, Tennessee
| home = USA
| away = GB&I
| homecaptain =
| awaycaptain =
| homescore = 17½
| awayscore = 6½
| result = United States wins
}}
The 1999 Palmer Cup was held on June 12–13, 1999 on the Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The United States won 17½ to 6½.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/content/1999 |title=1999 results |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
Format
On Saturday, 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 Sunday 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 United States and Great Britain and Ireland participated in the event.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2|{{flagu|United States}} |
| Name
!College |
|---|
| {{sortname|Jim|Brown|dab=golfer}} head coach |
| {{sortname|Tim|Brown|dab=golfer}} team manager | Skidmore |
| {{sortname|Jeremy|Anderson|dab=golfer}}
| UNLV |
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Byrd|dab=golfer}}
| Clemson |
| {{sortname|Ben|Curtis|dab=golfer}} |
| {{sortname|John|Engler|dab=golfer}}
| Clemson |
| {{sortname|Hank|Kuehne}}
| SMU |
| {{sortname|Matt|Kuchar}} |
| {{sortname|Bryce|Molder}} |
| {{sortname|Michael|Morrison|dab=golfer}}
| Georgia |
| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=3|{{flagu|Great Britain}} & {{flagu|Ireland}} |
| Name
!Country !College |
|---|
| {{sortname|Alistair|Crinson}} team manager |{{ENG}} | |
| {{sortname|Luke|Donald}}
|{{ENG}} |
| {{sortname|Johnny|Foster|dab=golfer}}
|{{NIR}} | Ulster |
| {{sortname|Max|Harris|dab=golfer}}
|{{ENG}} |
| {{sortname|Michael|Hoey|dab=golfer}}
|{{NIR}} | Clemson |
| {{sortname|Oliver|Lindsay}}
|{{SCO}} |
| {{sortname|Phil|Rowe|dab=golfer}}
|{{ENG}} | Stanford |
| {{sortname|Kyron|Sullivan}}
|{{WAL}} | Wales |
| {{sortname|Andrew|White|dab=golfer}}
|{{SCO}} |
Saturday's matches
=Morning four-ball=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Donald/Rowe
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 3 |Anderson/Kuchar |
| Foster/Hoey
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 3 |Engler/Molder |
| Harris/Sullivan
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Curtis/Byrd |
| Lindsay/White
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 4 |Kuehne/Morrison |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 1 | Four-ball | 3 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 1 ! Overall ! 3 |
=Afternoon foursomes=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Donald/Harris
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 & 1 |Kuchar/Molder |
| Foster/Sullivan
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up |Curtis/Engler |
| Lindsay/White
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Byrd/Morrison |
| Hoey/Rowe
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Anderson/Kuehne |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 3 ! Overall ! 5 |
Sunday's matches
=Morning singles=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Phil Rowe
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up |Matt Kuchar |
| Luke Donald
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2 |John Engler |
| Michael Hoey
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1 |Bryce Molder |
| Kyron Sullivan
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 & 1 |Jeremy Anderson |
| Johnny Foster
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Ben Curtis |
| Oliver Lindsay
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 6 & 4 |Jonathan Byrd |
| Andrew White
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 2 up |Michael Morrison |
| Max Harris
|halved |Hank Kuehne |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 1½ | Singles | 6½ |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 4½ ! Overall ! 11½ |
=Afternoon singles=
| border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
! width=160| {{flagicon|GBR|size=50px}} & {{flagicon|IRL|size=50px}} ! Results ! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}} |
| Andrew White
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 up |John Engler |
| Phil Rowe
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 3 |Matt Kuchar |
| Johnny Foster
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 3 |Michael Morrison |
| Kyron Sullivan
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 4 |Ben Curtis |
| Oliver Lindsay
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 5 & 4 |Jeremy Anderson |
| Max Harris
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1 |Bryce Molder |
| Michael Hoey
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1 |Jonathan Byrd |
| Luke Donald
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2 |Hank Kuehne |
| style="background:#ddffdd;"
| 2 | Singles | 6 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
! 6½ ! Overall ! 17½ |
References
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External links
- [http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/ Palmer Cup official site]