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2006 Palmer Cup

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{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Palmer Cup

| year = 2006

| logo =

| logowidth =

| dates = 29–30 June 2006

| venue = Prestwick Golf Club

| location = Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland

| home = Europe

| away = USA

| homecaptain =

| awaycaptain =

| homescore = 19½

| awayscore = 4½

| result = Europe wins

}}

The 2006 Palmer Cup was held on 29–30 June 2006 at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Europe won 19½–4½.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/content/2006 |title=2006 results |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=September 23, 2016}}

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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan=3|{{flagu|Europe}}

Name

!Country

!College

{{sortname|Peter|Mattsson}}
head coach

|{{SWE}}

|

{{sortname|Alejandro|Cañizares}}

|{{ESP}}

| Arizona State

{{sortname|Rhys|Davies|dab=golfer}}

|{{WAL}}

| East Tennessee State

{{sortname|Oscar|Florén}}

|{{SWE}}

| Texas Tech

{{sortname|Mark|Haastrup}}

|{{DNK}}

| Georgia State

{{sortname|Joost|Luiten}}

|{{NLD}}

| Randstad Topsport

{{sortname|Steve|Lewton}}

|{{ENG}}

| North Carolina State

{{sortname|Pablo|Martín|Pablo Martín (golfer)}}

|{{ESP}}

| Oklahoma State

{{sortname|Richie|Ramsay}}

|{{SCO}}

| Stirling

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan=2|{{flagu|United States}}

Name

!College

{{sortname|Chris|Haack}}
head coach

| Georgia

{{sortname|Ryan|Baca}}

| Baylor

{{sortname|Ryan|Blaum}}

| Duke

{{sortname|Roberto|Castro}}

| Georgia Tech

{{sortname|Brian|Harman}}

| Georgia

{{sortname|Chris|Kirk}}

| Georgia

{{sortname|Kevin|Larsen|dab=golfer}}

| Georgia Tech

{{sortname|Luke|List|dab=golfer}}

| Vanderbilt

{{sortname|Clay|Ogden}}

| Brigham Young

Thursday's matches

=Morning four-ball=

border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
style="background:#ddffdd;"

! width=160| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px}}

! Results

! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Cañizares/Martín

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 5 & 3

|Harman/Kirk

Haastrup/Luiten

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 4 & 3

|List/Ogden

Davies/Ramsay

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 6 & 4

|Baca/Blaum

Florén/Lewton

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1

|Castro/Larsen

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 4

| Four-ball

| 0

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 4

! Overall

! 0

=Afternoon singles=

border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
style="background:#ddffdd;"

! width=160| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px}}

! Results

! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Pablo Martín

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 6 & 5

|Brian Harman

Alejandro Cañizares

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 2 & 1

|Clay Ogden

Mark Haastrup

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 2

|Ryan Baca

Joost Luiten

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up

|Luke List

Richie Ramsay

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Roberto Castro

Oscar Florén

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 5 & 4

|Kevin Larsen

Steve Lewton

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up

|Chris Kirk

Rhys Davies

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 4 & 3

|Ryan Blaum

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 6

| Singles

| 2

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 10

! Overall

! 2

Friday's matches

=Morning foursomes=

border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
style="background:#ddffdd;"

! width=160| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px}}

! Results

! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Cañizares/Martín

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 6 & 5

|Blaum/Castro

Florén/Haastrup

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up

|Baca/Ogden

Luiten/Ramsay

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 3 & 2

|Harman/List

Davies/Lewton

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 4 & 3

|Kirk/Larsen

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 4

| Foursomes

| 0

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 14

! Overall

! 2

=Afternoon singles=

border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
style="background:#ddffdd;"

! width=160| {{flagicon|EUR|size=50px}}

! Results

! width=160| {{flagicon|USA|size=50px}}

Pablo Martín

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 3 & 2

|Roberto Castro

Oscar Florén

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 4 & 2

|Ryan Blaum

Mark Haastrup

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 5 & 3

|Brian Harman

Alejandro Cañizares

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 1 up

|Ryan Baca

Joost Luiten

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 2 up

|Kevin Larsen

Steve Lewton

|halved

|Clay Ogden

Rhys Davies

|align=left|{{flagicon|EUR}} 3 & 2

|Luke List

Richie Ramsay

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1 up

|Chris Kirk

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 5½

| Singles

| 2½

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 19½

! Overall

! 4½

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Steve Lewton and Clay Ogden.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/michael_carter_award |title=Michael Carter Award |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=September 23, 2016}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/ Palmer Cup official site]

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