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2011 Palmer Cup

{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Palmer Cup

| year = 2011

| logo =

| logowidth =

| dates = June 9–11, 2011

| venue = The Stanwich Club

| location = Greenwich, Connecticut

| home = USA

| away = Europe

| homecaptain =

| awaycaptain =

| homescore = 13

| awayscore = 11

| result = United States wins

}}

The 2011 Palmer Cup was held on June 9–11, 2011 at The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticut. The United States won 13 to 11.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/content/2011 |title=2011 results |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=September 24, 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 the United States and Europe participated in the event.

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Name

!College

{{sortname|Tim|Poe|dab=golfer}}
head coach

| Central Missouri

{{sortname|Michael|Burcin}}
assistant coach

| South Carolina

{{sortname|Blayne|Barber}}

| Auburn

{{sortname|Patrick|Cantlay}}

| UCLA

{{sortname|Alex|Carpenter|dab=golfer}}

| Abilene Christian

{{sortname|Russell|Henley}}

| Georgia

{{sortname|Daniel|Miernicki}}

| Oregon

{{sortname|Arnond|Vongvanij}}

| Florida

{{sortname|Chris|Williams|dab=American golfer}}

| Washington

{{sortname|Andrew|Yun}}

| Stanford

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Name

!Country

!College

{{sortname|Rickard|Lindberg}}
head coach

|{{SWE}}

|

{{sortname|David|Ingles}}
assistant coach

|{{SCO}}

| Northwestern

{{sortname|Sebastian|Cappelen}}

|{{DNK}}

| Arkansas

{{sortname|Nacho|Elvira}}

|{{ESP}}

| Texas A&M

{{sortname|Nils|Florén}}

|{{SWE}}

| Texas Tech

{{sortname|Jeff|Karlsson}}

|{{SWE}}

| Kennesaw State

{{sortname|Robert S.|Karlsson}}

|{{SWE}}

| Liberty

{{sortname|Henrik|Norlander}}

|{{SWE}}

| Augusta State

{{sortname|Nick|Macandrew}}

|{{SCO}}

| Aberdeen

{{sortname|Pontus|Widegren}}

|{{SWE}}

| UCLA

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}}

Cappelen/Elvira

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

|Vongvanij/Yun

Florén/J. Karlsson

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

|Cantlay/Carpenter

R. Karlsson/Macandrew

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

|Miernicki/Williams

Norlander/Widegren

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

|Barber/Henley

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 1

| Four-ball

| 3

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 1

! Overall

! 3

=Afternoon foursomes=

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style="background:#ddffdd;"

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

! Results

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

Florén/Macandrew

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

|Vongvanij/Yun

Cappelen/Elvira

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

|Barber/Carpenter

J. Karlsson/R. Karlsson

|halved

|Miernicki/Williams

Norlander/Widegren

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

|Cantlay/Henley

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 2½

| Foursomes

| 1½

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 3½

! Overall

! 4½

Friday's singles matches

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}}

Pontus Widegren

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

|Arnond Vongvanij

Nick Macandrew

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 7 & 6

|Andrew Yun

Nils Florén

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

|Daniel Miernicki

Jeff Karlsson

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

|Alex Carpenter

Robert S. Karlsson

|halved

|Patrick Cantlay

Sebastian Cappelen

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

|Russell Henley

Nacho Elvira

|halved

|Chris Williams

Henrik Norlander

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

|Blayne Barber

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 5

| Singles

| 3

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 8½

! Overall

! 7½

Saturday's singles matches

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}}

Nick Macandrew

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 3 & 1

|Patrick Cantlay

Nils Florén

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

|Alex Carpenter

Jeff Karlsson

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

|Arnond Vongvanij

Robert S. Karlsson

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

|Daniel Miernicki

Sebastian Cappelen

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

|Russell Henley

Nacho Elvira

|halved

|Blayne Barber

Henrik Norlander

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

|Chris Williams

Pontus Widegren

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

|Andrew Yun

style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 2½

| Singles

| 5½

style="background:#aaffaa;"

! 11

! Overall

! 13

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Russell Henley and Nacho Elvira.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/michael_carter_award |title=Michael Carter Award |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=September 24, 2016}}

References

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External links

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

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