The 2007 Palmer Cup was held on June 7–8, 2007 on the Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland. The United States won 18 to 6.[1] Europe took a 3–1 lead on the first morning but the United States won all 8 of the afternoon singles matches to lead 9–3.

2007 Palmer Cup
DatesJune 7–8, 2007
VenueCaves Valley Golf Club
LocationOwings Mills, Maryland
United States 18 6 Europe
United States wins the Palmer Cup
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Format

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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 121/2 points won the competition.

Teams

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Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.

  United States
Name College
Mike McGraw
head coach
Oklahoma State
John Knauer
assistant coach
Arizona
Brian Harman Georgia
Billy Horschel Florida
Dustin Johnson Coastal Carolina
Chris Kirk Georgia
Luke List Vanderbilt
Jamie Lovemark Southern California
Jonathan Moore Oklahoma State
Webb Simpson Wake Forest
  Europe
Name Country College
Chris van der Velde
head coach
  Netherlands
Peter Svallin
assistant coach
  Sweden
Jonas Blixt   Sweden Florida State
Jorge Campillo   Spain Indiana
Rhys Davies   Wales East Tennessee State
Oscar Florén   Sweden Texas Tech
Mark Haastrup   Denmark Georgia State
Pedro Oriol   Spain Arizona
Gareth Shaw   Northern Ireland East Tennessee State
Gordon Yates   Scotland Stirling

Thursday's matches

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Morning four-ball

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  Results  
Davies/Shaw   9 & 7 List/Lovemark
Campillo/Oriol   3 & 2 Harman/Horschel
Haastrup/Yates   1 up Moore/Simpson
Blixt/Florén   2 & 1 Johnson/Kirk
3 Four-ball 1
3 Overall 1

Afternoon singles

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  Results  
Rhys Davies   4 & 2 Jamie Lovemark
Jorge Campillo   2 up Luke List
Gareth Shaw   2 up Billy Horschel
Pedro Oriol   4 & 2 Brian Harman
Gordon Yates   2 & 1 Jonathan Moore
Jonas Blixt   2 & 1 Webb Simpson
Mark Haastrup   1 up Chris Kirk
Oscar Florén   4 & 2 Dustin Johnson
0 Singles 8
3 Overall 9

Friday's matches

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Morning foursomes

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  Results  
Campillo/Oriol   5 & 4 Harman/Horschel
Blixt/Florén   5 & 4 List/Lovemark
Haastrup/Yates   4 & 3 Moore/Simpson
Davies/Shaw   2 & 1 Johnson/Kirk
1 Foursomes 3
4 Overall 12

Afternoon singles

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  Results  
Oscar Florén   4 & 3 Billy Horschel
Gordon Yates   6 & 5 Luke List
Gareth Shaw   1 up Brian Harman
Jonas Blixt   1 up Webb Simpson
Mark Haastrup   2 & 1 Jamie Lovemark
Pedro Oriol   2 & 1 Jonathan Moore
Jorge Campillo   2 & 1 Dustin Johnson
Rhys Davies   4 & 2 Chris Kirk
2 Singles 6
6 Overall 18

Michael Carter award

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The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonathan Moore and Rhys Davies.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2007 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
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