2012 Palmer Cup
# 2012 Palmer Cup

The 2012 Palmer Cup was held on 28–30 June 2012 at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Europe won 13½–10½. The United States led 10–6 at the start of the final day but Europe won 7 of the 8 singles matches and halved the other to win the match.

## Format

On Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on Friday, and eight more on Saturday. 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.

Europe :

| Name | Country | College |
| - | - | - |
| Rickard Lindberg head coach | Sweden | |
| David Ingles assistant coach | Scotland | Northwestern |
| David Booth | England | Stirling |
| Julien Brun | France | Texas Christian |
| Sebastian Cappelen | Denmark | Arkansas |
| Daan Huizing | Netherlands | Utrecht |
| Robert S. Karlsson | Sweden | Liberty |
| Thomas Pieters | Belgium | Illinois |
| Graeme Robertson | Scotland | Stirling |
| Pontus Widegren | Sweden | UCLA |

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Josh Gregory head coach | SMU |
| Christian Newton assistant coach | Georgia Tech |
| Blayne Barber | Auburn |
| Derek Ernst | UNLV |
| Corbin Mills | Clemson |
| Patrick Rodgers | Stanford |
| Justin Thomas | Alabama |
| James White | Georgia Tech |
| Chris Williams | Washington |
| Andrew Yun | Stanford |

## Thursday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Huizing/Pieters | 1 up | Williams/Yun |
| Brun/Cappelen | halved | Ernst/Mills |
| Booth/Robertson | 6 & 4 | Barber/White |
| Karlsson/Widegren | 2 up | Rodgers/Thomas |
| ½ | Four-ball | 3½ |
| ½ | Overall | 3½ |

### Afternoon foursomes

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Huizing/Pieters | 1 up | Ernst/Yun |
| Robertson/Widegren | 5 & 4 | Mills/Williams |
| Booth/Karlsson | 2 & 1 | Barber/White |
| Brun/Cappelen | 1 up | Rodgers/Thomas |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 1½ | Overall | 6½ |

## Friday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Graeme Robertson | 3 & 2 | Chris Williams |
| Julien Brun | 2 & 1 | Blayne Barber |
| Daan Huizing | 1 up | Corbin Mills |
| David Booth | 4 & 2 | Andrew Yun |
| Thomas Pieters | halved | James White |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 4 & 2 | Derek Ernst |
| Sebastian Cappelen | halved | Justin Thomas |
| Pontus Widegren | halved | Patrick Rodgers |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 6 | Overall | 10 |

## Saturday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 3 & 2 | Chris Williams |
| Daan Huizing | 4 & 3 | Justin Thomas |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 2 & 1 | Patrick Rodgers |
| Thomas Pieters | halved | Corbin Mills |
| David Booth | 2 up | James White |
| Graeme Robertson | 2 up | Derek Ernst |
| Julien Brun | 6 & 5 | Blayne Barber |
| Pontus Widegren | 3 & 1 | Andrew Yun |
| 7½ | Singles | ½ |
| 13½ | Overall | 10½ |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Robert S. Karlsson and Andrew Yun.

