2005 Palmer Cup
# 2005 Palmer Cup

The 2005 Palmer Cup was held on June 8–9, 2005 on the Irish Course, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin. The United States won 14 to 10.

## Format

On Wednesday, 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 Thursday 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.

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Buddy Alex head coach | Florida |
| Tom Drennan assistant coach | Rhode Island |
| Ryan Blaum | Duke |
| Roberto Castro | Georgia Tech |
| Matt Every | Florida |
| J. B. Holmes | Kentucky |
| Spencer Levin | New Mexico |
| Jeff Overton | Indiana |
| Michael Putnam | Pepperdine |
| Matthew Rosenfeld | Texas |

Europe :

| Name | Country | College |
| - | - | - |
| Magnus Grankvist head coach | Sweden | |
| David Llewellyn assistant coach | Wales | |
| Alejandro Cañizares | Spain | Arizona State |
| Rhys Davies | Wales | East Tennessee State |
| Kalle Edberg | Sweden | Augusta State |
| Scott Jamieson | Scotland | Arizona State |
| Pablo Martín | Spain | Oklahoma State |
| Alex Norén | Sweden | Oklahoma State |
| David Skinns | England | Tennessee |
| Steven Tiley | England | Georgia State |

## Wednesday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Davies/Tiley | 6 & 4 | Holmes/Levin |
| Jamieson/Skinns | 3 & 2 | Every/Rosenfeld |
| Cañizares/Martín | 2 & 1 | Overton/Putnam |
| Edberg/Norén | 1 up | Blaum/Castro |
| 2 | Four-ball | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 2 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Rhys Davies | halved | Spencer Levin |
| David Skinns | 4 & 2 | Matt Every |
| Steven Tiley | 3 & 2 | J. B. Holmes |
| Pablo Martín | halved | Jeff Overton |
| Scott Jamieson | 5 & 4 | Michael Putnam |
| Alex Norén | 5 & 4 | Ryan Blaum |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 3 & 1 | Matthew Rosenfeld |
| Kalle Edberg | 3 & 1 | Roberto Castro |
| 4 | Singles | 4 |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |

## Thursday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Edberg/Norén | 3 & 2 | Every/Rosenfeld |
| Jamieson/Skinns | 3 & 1 | Holmes/Putnam |
| Davies/Tiley | 3 & 2 | Blaum/Levin |
| Cañizares/Martín | 5 & 4 | Castro/Overton |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Scott Jamieson | 2 & 1 | Matt Every |
| David Skinns | 3 & 1 | Michael Putnam |
| Alex Norén | 3 & 2 | J. B. Holmes |
| Kalle Edberg | 1 up | Matthew Rosenfeld |
| Rhys Davies | 3 & 2 | Ryan Blaum |
| Steven Tiley | 4 & 3 | Roberto Castro |
| Pablo Martín | 4 & 3 | Jeff Overton |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 1 up | Spencer Levin |
| 2 | Singles | 6 |
| 10 | Overall | 14 |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Matt Every and David Skinns.

