2000 Palmer Cup
# 2000 Palmer Cup

The 2000 Palmer Cup was held on 15–16 August 2000 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Great Britain and Ireland won 12½–11½. At the final hole of the final match, Phil Rowe holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie, to halve his match and win the Palmer Cup.

## Format

On Tuesday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on the Wednesday morning with a further eight more 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 Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.

Great Britain &  Ireland :

| Name | Country | College |
| - | - | - |
| Clive Brown team manager | Wales | |
| Mark Booker | England | Surrey |
| Jamie Elson | England | Augusta State |
| Max Harris | England | North Carolina |
| Joel Hendry | Scotland | New Mexico |
| Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | Alabama at Birmingham |
| Simon Robinson | England | Houston |
| Phil Rowe | England | Stanford |
| Kyron Sullivan | Wales | Wales |

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Ross Randall head coach | Kansas |
| Mark Simpson team manager | Colorado |
| Jonathan Byrd | Clemson |
| Nick Cassini | Georgia |
| John Engler | Clemson |
| Lucas Glover | Clemson |
| Jeff Klauk | Florida Southern |
| Andy Miller | Brigham Young |
| Andy Sanders | Houston |
| Chris Wisler | East Tennessee State |

## Tuesday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Elson/Harris | 3 & 2 | Cassini/Sanders |
| Booker/Hendry | 5 & 3 | Glover/Miller |
| McDowell/Sullivan | 2 up | Klauk/Wisler |
| Robinson/Rowe | halved | Byrd/Engler |
| 2½ | Four-ball | 1½ |
| 2½ | Overall | 1½ |

### Afternoon foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Elson/Harris | 5 & 3 | Miller/Sanders |
| Booker/Hendry | 5 & 4 | Byrd/Cassini |
| McDowell/Robinson | 1 up | Engler/Wisler |
| Rowe/Sullivan | 3 & 1 | Glover/Klauk |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 4½ | Overall | 3½ |

## Wednesday's matches

### Morning singles

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Graeme McDowell | 6 & 4 | Lucas Glover |
| Joel Hendry | 3 & 2 | Andy Miller |
| Max Harris | halved | Nick Cassini |
| Jamie Elson | 1 up | Jonathan Byrd |
| Simon Robinson | 3 & 2 | John Engler |
| Mark Booker | 3 & 2 | Andy Sanders |
| Kyron Sullivan | 1 up | Chris Wisler |
| Phil Rowe | 1 up | Jeff Klauk |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 9 | Overall | 7 |

### Afternoon singles

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Graeme McDowell | 1 up | Lucas Glover |
| Max Harris | 3 & 2 | Andy Miller |
| Joel Hendry | 1 up | Nick Cassini |
| Kyron Sullivan | 5 & 4 | Chris Wisler |
| Jamie Elson | 1 up | John Engler |
| Mark Booker | 4 & 3 | Jeff Klauk |
| Simon Robinson | 3 & 2 | Andy Sanders |
| Phil Rowe | halved | Jonathan Byrd |
| 3½ | Singles | 4½ |
| 12½ | Overall | 11½ |
