1998 Palmer Cup
# 1998 Palmer Cup

The 1998 Palmer Cup was held on 3–4 August 1998 on the Old Course and New Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The match was tied 12–12.

## Format

On Monday, 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 Tuesday 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Peter Dawson head coach | England | |
| Alistair Crinson team manager | England | |
| Luke Donald | England | Northwestern |
| Robert Duck | England | Augusta State |
| Max Harris | England | North Carolina |
| Oliver Lindsay | Scotland | St Andrews |
| Graeme Maly | England | St Andrews |
| Oliver Pughe | Wales | Wales |
| Rory Sabbatini | England | Arizona |
| Kyron Sullivan | Wales | Wales |

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Rod Myers head coach | Duke |
| Tim Brown team manager | Skidmore |
| Jeremy Anderson | UNLV |
| J. J. Henry | TCU |
| Charles Howell III | Oklahoma State |
| Matt Kuchar | Georgia Tech |
| Hank Kuehne | SMU |
| Doug LaBelle II | New Mexico |
| Edward Loar | Oklahoma State |
| Bryce Molder | Georgia Tech |

## Monday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Donald/Duck | 1 up | Kuehne/Molder |
| Pughe/Sullivan | 3 & 2 | Anderson/Kuchar |
| Maly/Sabbatini | 2 & 1 | Howell/LaBelle |
| Harris/Lindsay | halved | Henry/Loar |
| 3½ | Four-ball | ½ |
| 3½ | Overall | ½ |

### Afternoon foursomes

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Pughe/Sullivan | 5 & 3 | Kuchar/Molder |
| Donald/Duck | 1 up | Anderson/Howell |
| Maly/Sabbatini | 1 up | LaBelle/Loar |
| Harris/Lindsay | 4 & 3 | Henry/Kuehne |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 5½ | Overall | 2½ |

## Tuesday's matches

### Morning singles

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Kyron Sullivan | 1 up | Edward Loar |
| Rory Sabbatini | 2 & 1 | J. J. Henry |
| Oliver Lindsay | halved | Hank Kuehne |
| Max Harris | 4 & 3 | Jeremy Anderson |
| Robert Duck | 5 & 4 | Doug LaBelle II |
| Luke Donald | 2 up | Charles Howell III |
| Oliver Pughe | 1 up | Bryce Molder |
| Graeme Maly | 2 & 1 | Matt Kuchar |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 10 | Overall | 6 |

### Afternoon singles

| & | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Kyron Sullivan | 3 & 2 | Jeremy Anderson |
| Rory Sabbatini | 4 & 3 | Doug LaBelle II |
| Graeme Maly | 1 up | Charles Howell III |
| Luke Donald | 1 up | Hank Kuehne |
| Oliver Lindsay | halved | J. J. Henry |
| Oliver Pughe | 2 & 1 | Edward Loar |
| Robert Duck | 1 up | Matt Kuchar |
| Max Harris | halved | Bryce Molder |
| 2 | Singles | 6 |
| 12 | Overall | 12 |
