2004 Palmer Cup
# 2004 Palmer Cup

The 2004 Palmer Cup was held on 6–7 August 2004 at Ballybunion Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland. Europe won 14½–9½.

## Format

On Friday, 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 Saturday 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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.

Europe :

| Name | Country | College |
| - | - | - |
| Graham Kaye head coach | Switzerland | |
| Lars Brovold | Norway | Alabama |
| Alejandro Cañizares | Spain | Arizona State |
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain | San Pablo, Madrid |
| Rhys Davies | Wales | East Tennessee State |
| Gareth Maybin | Northern Ireland | South Alabama |
| Francesco Molinari | Italy | Turin |
| Martin Rominger | Switzerland | South Carolina |
| Alex Norén | Sweden | Oklahoma State |

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Larry Penley head coach | Clemson |
| Joe Feaganes assistant coach | Marshall |
| Matt Every | Florida |
| Jack Ferguson | Clemson |
| Jason Hartwick | Texas |
| Billy Hurley III | Navy |
| J. J. Jakovac | Chico State |
| Ryan Moore | UNLV |
| Chris Nallen | Arizona |
| Chris Stroud | Lamar |

## Friday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Cañizares/Fdez-Castaño | 2 & 1 | Ferguson/Hurley |
| Molinari/Rominger | 1 up | Hartwick/Stroud |
| Davies/Maybin | 1 up | Every/Nallen |
| Brovold/Norén | 4 & 2 | Jakovac/Moore |
| 3 | Four-ball | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Francesco Molinari | 4 & 3 | Billy Hurley III |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 2 & 1 | Matt Every |
| Martin Rominger | 4 & 3 | J. J. Jakovac |
| Rhys Davies | 1 up | Jason Hartwick |
| Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | 8 & 6 | Jack Ferguson |
| Gareth Maybin | 2 up | Chris Stroud |
| Lars Brovold | 2 & 1 | Chris Nallen |
| Alex Norén | 3 & 1 | Ryan Moore |
| 6 | Singles | 2 |
| 9 | Overall | 3 |

## Saturday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Cañizares/Fdez-Castaño | 2 up | Jakovac/Moore |
| Molinari/Rominger | 1 up | Every/Nallen |
| Davies/Maybin | 2 & 1 | Hartwick/Stroud |
| Brovold/Norén | 1 up | Ferguson/Hurley |
| 1 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 10 | Overall | 6 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 2 up | J. J. Jakovac |
| Martin Rominger | 3 & 1 | Chris Nallen |
| Rhys Davies | 3 & 2 | Matt Every |
| Francesco Molinari | halved | Jack Ferguson |
| Gareth Maybin | 2 & 1 | Jason Hartwick |
| Alex Norén | 2 & 1 | Chris Stroud |
| Lars Brovold | 8 & 6 | Billy Hurley III |
| Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | 4 & 3 | Ryan Moore |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 14½ | Overall | 9½ |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Gareth Maybin and Chris Stroud.

