2010 Palmer Cup
# 2010 Palmer Cup

The 2010 Palmer Cup was held on 24–26 June 2010 at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The United States won 13–11.

## Format

The format was revised with play being over three days rather than two. 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Dean Robertson head coach | Scotland | |
| Walle Danewid assistant coach | Sweden | |
| James Byrne | Scotland | Arizona State |
| Rhys Enoch | Wales | East Tennessee State |
| Jesper Kennegård | Sweden | Arizona State |
| David Lingmerth | Sweden | Arkansas |
| Henrik Norlander | Sweden | Augusta State |
| Andrea Pavan | Italy | Texas A&M |
| Patrick Spraggs | England | Stirling |
| Pontus Widegren | Sweden | UCLA |

United States :

| Name | College |
| - | - |
| Chris Zambri head coach | Southern California |
| Brian Sharp assistant coach | Virginia Tech |
| Tyson Alexander | Florida |
| John Chin | UC Irvine |
| David Chung | Stanford |
| Russell Henley | Georgia |
| Scott Langley | Georgia |
| Daniel Miernicki | Oregon |
| Corey Nagy | Charlotte |
| Jonathan Randolph | Mississippi |

## Thursday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Norlander/Widegren | 4 & 3 | Langley/Nagy |
| Enoch/Pavan | 3 & 2 | Chin/Miernicki |
| Lingmerth/Spraggs | 1 up | Chung/Randolph |
| Byrne/Kennegard | 3 & 1 | Alexander/Henley |
| 2 | Four-ball | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 2 |

### Afternoon foursomes

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Enoch/Pavan | 1 up | Chin/Miernicki |
| Lingmerth/Spraggs | 5 & 4 | Chung/Randolph |
| Byrne/Widegren | 2 up | Langley/Nagy |
| Kennegard/Norlander | 1 up | Alexander/Henley |
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 2 | Overall | 6 |

## Friday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Henrik Norlander | 1 up | Daniel Miernicki |
| David Lingmerth | 2 & 1 | John Chin |
| Pontus Widegren | 3 & 2 | Corey Nagy |
| Andrea Pavan | 5 & 4 | Scott Langley |
| James Byrne | 4 & 3 | Jonathan Randolph |
| Rhys Enoch | 4 & 3 | David Chung |
| Patrick Spraggs | 2 & 1 | Tyson Alexander |
| Jesper Kennegard | 2 & 1 | Russell Henley |
| 5 | Singles | 3 |
| 7 | Overall | 9 |

## Saturday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| James Byrne | 5 & 3 | Daniel Miernicki |
| Henrik Norlander | 4 & 2 | David Chung |
| David Lingmerth | 2 up | Jonathan Randolph |
| Pontus Widegren | 6 & 5 | Corey Nagy |
| Patrick Spraggs | 1 up | John Chin |
| Rhys Enoch | 1 up | Scott Langley |
| Andrea Pavan | 2 & 1 | Tyson Alexander |
| Jesper Kennegard | 4 & 2 | Russell Henley |
| 4 | Singles | 4 |
| 11 | Overall | 13 |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Henrik Norlander and Daniel Miernicki.

