2009 Palmer Cup
# 2009 Palmer Cup

The 2009 Palmer Cup was held on June 4–5, 2009 at Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. Europe won 13 to 11.

## Format

On Thursday, 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 Friday 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 |
| - | - |
| Matt Thurmond head coach | Washington |
| Walter Chung assistant coach | California |
| Bud Cauley | Alabama |
| Erik Flores | UCLA |
| Morgan Hoffmann | Oklahoma State |
| Trent Leon | Oklahoma State |
| Adam Mitchell | Georgia |
| Cameron Tringale | Georgia Tech |
| Mike Van Sickle | Marquette |
| Steve Ziegler | Stanford |

Europe :

| Name | Country | College |
| - | - | - |
| Dean Robertson head coach | Scotland | |
| Walle Danewid assistant coach | Sweden | |
| Jorge Campillo | Spain | Indiana |
| Stephan Gross | Germany | Arizona State |
| Leonardo Motta | Italy | IULM Milan |
| Henrik Norlander | Sweden | Augusta State |
| Chris Paisley | England | Tennessee |
| Andrea Pavan | Italy | Texas A&M |
| Tim Sluiter | Netherlands | Southern California |
| Robin Wingardh | Sweden | Tennessee |

## Thursday's matches

### Morning four-ball

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Campillo/Sluiter | 2 up | Cauley/Leon |
| Norlander/Wingardh | 6 & 4 | Flores/Mitchell |
| Motta/Pavan | 2 up | Van Sickle/Ziegler |
| Gross/Paisley | 2 up | Hoffmann/Tringale |
| 3 | Four-ball | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Robin Wingardh | 4 & 3 | Bud Cauley |
| Jorge Campillo | 1 up | Mike Van Sickle |
| Tim Sluiter | halved | Cameron Tringale |
| Leonardo Motta | 2 up | Morgan Hoffmann |
| Stephan Gross | 3 & 1 | Erik Flores |
| Andrea Pavan | 2 & 1 | Steve Ziegler |
| Chris Paisley | 4 & 2 | Adam Mitchell |
| Henrik Norlander | 3 & 2 | Trent Leon |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 7½ | Overall | 4½ |

## Friday's matches

### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Campillo/Sluiter | 5 & 4 | Cauley/Van Sickle |
| Gross/Paisley | 1 up | Flores/Ziegler |
| Motta/Pavan | 3 & 2 | Leon/Mitchell |
| Norlander/Wingardh | 1 up | Hoffmann/Tringale |
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
| 9½ | Overall | 6½ |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| - | - | - |
| Jorge Campillo | 2 & 1 | Bud Cauley |
| Stephan Gross | 5 & 4 | Steve Ziegler |
| Tim Sluiter | 1 up | Morgan Hoffmann |
| Chris Paisley | 1 up | Cameron Tringale |
| Leonardo Motta | 8 & 7 | Mike Van Sickle |
| Andrea Pavan | halved | Erik Flores |
| Robin Wingardh | 2 & 1 | Trent Leon |
| Henrik Norlander | 3 & 2 | Adam Mitchell |
| 3½ | Singles | 4½ |
| 13 | Overall | 11 |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Trent Leon and Robin Wingardh.

