2000 Palmer Cup

2000 Palmer Cup

Dates	15–16 August 2000
Venue	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Location	Hoylake, England
12½ 11½
Great Britain and Ireland wins the 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.^[1] At the final hole of the final match, Philip Rowe holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie, to halve his match and win the Palmer Cup.^[2]

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
Brown, CliveClive Brown team manager	Wales
Booker, MarkMark Booker	England	Surrey
Elson, JamieJamie Elson	England	Augusta State
Harris, MaxMax Harris	England	North Carolina
Hendry, JoelJoel Hendry	Scotland	New Mexico
McDowell, GraemeGraeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	Alabama at Birmingham
Robinson, SimonSimon Robinson	England	Houston
Rowe, PhilipPhilip Rowe	England	Stanford
Sullivan, KyronKyron Sullivan	Wales	Wales

United States
Name	College
Randall, RossRoss Randall head coach	Kansas
Simpson, MarkMark Simpson team manager	Colorado
Byrd, JonathanJonathan Byrd	Clemson
Cassini, NickNick Cassini	Georgia
Engler, JohnJohn Engler	Clemson
Glover, LucasLucas Glover	Clemson
Klauk, JeffJeff Klauk	Florida Southern
Miller, AndyAndy Miller	Brigham Young
Sanders, AndyAndy Sanders	Houston
Wisler, ChrisChris 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
Philip 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
Philip Rowe	halved	Jonathan Byrd
3½	Singles	4½
12½	Overall	11½

References

1. "2000 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
2. http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=205515195

External links

• Palmer Cup official site