| Dates | 26–27 June 2008 | ||||
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| Venue | Gailes Links | ||||
| Location | Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||
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| Europe wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
| ← 20072009 → | |||||
The 2008 Palmer Cup was held on 26–27 June 2008 on the Gailes Links in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Europe won 14–10.
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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.
 United States
| |
|---|---|
| Name | College |
| Conrad Ray head coach |
Stanford |
| Andy Bischel assistant coach |
UNLV |
| Kevin Chappell | UNLV |
| Derek Fathauer | Louisville |
| Rickie Fowler | Oklahoma State |
| Aaron Goldberg | San Diego State |
| Chesson Hadley | Georgia Tech |
| Billy Horschel | Florida |
| Adam Mitchell | Georgia |
| Michael Thompson | Alabama |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
|
Results | 
|
|---|---|---|
| Blixt/Enander Hedin |  1 up
|
Hadley/Mitchell |
| Caldwell/Shaw | halved | Chappell/Goldberg |
| Borrowman/Ford | 2 & 1
|
Fathauer/Thompson |
| Campillo/Sluiter | 4 & 2
|
Fowler/Horschel |
| 2½ | Four-ball | 1½ |
| 2½ | Overall | 1½ |
Afternoon singles
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Jonas Enander Hedin | 2 up
|
Aaron Goldberg |
| Jonas Blixt | 5 & 4
|
Adam Mitchell |
| Jonathan Caldwell | 2 & 1
|
Chesson Hadley |
| Gareth Shaw | 1 up
|
Derek Fathauer |
| Scott Borrowman | 1 up
|
Billy Horschel |
| Charlie Ford | 4 & 3
|
Rickie Fowler |
| Jorge Campillo | 4 & 3
|
Kevin Chappell |
| Tim Sluiter | 1 up
|
Michael Thompson |
| 3 | Singles | 5 |
| 5½ | Overall | 6½ |
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Blixt/Enander Hedin | 4 & 3
|
Goldberg/Thompson |
| Borrowman/Ford | 3 & 1
|
Horschel/Mitchell |
| Caldwell/Shaw | 1 up
|
Fathauer/Hadley |
| Campillo/Sluiter | 3 & 2
|
Chappell/Fowler |
| 4 | Foursomes | 0 |
| 9½ | Overall | 6½ |
Afternoon singles
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Campillo | halved | Rickie Fowler |
| Jonas Blixt | 2 & 1
|
Michael Thompson |
| Charlie Ford | halved | Billy Horschel |
| Gareth Shaw | 1 up
|
Chesson Hadley |
| Scott Borrowman | halved | Kevin Chappell |
| Jonas Enander Hedin | 3 & 2
|
Adam Mitchell |
| Jonathan Caldwell | 3 & 2
|
Aaron Goldberg |
| Tim Sluiter | 3 & 1
|
Derek Fathauer |
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ |
| 14 | Overall | 10 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Jonas Enander Hedin and Michael Thompson.
References
- "2008 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 23 September 2016.