| Dates | June 9–11, 2011 | ||||
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| Venue | The Stanwich Club | ||||
| Location | Greenwich, Connecticut | ||||
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| United States wins the Palmer Cup | |||||
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The 2011 Palmer Cup was held on June 9–11, 2011 at The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticut. The United States 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 |
| Tim Poe head coach |
Central Missouri |
| Michael Burcin assistant coach |
South Carolina |
| Blayne Barber | Auburn |
| Patrick Cantlay | UCLA |
| Alex Carpenter | Abilene Christian |
| Russell Henley | Georgia |
| Daniel Miernicki | Oregon |
| Arnond Vongvanij | Florida |
| Chris Williams | Washington |
| Andrew Yun | Stanford |
 Europe
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College |
| Rickard Lindberg head coach |
 Sweden
|
|
| David Ingles assistant coach |
 Scotland
|
Northwestern |
| Sebastian Cappelen |  Denmark
|
Arkansas |
| Nacho Elvira |  Spain
|
Texas A&M |
| Nils Florén | Sweden
|
Texas Tech |
| Jeff Karlsson | Sweden
|
Kennesaw State |
| Robert S. Karlsson | Sweden
|
Liberty |
| Henrik Norlander | Sweden
|
Augusta State |
| Nick Macandrew | Scotland
|
Aberdeen |
| Pontus Widegren | Sweden
|
UCLA |
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball
|
Results | 
|
|---|---|---|
| Cappelen/Elvira | 2 & 1
|
Vongvanij/Yun |
| Florén/J. Karlsson | 4 & 2
|
Cantlay/Carpenter |
| R. Karlsson/Macandrew | 4 & 3
|
Miernicki/Williams |
| Norlander/Widegren | 3 & 2
|
Barber/Henley |
| 1 | Four-ball | 3 |
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
Afternoon foursomes
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Florén/Macandrew | 5 & 4
|
Vongvanij/Yun |
| Cappelen/Elvira | 5 & 3
|
Barber/Carpenter |
| J. Karlsson/R. Karlsson | halved | Miernicki/Williams |
| Norlander/Widegren | 5 & 4
|
Cantlay/Henley |
| 2½ | Foursomes | 1½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 4½ |
Friday's singles matches
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Pontus Widegren | 6 & 4
|
Arnond Vongvanij |
| Nick Macandrew | 7 & 6
|
Andrew Yun |
| Nils Florén | 3 & 2
|
Daniel Miernicki |
| Jeff Karlsson | 2 & 1
|
Alex Carpenter |
| Robert S. Karlsson | halved | Patrick Cantlay |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 1 up
|
Russell Henley |
| Nacho Elvira | halved | Chris Williams |
| Henrik Norlander | 2 & 1
|
Blayne Barber |
| 5 | Singles | 3 |
| 8½ | Overall | 7½ |
Saturday's singles matches
|
|
Results |
|
|---|---|---|
| Nick Macandrew | 3 & 1
|
Patrick Cantlay |
| Nils Florén | 4 & 2
|
Alex Carpenter |
| Jeff Karlsson | 6 & 5
|
Arnond Vongvanij |
| Robert S. Karlsson | 5 & 3
|
Daniel Miernicki |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 1 up
|
Russell Henley |
| Nacho Elvira | halved | Blayne Barber |
| Henrik Norlander | 3 & 2
|
Chris Williams |
| Pontus Widegren | 1 up
|
Andrew Yun |
| 2½ | Singles | 5½ |
| 11 | Overall | 13 |
Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Russell Henley and Nacho Elvira.
References
- "2011 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- "Michael Carter Award". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved September 24, 2016.