| Palmer Cup | |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Dates: | July 10–12, 1997 |
| Venue: | Bay Hill Club and Lodge |
| Location: | Orlando, Florida |
| Home: | USA |
| Away: | GB&I |
| Homescore: | 19 |
| Awayscore: | 5 |
| Result: | United States wins |
The 1997 Palmer Cup was held on July 10–12, 1997 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The United States won 19 to 5.[1]
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.
Eight college golfers from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland participated in the event.
| Name | College | |
|---|---|---|
head coach | UNLV | |
team manager | Alabama | |
| Texas | ||
| Southern California | ||
| Stanford | ||
| TCU | ||
| UNLV | ||
| Oklahoma State | ||
| Clemson | ||
| Ohio State | ||
| & | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College | |
head coach | |||
team manager | |||
| Clemson | |||
| UAB | |||
| Dublin | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| Alabama | |||
| East Tennessee State | |||
| Edinburgh | |||
| Emory | |||
| width=160 |  &  | Results | width=160 |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan/Steven | 3 & 1 | Elder/Van Pelt | ||
| MacDonald/White | 2 & 1 | Hull/Kribel | ||
| Coughlan/Lawrie | 2 & 1 | Warren/Wollmann | ||
| Laurence/Le Mesurier | 5 & 4 | Ochoa/Oh | ||
| 1 | Four-ball | 3 | ||
| 1 | Overall | 3 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence/Le Mesurier | 2 & 1 | Ochoa/Oh | ||
| Nolan/Steven | 5 & 4 | Elder/Van Pelt | ||
| MacDonald/White | 4 & 3 | Hull/Kribel | ||
| Coughlan/Lawrie | 7 & 6 | Warren/Wollmann | ||
| 0 | Foursomes | 4 | ||
| 1 | Overall | 7 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Coughlan | 3 & 2 | Bo Van Pelt | ||
| Andrew White | 2 & 1 | Brad Elder | ||
| Keith Nolan | 3 & 2 | Ted Oh | ||
| Peter Lawrie | halved | Chris Wollmann | ||
| Martin Le Mesurier | 4 & 2 | Charles Warren | ||
| Allan MacDonald | 7 & 6 | Brian Hull | ||
| Neil Steven | 4 & 2 | Alberto Ochoa | ||
| Andrew Laurence | 2 up | Joel Kribel | ||
| 1½ | Singles | 6½ | ||
| 2½ | Overall | 13½ |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lawrie | halved | Alberto Ochoa | ||
| Neil Steven | 4 & 2 | Joel Kribel | ||
| Keith Nolan | 2 & 1 | Brian Hull | ||
| Richie Coughlan | 4 & 2 | Chris Wollmann | ||
| Martin Le Mesurier | 2 up | Ted Oh | ||
| Andrew Laurence | 1 up | Charles Warren | ||
| Allan MacDonald | 2 up | Bo Van Pelt | ||
| Andrew White | 1 up | Brad Elder | ||
| 2½ | Singles | 5½ | ||
| 5 | Overall | 19 |