| Palmer Cup | |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Dates: | 3–4 August 1998 |
| Venue: | Old Course and New Course |
| Location: | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Home: | GB&I |
| Away: | USA |
| Homescore: | 12 |
| Awayscore: | 12 |
| Result: | A tie in |
The 1998 Palmer Cup was held on 3–4 August 1998 on the Old Course and New Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The match was tied 12–12.[1]
On Monday, 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 Tuesday 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.
Eight college golfers from the Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College | |
head coach | |||
team manager | |||
| Northwestern | |||
| Augusta State | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| St Andrews | |||
| St Andrews | |||
| Wales | |||
| Arizona | |||
| Wales | |||
| Name | College | |
|---|---|---|
head coach | Duke | |
team manager | Skidmore | |
| UNLV | ||
| TCU | ||
| Oklahoma State | ||
| Georgia Tech | ||
| SMU | ||
| New Mexico | ||
| Oklahoma State | ||
| Georgia Tech | ||
| width=160 |  &  | Results | width=160 |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald/Duck | 1 up | Kuehne/Molder | ||
| Pughe/Sullivan | 3 & 2 | Anderson/Kuchar | ||
| Maly/Sabbatini | 2 & 1 | Howell/LaBelle | ||
| Harris/Lindsay | halved | Henry/Loar | ||
| 3½ | Four-ball | ½ | ||
| 3½ | Overall | ½ |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pughe/Sullivan | 5 & 3 | Kuchar/Molder | ||
| Donald/Duck | 1 up | Anderson/Howell | ||
| Maly/Sabbatini | 1 up | LaBelle/Loar | ||
| Harris/Lindsay | 4 & 3 | Henry/Kuehne | ||
| 2 | Foursomes | 2 | ||
| 5½ | Overall | 2½ |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyron Sullivan | 1 up | Edward Loar | ||
| Rory Sabbatini | 2 & 1 | J. J. Henry | ||
| Oliver Lindsay | halved | Hank Kuehne | ||
| Max Harris | 4 & 3 | Jeremy Anderson | ||
| Robert Duck | 5 & 4 | Doug LaBelle II | ||
| Luke Donald | 2 up | Charles Howell III | ||
| Oliver Pughe | 1 up | Bryce Molder | ||
| Graeme Maly | 2 & 1 | Matt Kuchar | ||
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ | ||
| 10 | Overall | 6 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyron Sullivan | 3 & 2 | Jeremy Anderson | ||
| Rory Sabbatini | 4 & 3 | Doug LaBelle II | ||
| Graeme Maly | 1 up | Charles Howell III | ||
| Luke Donald | 1 up | Hank Kuehne | ||
| Oliver Lindsay | halved | J. J. Henry | ||
| Oliver Pughe | 2 & 1 | Edward Loar | ||
| Robert Duck | 1 up | Matt Kuchar | ||
| Max Harris | halved | Bryce Molder | ||
| 2 | Singles | 6 | ||
| 12 | Overall | 12 |