| Palmer Cup | |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Dates: | 15–16 August 2000 |
| Venue: | Royal Liverpool Golf Club |
| Location: | Hoylake, England |
| Home: | GB&I |
| Away: | USA |
| Homescore: | 12½ |
| Awayscore: | 11½ |
| Result: | Great Britain and Ireland wins |
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, Phil Rowe holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie, to halve his match and win the Palmer Cup.[2]
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.
Eight college golfers from the Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.
| & | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Country | College | |
team manager | |||
| Surrey | |||
| Augusta State | |||
| North Carolina | |||
| New Mexico | |||
| Alabama at Birmingham | |||
| Houston | |||
| Stanford | |||
| Wales | |||
| Name | College | |
|---|---|---|
head coach | Kansas | |
team manager | Colorado | |
| Clemson | ||
| Georgia | ||
| Clemson | ||
| Clemson | ||
| Florida Southern | ||
| Brigham Young | ||
| Houston | ||
| East Tennessee State | ||
| width=160 |  &  | Results | width=160 |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Phil Rowe | 1 up | Jeff Klauk | ||
| 4½ | Singles | 3½ | ||
| 9 | Overall | 7 |
| width=160 | & | Results | width=160 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Phil Rowe | halved | Jonathan Byrd | ||
| 3½ | Singles | 4½ | ||
| 12½ | Overall | 11½ |