| Palmer Cup | |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Dates: | June 9–11, 2011 |
| Venue: | The Stanwich Club |
| Location: | Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Home: | USA |
| Away: | Europe |
| Homescore: | 13 |
| Awayscore: | 11 |
| Result: | United States wins |
The 2011 Palmer Cup was held on June 9–11, 2011 at The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticut. The United States won 13 to 11.[1]
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.
Eight college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event.
| Name | College | |
|---|---|---|
head coach | Central Missouri | |
assistant coach | South Carolina | |
| Auburn | ||
| UCLA | ||
| Abilene Christian | ||
| Georgia | ||
| Oregon | ||
| Florida | ||
| Washington | ||
| Stanford | ||
| Name | Country | College | |
|---|---|---|---|
head coach | |||
assistant coach | Northwestern | ||
| Arkansas | |||
| Texas A&M | |||
| Texas Tech | |||
| Kennesaw State | |||
| Liberty | |||
| Augusta State | |||
| Aberdeen | |||
| UCLA | |||
| width=160 | Results | width=160 |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| width=160 | Results | width=160 | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| width=160 | Results | width=160 | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| width=160 | Results | width=160 | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The Michael Carter Award winners were Russell Henley and Nacho Elvira.[2]