The 2006 Palmer Cup was held on 29–30 June 2006 at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Europe won 19½–4½.
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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.
NameCountryCollege head coach Arizona State East Tennessee State Texas Tech Georgia State Randstad Topsport North Carolina State Oklahoma State Stirling
NameCollege head coach Georgia Baylor Duke Georgia Tech Georgia Georgia Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Brigham Young
Thursday's matches
Morning four-ball Results Cañizares/Martín 5 & 3Harman/KirkHaastrup/Luiten 4 & 3List/OgdenDavies/Ramsay 6 & 4Baca/BlaumFlorén/Lewton 2 & 1Castro/Larsen 4 Four-ball 0 4 Overall 0
Afternoon singles Results Pablo Martín 6 & 5Brian HarmanAlejandro Cañizares 2 & 1Clay OgdenMark Haastrup 3 & 2Ryan BacaJoost Luiten 1 upLuke ListRichie Ramsay 1 upRoberto CastroOscar Florén 5 & 4Kevin LarsenSteve Lewton 1 upChris KirkRhys Davies 4 & 3Ryan Blaum 6 Singles 2 10 Overall 2
Friday's matches
Morning foursomes Results Cañizares/Martín 6 & 5Blaum/CastroFlorén/Haastrup 1 upBaca/OgdenLuiten/Ramsay 3 & 2Harman/ListDavies/Lewton 4 & 3Kirk/Larsen 4 Foursomes 0 14 Overall 2
Afternoon singles Results Pablo Martín 3 & 2Roberto CastroOscar Florén 4 & 2Ryan BlaumMark Haastrup 5 & 3Brian HarmanAlejandro Cañizares 1 upRyan BacaJoost Luiten 2 upKevin LarsenSteve LewtonhalvedClay OgdenRhys Davies 3 & 2Luke ListRichie Ramsay 1 upChris Kirk 5½ Singles 2½ 19½ Overall 4½
Michael Carter award The Michael Carter Award winners were Steve Lewton and Clay Ogden.
References
External links Palmer Cup official site