1998 Palmer Cup
Appearance
Dates | 3–4 August 1998 | ||||
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Venue | Old Course and New Course | ||||
Location | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||
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A tie in the Palmer Cup | |||||
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]
Format
[edit]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.
Teams
[edit]Eight college golfers from the Great Britain and Ireland and the United States participated in the event.
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Name | Country | College |
Peter Dawson head coach |
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Alistair Crinson team manager |
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Luke Donald | ![]() |
Northwestern |
Robert Duck | ![]() |
Augusta State |
Max Harris | ![]() |
North Carolina |
Oliver Lindsay | ![]() |
St Andrews |
Graeme Maly | ![]() |
St Andrews |
Oliver Pughe | ![]() |
Wales |
Rory Sabbatini | ![]() |
Arizona |
Kyron Sullivan | ![]() |
Wales |
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Name | College |
Rod Myers head coach |
Duke |
Tim Brown team manager |
Skidmore |
Jeremy Anderson | UNLV |
J. J. Henry | TCU |
Charles Howell III | Oklahoma State |
Matt Kuchar | Georgia Tech |
Hank Kuehne | SMU |
Doug LaBelle II | New Mexico |
Edward Loar | Oklahoma State |
Bryce Molder | Georgia Tech |
Monday's matches
[edit]Morning four-ball
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Results | ![]() |
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Donald/Duck | ![]() ![]() |
Kuehne/Molder |
Pughe/Sullivan | ![]() ![]() |
Anderson/Kuchar |
Maly/Sabbatini | ![]() ![]() |
Howell/LaBelle |
Harris/Lindsay | halved | Henry/Loar |
3½ | Four-ball | ½ |
3½ | Overall | ½ |
Afternoon foursomes
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Results | ![]() |
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Pughe/Sullivan | ![]() |
Kuchar/Molder |
Donald/Duck | ![]() ![]() |
Anderson/Howell |
Maly/Sabbatini | ![]() |
LaBelle/Loar |
Harris/Lindsay | ![]() ![]() |
Henry/Kuehne |
2 | Foursomes | 2 |
5½ | Overall | 2½ |
Tuesday's matches
[edit]Morning singles
[edit]Afternoon singles
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1998 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 18 September 2016.