1998 Palmer Cup
Dates | 3–4 August 1998 | ||||
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Venue | Old Course and New Course | ||||
Location | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||
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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
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
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 | ![]() | |
Alistair Crinson team manager | ![]() | |
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
Morning four-ball
![]() ![]() | 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
![]() ![]() | 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
Morning singles
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Kyron Sullivan | ![]() ![]() | Edward Loar |
Rory Sabbatini | ![]() ![]() | J. J. Henry |
Oliver Lindsay | halved | Hank Kuehne |
Max Harris | ![]() | Jeremy Anderson |
Robert Duck | ![]() | Doug LaBelle II |
Luke Donald | ![]() ![]() | Charles Howell III |
Oliver Pughe | ![]() | Bryce Molder |
Graeme Maly | ![]() ![]() | Matt Kuchar |
4½ | Singles | 3½ |
10 | Overall | 6 |
Afternoon singles
![]() ![]() | Results | ![]() |
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Kyron Sullivan | ![]() | Jeremy Anderson |
Rory Sabbatini | ![]() ![]() | Doug LaBelle II |
Graeme Maly | ![]() | Charles Howell III |
Luke Donald | ![]() | Hank Kuehne |
Oliver Lindsay | halved | J. J. Henry |
Oliver Pughe | ![]() | Edward Loar |
Robert Duck | ![]() | Matt Kuchar |
Max Harris | halved | Bryce Molder |
2 | Singles | 6 |
12 | Overall | 12 |
References
- ^ "1998 results". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
External links
- Palmer Cup official site