The 2015

Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

was held on June 12–14, 2015 at

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in Big Rock Township,

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. The United States won 18 to 12.

Format

On Friday, there were five matches of

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in the morning, followed by five four-ball matches in the afternoon. Ten singles matches were played on Saturday, and ten more on Sunday. In all, 30 matches were played. Each of the 30 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 15½ points won the competition.

Teams

Ten college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event plus a non-playing head coach and assistant coach for each team.

Friday's matches

Morning foursomes

Afternoon four-ball

Saturday's singles matches

Sunday's singles matches

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were

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and

Matthias Schwab Matthias Schwab (born 9 December 1994) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Amateur career Schwab had a successful amateur career. He reached the final of the 2012 Amateur Championship, losing to ...

References

External links

Palmer Cup official site
Arnold Palmer Cup Golf in Illinois

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