Justin Thomas
WILMINGTON, Del. (June 9, 2013) -- The U.S.
Palmer Cup squad didn't
take its collective foot off the gas on Sunday
at the Wilmington Golf Club,
securing the title behind more dominating play
in a 20.5-9.5 thrashing of
Europe.
While the U.S. was challenged more on
Sunday -- they won the foursomes
and singles sessions by a score of 10-5 -- it
was decided early in the
afternoon singles, needing only 1.5 points to
take the title.
A day after a trio of Alabama standouts
accounted for 5.5 points, the Tide's
Justin Thomas, Cory Whitsett and Bobby
Wyatt
accounted for four more
points on Sunday.
Thomas was undefeated over the two days,
with a halve in the Sunday
foursomes play his only blemish.
Stanford's Patrick Rodgers was also flawless
in his four matches over the
weekend, picking up 3.5 points.
Europe was led by Kevin Phelan over the two
days, including an impressive
halve with Wyatt in the afternoon's first
singles match. Phelan accounted
for two points -- a win and two halves -- in
four matches.
A look at Sunday's scores:
Singles
Kevin Phelan, Europe, vs. Bobby Wyatt, U.S.,
Halved
Cory Whitsett, U.S., def. Scott Fernandez,
Europe, 3 and 2
Julien Brun, Europe, vs. Sean Dale, U.S.,
Halved
Ben Taylor, Europe, def. Daniel Berger, U.S.,
2 and 1
James Erkenbeck, U.S., def. Pedro Figueiredo,
Europe, 2 and 1
Pontus Widegren, Europe, def. Michael Kim,
U.S., 1 up
Greg Eason, Europe, vs. Alex Carpenter, U.S.,
Halved
Michael Weaver, U.S., def. Joel Stalter,
Europe, 3 and 1
Justin Thomas, U.S., def. Sebastian Cappelen,
Europe, 2 and 1
Patrick Rodgers, U.S., def. Gary Hurley,
Europe, 2 and 1
Sunday foursomes
Whitsett/Wyatt, U.S., def. Hurley/Phelan,
Europe, 5 and 3
Carpenter/Kim, U.S., def. Brun/Stalter,
Europe, 1 up
Cappelen/Eason, Europe, def. Berger/Dale,
U.S., 1 up
Fernandez/Taylor, Europe, def.
Erkenbeck/Weaver, U.S., 4 and 3
Rodgers/Thomas, U.S., vs.
Figueiredo/Widegren, Europe, Halved
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ABOUT THE
Palmer Cup
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition
features
top men and women collegiate players from the
United States
against their International counterparts.
Each team will be comprised of 12 men's and
12
women's golfers.
Day one will feature Mixed Four-Ball
competition, day
two will see Mixed
Foursomes in the morning and Four-Ball in the
afternoon, with 24 singles
matches on the final day.
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