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see also: Arnold Palmer Cup Matches, Tralee Golf Club
Annual Ryder Cup-style event between USA and European teams to be played at The Stanwich Club in Connecticut
NORMAN, Okla. (April 20, 2011) –
The United States and European teams have
been announced for the 2011 Palmer Cup at
The Stanwich Club outside Greenwich, Conn.
The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be
played June 9-11.
Watch GolfweekTV’s Palmer Cup teams
announcement video: http://www.golfweek.com/videos
/2011/apr/20/1017/
Team USA will consist of Blayne Barber of
Auburn, UCLA’s Patrick Cantlay, Abilene
Christian’s Alex Carpenter, Russell
Henley of Georgia, Oregon’s Daniel
Miernicki, Bank Vongvanij of Florida,
Washington’s Chris Williams and
Stanford’s Andrew Yun. Henley and
Miernicki were part of last year’s
victories American squad at Royal Portrush
with Henley posting a 3-1 record and Miernicki
a 2-2 mark. The United States team will be
lead by head coach Tim Poe of Central Missouri
and assistant coach Michael Burcin of South
Carolina.
Representing Europe will be Arkansas’
Sebastian Cappelen, Ignacio Elvira of Texas
A&M, Texas Tech’s Nils Floren, Jeff
Karlsson of Kennesaw State, Liberty’s
Robert Karlsson, Nick MacAndrew of Aberdeen,
Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander and
UCLA’s Pontus Widegren. Widegren
went 3-1 at the 2010 Palmer Cup while
Norlander was 2-2. Norlander also posted a 2-2
mark at the 2009 Palmer Cup at Cherry Hills
and helped lead Europe to victory. Floren,
Norlander, Widegren and both Jeff and
Robert Karlsson hail from Sweden while
Cappelen is a native of Denmark, Elvira is from
Spain and MacAndrew is Scottish. Rickard
Lindberg of the Swedish Golf Federation will
serve as head coach of the European team
and Northwestern’s David Inglis will
serve as his assistant. Inglis is the first former
Palmer Cup player to serve as a coach in the
event after representing Scotland in both 2001
and 2003.
The United States leads the Palmer Cup series
7-6-1.

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...

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