2004 Palmer Cup

The 2004 Palmer Cup was held on 6–7 August 2004 at Ballybunion Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland. Europe won 14½–9½.^[1]

2004 Palmer Cup

Dates	6–7 August 2004
Venue	Ballybunion Golf Club
Location	County Kerry, Ireland
14½ 9½
Europe wins the Palmer Cup
← 2003 2005 →

Format

On Friday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. Four foursomes matches were played on the Saturday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Teams

Eight college golfers from Europe and the United States participated in the event.

Europe
Name	Country	College
Graham Kaye head coach	Switzerland
Lars Brovold	Norway	Alabama
Alejandro Cañizares	Spain	Arizona State
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain	San Pablo, Madrid
Rhys Davies	Wales	East Tennessee State
Gareth Maybin	Northern Ireland	South Alabama
Francesco Molinari	Italy	Turin
Martin Rominger	Switzerland	South Carolina
Alex Norén	Sweden	Oklahoma State

United States
Name	College
Larry Penley head coach	Clemson
Joe Feaganes assistant coach	Marshall
Matt Every	Florida
Jack Ferguson	Clemson
Jason Hartwick	Texas
Billy Hurley III	Navy
J. J. Jakovac	Chico State
Ryan Moore	UNLV
Chris Nallen	Arizona
Chris Stroud	Lamar

Friday's matches

Morning four-ball

	Results
Cañizares/Fdez-Castaño	2 & 1	Ferguson/Hurley
Molinari/Rominger	1 up	Hartwick/Stroud
Davies/Maybin	1 up	Every/Nallen
Brovold/Norén	4 & 2	Jakovac/Moore
3	Four-ball	1
3	Overall	1

Afternoon singles

	Results
Francesco Molinari	4 & 3	Billy Hurley III
Alejandro Cañizares	2 & 1	Matt Every
Martin Rominger	4 & 3	J. J. Jakovac
Rhys Davies	1 up	Jason Hartwick
Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño	8 & 6	Jack Ferguson
Gareth Maybin	2 up	Chris Stroud
Lars Brovold	2 & 1	Chris Nallen
Alex Norén	3 & 1	Ryan Moore
6	Singles	2
9	Overall	3

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

	Results
Cañizares/Fdez-Castaño	2 up	Jakovac/Moore
Molinari/Rominger	1 up	Every/Nallen
Davies/Maybin	2 & 1	Hartwick/Stroud
Brovold/Norén	1 up	Ferguson/Hurley
1	Foursomes	3
10	Overall	6

Afternoon singles

	Results
Alejandro Cañizares	2 up	J. J. Jakovac
Martin Rominger	3 & 1	Chris Nallen
Rhys Davies	3 & 2	Matt Every
Francesco Molinari	halved	Jack Ferguson
Gareth Maybin	2 & 1	Jason Hartwick
Alex Norén	2 & 1	Chris Stroud
Lars Brovold	8 & 6	Billy Hurley III
Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño	4 & 3	Ryan Moore
4½	Singles	3½
14½	Overall	9½

Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Gareth Maybin and Chris Stroud.^[2]