# 2014 Palmer Cup

The 2014 Palmer Cup was held on 26–28 June 2014 at Walton Heath Golf Club near Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, England. Europe won 18½–11½.

## Format

On Thursday, there were five matches of foursomes matches in the morning, followed by five four-balls in the afternoon. Ten singles matches were played on Friday, and ten more on Saturday.. In all, 24 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 Europe and the United States participated in the event.
Europe :
| Name | Country | College |
| Andrew Coltart assistant coach | Scotland | |
| Phil Rowe assistant coach | England | Stanford |
| Pep Anglès | Spain | Central Arkansas |
| Thomas Detry | Belgium | Illinois |
| Paul Dunne | Ireland | UAB |
| Grant Forrest | Scotland | San Diego |
| Ricardo Gouveia | Portugal | Central Florida |
| Jack McDonald | Scotland | Stirling |
| Erik Oja | Sweden | Arizona |
| Jon Rahm | Spain | Arizona State |
| James Ross | Scotland | Houston |
| Louis Tomlinson | England | Myerscough |
United States :
| Name | College |
| Ryan Murphy head coach | Texas |
| Steve Desimone assistant coach | California |
| Wyndham Clark | Oklahoma State |
| Bryson DeChambeau | SMU |
| Brandon Hagy | California |
| Rico Hoey | Southern California |
| Stewart Jolly | LSU |
| Anthony Maccaglia | Oglethorpe |
| Jack Maguire | Florida State |
| Trey Mullinax | Alabama |
| Ollie Schniederjans | Georgia Tech |
| Robby Shelton | Alabama |

## Thursday's matches
### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Dunne/Forrest | 2 & 1 | Hagy/Schniederjans |
| Detry/Rahm | 2 & 1 | Mullinax/Shelton |
| Gouveia/Oja | 3 & 2 | Hoey/Maguire |
| Anglès/Tomlinson | halved | Clark/Maccaglia |
| McDonald/Ross | 1 up | Dechambeau/Jolly |
| 2½ | Foursomes | 2½ |
| 2½ | Overall | 2½ |

### Afternoon four-ball

| | Results | |
| Detry/Rahm | 3 & 2 | Hagy/Schniederjans |
| Gouveia/Oja | 4 & 3 | Mullinax/Shelton |
| Dunne/Forrest | 4 & 2 | Hoey/Maguire |
| Anglès/Tomlinson | 1 up | Dechambeau/Maccaglia |
| McDonald/Ross | 3 & 1 | Clark/Jolly |
| 3 | Four-ball | 2 |
| 5½ | Overall | 4½ |

## Friday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| Thomas Detry | 3 & 1 | Trey Mullinax |
| Jon Rahm | 1 up | Robby Shelton |
| Pep Anglès | 3 & 1 | Ollie Schniederjans |
| Ricardo Gouveia | 1 up | Brandon Hagy |
| Erik Oja | halved | Wyndham Clark |
| James Ross | 4 & 2 | Stewart Jolly |
| Louis Tomlinson | 5 & 4 | Bryson Dechambeau |
| Paul Dunne | halved | Anthony Maccaglia |
| Grant Forrest | 3 & 2 | Jack Maguire |
| Jack McDonald | halved | Rico Hoey |
| 4½ | Singles | 5½ |
| 10 | Overall | 10 |

## Saturday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| James Ross | 3 & 2 | Brandon Hagy |
| Grant Forrest | 3 & 2 | Trey Mullinax |
| Paul Dunne | 1 up | Robby Shelton |
| Louis Tomlinson | 5 & 3 | Ollie Schniederjans |
| Jack McDonald | 2 & 1 | Bryson Dechambeau |
| Thomas Detry | 4 & 3 | Jack Maguire |
| Jon Rahm | 4 & 3 | Wyndham Clark |
| Erik Oja | 3 & 2 | Anthony Maccaglia |
| Ricardo Gouveia | 3 & 2 | Stewart Jolly |
| Pep Anglès | halved | Rico Hoey |
| 8½ | Singles | 1½ |
| 18½ | Overall | 11½ |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were Ricardo Gouveia and Rico Hoey.