# 2013 Palmer Cup

The 2013 Palmer Cup was held on June 7–9, 2013 on the South Course at Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware. The United States won 20½ to 9½. The teams were increased from 8 to 10.

## Format

The order of the sessions was changed. On Friday, there were five matches of four-ball, while there were ten singles matches on Saturday. Five foursomes matches were played on Sunday morning followed by ten singles matches in the afternoon. 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.
United States :
| Name | College |
| Jay Seawell head coach | Alabama |
| Jim Anderson assistant coach | Arizona |
| Daniel Berger | Florida State |
| Alex Carpenter | Abilene Christian |
| Sean Dale | North Florida |
| James Erkenbeck | New Mexico |
| Michael Kim | California |
| Patrick Rodgers | Stanford |
| Justin Thomas | Alabama |
| Michael Weaver | California |
| Cory Whitsett | Alabama |
| Bobby Wyatt | Alabama |
Europe :
| Name | Country | College |
| Andrew Coltart head coach | Scotland | |
| Phil Rowe assistant coach | England | Stanford |
| Julien Brun | France | TCU |
| Sebastian Cappelen | Denmark | Arkansas |
| Greg Eason | England | Central Florida |
| Scott Fernández | Spain | Iowa State |
| Pedro Figueiredo | Portugal | UCLA |
| Gary Hurley | Ireland | NUI Maynooth |
| Kevin Phelan | Ireland | North Florida |
| Joël Stalter | France | California |
| Ben Taylor | England | Nova Southeastern |
| Pontus Widegren | Sweden | UCLA |

## Friday's four-ball matches

| | Results | |
| Cappelen/Widegren | 5 & 4 | Dale/Wyatt |
| Eason/Taylor | 5 & 3 | Rodgers/Thomas |
| Brun/Stalter | 3 & 2 | Carpenter/Whitsett |
| Fernández/Figueiredo | 4 & 3 | Berger/Erkenbeck |
| Hurley/Phelan | halved | Kim/Weaver |
| ½ | Four-ball | 4½ |
| ½ | Overall | 4½ |

## Saturday's singles matches

| | Results | |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 3 & 2 | Bobby Wyatt |
| Greg Eason | 5 & 3 | Justin Thomas |
| Julien Brun | 4 & 3 | Patrick Rodgers |
| Pontus Widegren | 2 up | Sean Dale |
| Ben Taylor | 2 & 1 | Daniel Berger |
| Scott Fernández | halved | Cory Whitsett |
| Gary Hurley | halved | Alex Carpenter |
| Joël Stalter | halved | James Erkenbeck |
| Kevin Phelan | 3 & 1 | Michael Weaver |
| Pedro Figueiredo | halved | Michael Kim |
| 3 | Singles | 7 |
| 3½ | Overall | 11½ |

## Sunday's matches
### Morning foursomes

| | Results | |
| Hurley/Phelan | 5 & 3 | Whitsett/Wyatt |
| Brun/Stalter | 1 up | Carpenter/Kim |
| Cappelen/Eason | 1 up | Berger/Dale |
| Fernández/Taylor | 4 & 3 | Erkenbeck/Weaver |
| Figueiredo/Widegren | halved | Rodgers/Thomas |
| 2½ | Foursomes | 2½ |
| 6 | Overall | 14 |

### Afternoon singles

| | Results | |
| Kevin Phelan | halved | Bobby Wyatt |
| Scott Fernández | 3 & 2 | Cory Whitsett |
| Julien Brun | halved | Sean Dale |
| Ben Taylor | 2 & 1 | Daniel Berger |
| Pedro Figueiredo | 2 & 1 | James Erkenbeck |
| Pontus Widegren | 1 up | Michael Kim |
| Greg Eason | halved | Alex Carpenter |
| Joël Stalter | 3 & 1 | Michael Weaver |
| Sebastian Cappelen | 2 & 1 | Justin Thomas |
| Gary Hurley | 2 & 1 | Patrick Rodgers |
| 3½ | Singles | 6½ |
| 9½ | Overall | 20½ |

## Michael Carter award

The Michael Carter Award winners were James Erkenbeck and Pedro Figueiredo.