title: 1997 Palmer Cup
text: # 1997 Palmer Cup
  
  The 1997 Palmer Cup was held on July 10–12, 1997 at Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The United States won 19 to 5.
  
  ## Format
  
  On Thursday, there were four matches of four-ball in the morning, followed by four foursomes matches in the afternoon. Eight singles matches were played on Friday, and eight more on Saturday.. In all, 24 matches were played.
  
  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.
  
  ## Teams
  
  Eight college golfers from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland participated in the event.
  
  United States :
  
  | Name | College |
  | - | - |
  | Dwaine Knight head coach | UNLV |
  | Dick Spybey team manager | Alabama |
  | Brad Elder | Texas |
  | Brian Hull | Southern California |
  | Joel Kribel | Stanford |
  | Alberto Ochoa | TCU |
  | Ted Oh | UNLV |
  | Bo Van Pelt | Oklahoma State |
  | Charles Warren | Clemson |
  | Chris Wollmann | Ohio State |
  
  Great Britain &  Ireland :
  
  | Name | Country | College |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peter Dawson head coach | England | |
  | Alistair Crinson team manager | England | |
  | Richie Coughlan | Ireland | Clemson |
  | Andrew Laurence | Scotland | UAB |
  | Peter Lawrie | Ireland | Dublin |
  | Martin Le Mesurier | England | Minnesota |
  | Allan MacDonald | Scotland | Alabama |
  | Keith Nolan | Ireland | East Tennessee State |
  | Neil Steven | Ireland | Edinburgh |
  | Andrew White | England | Emory |
  
  ## Thursday's matches
  
  ### Morning four-ball
  
  | & | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nolan/Steven | 3 & 1 | Elder/Van Pelt |
  | MacDonald/White | 2 & 1 | Hull/Kribel |
  | Coughlan/Lawrie | 2 & 1 | Warren/Wollmann |
  | Laurence/Le Mesurier | 5 & 4 | Ochoa/Oh |
  | 1 | Four-ball | 3 |
  | 1 | Overall | 3 |
  
  ### Afternoon foursomes
  
  | & | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Laurence/Le Mesurier | 2 & 1 | Ochoa/Oh |
  | Nolan/Steven | 5 & 4 | Elder/Van Pelt |
  | MacDonald/White | 4 & 3 | Hull/Kribel |
  | Coughlan/Lawrie | 7 & 6 | Warren/Wollmann |
  | 0 | Foursomes | 4 |
  | 1 | Overall | 7 |
  
  ## Friday's singles matches
  
  | & | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Richie Coughlan | 3 & 2 | Bo Van Pelt |
  | Andrew White | 2 & 1 | Brad Elder |
  | Keith Nolan | 3 & 2 | Ted Oh |
  | Peter Lawrie | halved | Chris Wollmann |
  | Martin Le Mesurier | 4 & 2 | Charles Warren |
  | Allan MacDonald | 7 & 6 | Brian Hull |
  | Neil Steven | 4 & 2 | Alberto Ochoa |
  | Andrew Laurence | 2 up | Joel Kribel |
  | 1½ | Singles | 6½ |
  | 2½ | Overall | 13½ |
  
  ## Saturday's singles matches
  
  | & | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Peter Lawrie | halved | Alberto Ochoa |
  | Neil Steven | 4 & 2 | Joel Kribel |
  | Keith Nolan | 2 & 1 | Brian Hull |
  | Richie Coughlan | 4 & 2 | Chris Wollmann |
  | Martin Le Mesurier | 2 up | Ted Oh |
  | Andrew Laurence | 1 up | Charles Warren |
  | Allan MacDonald | 2 up | Bo Van Pelt |
  | Andrew White | 1 up | Brad Elder |
  | 2½ | Singles | 5½ |
  | 5 | Overall | 19 |
  