title: 2005 Palmer Cup
text: # 2005 Palmer Cup
  
  The 2005 Palmer Cup was held on June 8–9, 2005 on the Irish Course, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wisconsin. The United States won 14 to 10.
  
  ## Format
  
  On Wednesday, 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 Thursday morning with a further eight singles in the afternoon. 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 Europe participated in the event.
  
  United States :
  
  | Name | College |
  | - | - |
  | Buddy Alex head coach | Florida |
  | Tom Drennan assistant coach | Rhode Island |
  | Ryan Blaum | Duke |
  | Roberto Castro | Georgia Tech |
  | Matt Every | Florida |
  | J. B. Holmes | Kentucky |
  | Spencer Levin | New Mexico |
  | Jeff Overton | Indiana |
  | Michael Putnam | Pepperdine |
  | Matthew Rosenfeld | Texas |
  
  Europe :
  
  | Name | Country | College |
  | - | - | - |
  | Magnus Grankvist head coach | Sweden | |
  | David Llewellyn assistant coach | Wales | |
  | Alejandro Cañizares | Spain | Arizona State |
  | Rhys Davies | Wales | East Tennessee State |
  | Kalle Edberg | Sweden | Augusta State |
  | Scott Jamieson | Scotland | Arizona State |
  | Pablo Martín | Spain | Oklahoma State |
  | Alex Norén | Sweden | Oklahoma State |
  | David Skinns | England | Tennessee |
  | Steven Tiley | England | Georgia State |
  
  ## Wednesday's matches
  
  ### Morning four-ball
  
  | | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Davies/Tiley | 6 & 4 | Holmes/Levin |
  | Jamieson/Skinns | 3 & 2 | Every/Rosenfeld |
  | Cañizares/Martín | 2 & 1 | Overton/Putnam |
  | Edberg/Norén | 1 up | Blaum/Castro |
  | 2 | Four-ball | 2 |
  | 2 | Overall | 2 |
  
  ### Afternoon singles
  
  | | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rhys Davies | halved | Spencer Levin |
  | David Skinns | 4 & 2 | Matt Every |
  | Steven Tiley | 3 & 2 | J. B. Holmes |
  | Pablo Martín | halved | Jeff Overton |
  | Scott Jamieson | 5 & 4 | Michael Putnam |
  | Alex Norén | 5 & 4 | Ryan Blaum |
  | Alejandro Cañizares | 3 & 1 | Matthew Rosenfeld |
  | Kalle Edberg | 3 & 1 | Roberto Castro |
  | 4 | Singles | 4 |
  | 6 | Overall | 6 |
  
  ## Thursday's matches
  
  ### Morning foursomes
  
  | | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Edberg/Norén | 3 & 2 | Every/Rosenfeld |
  | Jamieson/Skinns | 3 & 1 | Holmes/Putnam |
  | Davies/Tiley | 3 & 2 | Blaum/Levin |
  | Cañizares/Martín | 5 & 4 | Castro/Overton |
  | 2 | Foursomes | 2 |
  | 8 | Overall | 8 |
  
  ### Afternoon singles
  
  | | Results | |
  | - | - | - |
  | Scott Jamieson | 2 & 1 | Matt Every |
  | David Skinns | 3 & 1 | Michael Putnam |
  | Alex Norén | 3 & 2 | J. B. Holmes |
  | Kalle Edberg | 1 up | Matthew Rosenfeld |
  | Rhys Davies | 3 & 2 | Ryan Blaum |
  | Steven Tiley | 4 & 3 | Roberto Castro |
  | Pablo Martín | 4 & 3 | Jeff Overton |
  | Alejandro Cañizares | 1 up | Spencer Levin |
  | 2 | Singles | 6 |
  | 10 | Overall | 14 |
  
  ## Michael Carter award
  
  The Michael Carter Award winners were Matt Every and David Skinns.
  
  