28 June 2010
Each side claimed four matches in final day singles action. Daniel Miernicki and David Chung posted the first two victories of the day for the Americans when they defeated James Byrne and Henrik Norlander, respectively. Miernicki claimed the first hole in his 5 and 3 win and never trailed. Chung holed in from the fairway for eagle on the first hole of his match but Norlander would respond with an eagle of his own at the par 5 second. Chung would reclaim the lead after No. 4 before cruising to a 4 and 2 victory. Chung was the only player to post a 4-0 record at this year’s Palmer Cup. It was just the 12th unbeaten and undefeated performance in the 14-year history of the Palmer Cup.
European Team Head Coach, Dean Robertson conceded that his team were edged by an American team which showed the depth and quality to out play his talented team over the course of the three day tournament.
“I would have to give credit where credit’s due yesterday,” said Europe Head Coach Dean Robertson, “and the USA team took full advantage of very calm conditions on one of the finest links golf courses in the world. They are deserved champions and I am sure that many of the players involved today, on both sides, will have taken allot of positives as they look to progress in this great game."
Team USA Head Coach, Chris Zambri was naturally delighted with his team's victory.
“We decided to change the lineup a little bit,” said USA Head Coach Chris Zambri. “We had a couple of guys who had a great week so far so we figured we’d put them out early and see what happens. Daniel (Miernicki) played unbelievably well. Our second match out was David (Chung) and David played unbelievably well. Jonathan (Randolph) gave them a real good fight but lost. In the end we thought we had eight real strong players and they obviously had eight also. Luckily we had a two-point lead coming into the day and the guys just played really well. We got the wins we needed with our buffer. It worked out really well. Russell (Henley) played great for us in the anchor match and Scott Langley played great. They were a couple of guys coming off a really great finish at the U.S. Open and we figured that they would come through for us and they did.”
Team USA win 2010 Palmer Cup
PORTRUSH – The United States defeated Europe, 13-11, to claim the Palmer Cup held at Royal Portrush Golf Club. The victory was the Americans first in Europe since 2002 and gives the USA a 7-6-1 overall advantage in the Palmer Cup series.Each side claimed four matches in final day singles action. Daniel Miernicki and David Chung posted the first two victories of the day for the Americans when they defeated James Byrne and Henrik Norlander, respectively. Miernicki claimed the first hole in his 5 and 3 win and never trailed. Chung holed in from the fairway for eagle on the first hole of his match but Norlander would respond with an eagle of his own at the par 5 second. Chung would reclaim the lead after No. 4 before cruising to a 4 and 2 victory. Chung was the only player to post a 4-0 record at this year’s Palmer Cup. It was just the 12th unbeaten and undefeated performance in the 14-year history of the Palmer Cup.
European Team Head Coach, Dean Robertson conceded that his team were edged by an American team which showed the depth and quality to out play his talented team over the course of the three day tournament.
“I would have to give credit where credit’s due yesterday,” said Europe Head Coach Dean Robertson, “and the USA team took full advantage of very calm conditions on one of the finest links golf courses in the world. They are deserved champions and I am sure that many of the players involved today, on both sides, will have taken allot of positives as they look to progress in this great game."
Team USA Head Coach, Chris Zambri was naturally delighted with his team's victory.
“We decided to change the lineup a little bit,” said USA Head Coach Chris Zambri. “We had a couple of guys who had a great week so far so we figured we’d put them out early and see what happens. Daniel (Miernicki) played unbelievably well. Our second match out was David (Chung) and David played unbelievably well. Jonathan (Randolph) gave them a real good fight but lost. In the end we thought we had eight real strong players and they obviously had eight also. Luckily we had a two-point lead coming into the day and the guys just played really well. We got the wins we needed with our buffer. It worked out really well. Russell (Henley) played great for us in the anchor match and Scott Langley played great. They were a couple of guys coming off a really great finish at the U.S. Open and we figured that they would come through for us and they did.”
