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An inside look at the 2010 Palmer Cup teams

Golfweek Staff

Men's Rankings »

RankNameSchoolRating
1Jordan SpiethTexas  68.57 
2Justin ThomasAlabama  68.79 
3Dylan FrittelliTexas  68.83 
4Patrick RodgersStanford  69.01 
5Chris WilliamsWashington  69.09 

Men's Team Rankings »

RankNameRatingEvents
1Texas 69.61  13 
2Alabama 69.64  11 
3UCLA 70.09  11 
4Southern California 70.12  11 
5Auburn 70.14  11 






The United States and European teams have been announced for the 2010 Palmer Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 24-26.

Among the players on Team Europe will be Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander and Andrea Pavan of Texas A&M. Both players will be competing in their second Palmer Cup after leading the Europe to victory last summer at Cherry Hills Country Club.

Team USA will feature Florida senior Tyson Alexander, whose father, Buddy, coached the U.S. to victory at Whistling Straits in 2005. The United States team does not have a returning player from last year’s squad.

The all-time Palmer Cup series is tied 6-6-1.

Team Europe

  • James Byrne, Arizona State (Scotland)
  • Rhys Enoch, East Tennessee State (England)
  • Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State (Sweden)
  • David Lingmerth, Arkansas (Sweden)
  • Henrik Norlander, Augusta State (Sweden)
  • Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M (Italy)
  • Patrick Spraggs, Stirling (England)
  • Pontus Widegren, UCLA (Sweden)
  • Head coach: Dean Robertson, Scotland
  • Assistant coach: Walle Danewid, Sweden

Team USA

  • Tyson Alexander, Florida
  • John Chin, UCI
  • David Chung, Stanford
  • Dustin Garza, Wichita State
  • Russell Henley, Georgia
  • Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
  • Corey Nagy, Charlotte
  • Jonathan Randolph, Mississippi
  • Head coach: Chris Zambri, Southern California
  • Assistant coach, Brian Sharp, Virginia Tech