GREAT SCOTT HELPS EUROPE BEAT
AMERICANS TO WIN PALMER CUP

A Europe line-up, including Stirling University's Scott Borrowman, scored a famous 14-10 victory over a star-studden United States team to win the Palmer Cup two-day student's international golf match over the Glasgow Gailes links, Ayrshire today.
Europe, facing an American line-up which included the top three in the R&A's world amateur rankings, should not have had a chance of holding their illustrious opponents.
But they did more than that.
After a fighting performance on Day 1, at the end of which the United States were restricted to a one-point lead, the Europeans, of whom all but Borrowman are students at American colleges, stunned the Americans by making a clean sweep of the Day 2 foursomes 4-0 to lead 9 1/2-6 1/2 going into the final set of eight singles.
And the Europeans even took the honours from the singles as well, 4 1/2-3 1/2, when a great fightback was anticipated from the United States.
Scott Borrowman from Dollar, who had beat Walker Cup American Billy Horschell in the first-day singles, this time achieved a square match with Kevin Chappell, ranked the No 2 amateur in the world. Borrowman's ranking is over the 600 mark.
The Scots, winner of the Scottish youths championship last year, was never overawed and never trailed against Chappell. Borrowman took a lead he would hold for four holes when he birdied the fifth before a Chappell birdie at No. 9 evened the match. The Scot again took a brief lead by winning the 11th but relinquished his advantage after Chappell eagled No. 13.
Borrowman claimed the advantage yet again after the 17th. Chappell halved the match when he birdied the final hole.
The United States, who still lead the series overall, have now lost three straight on this side of the Atlantic - the last two when the contest has been played on Scottish links.
There is a message in there somewhere. “I’m ecstatic for the eight guys on the European team,” said European Captain Mårten Olander. “Our attitude is what made us through the matches. Our swings did not change from yesterday but our belief that we would play great golf today. Winning the four matches this morning really put us in a positive mood entering the singles matches and to beat such a strong American team in singles is quite an accomplishment."

FINAL SCOREBOARD
Result:
EUROPE 14, UNITED STATES 10
Day 1: Europe 5 1/2, United States 6 1/2
Day 2 Europe 8 1/2, United States 3 1/2.
Foursomes: Europe 4, United States 0
European names first
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Endander Hedin bt Aaron Goldberg & Michael Thomson 4 and 3.
Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford bt Billy Horschel & Adam Mitchell 3 and 1.
Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw bt Derek Fathauer & Chesson Hadley 1 hole.
Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Kevin Chappell & Rickie Fowler 3 and 2.

Singles: Europe 4 1/2, United States 3 1/2
Campillo halved with Fowler.
Blixt bt Thompson 2 and 1.
Ford halved with Horschel.
Shaw lost to Hadley 1 hole.
Borrowman halved with Chappell.
Hedin bt Mitchell 3 and 2.
Caldwell bt Goldberg 3 and 2.
Sluiter lost to Fauthauer 3 and 1.