Palmer Cup students' international at Glasgow Gailes
Borrowman beats American Walker Cup player as Europe
make a fight of it
A United States college team, loaded with the world's top-ranked amateurs, lead by 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 points over the underdog Europeans at the halfway stage of the Palmer Cup students' international two-day match over the Glasgow Gailes links in Ayrshire.
If the Americans thought the oppostion was going to be a push-over - well, it should have been on a comparison of the individual world amateur rankings - they were in for a shock in the morning four-ball foursomes.
The Europeans took them 2-1 with one match halved.
It was a slightly different story in the afternoon singles, which the Americans captured 5-3, enough to wipe out their morning deficit but again the Europeans were not outclassed.
In fact the one Scot in the European team - Stirling University's Scott Borrowman is the ONLY European team member who is not attending an American college - scored one of the host's three singles wins, keeping the match very much alive going into the second day.
Dollar Golf Club member Borrowman, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, ranked 617th in the world, compared with his opponent, American Walker Cup player Billy Horschell, No 31 in the current R&A WAGR, beat him by one hole for one of the best wins in the career of a player whose main claim to fame prior to this five-star performance is that he won the Scottish youths title last year.
Borrowman went two up by winning the fifth and sixth but Horschel produced two birdies and a winning par to lead by one after 10 holes.The Scot was giving as good as he got and he squared the contest at the 11th. The pair traded birdies at the 14th and 15th. Then Borrowman got his nose in front again with a par at the 17th and notched a notable win over Horschel by halving the last in pars.
The world's top-ranked amateurs in the American team are No 1 Rickie Fowler, No 2 Michael Thompson and No 3 Kevin Chappell.
A United States college team, loaded with the world's top-ranked amateurs, lead by 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 points over the underdog Europeans at the halfway stage of the Palmer Cup students' international two-day match over the Glasgow Gailes links in Ayrshire.
If the Americans thought the oppostion was going to be a push-over - well, it should have been on a comparison of the individual world amateur rankings - they were in for a shock in the morning four-ball foursomes.
The Europeans took them 2-1 with one match halved.
It was a slightly different story in the afternoon singles, which the Americans captured 5-3, enough to wipe out their morning deficit but again the Europeans were not outclassed.
In fact the one Scot in the European team - Stirling University's Scott Borrowman is the ONLY European team member who is not attending an American college - scored one of the host's three singles wins, keeping the match very much alive going into the second day.
Dollar Golf Club member Borrowman, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, ranked 617th in the world, compared with his opponent, American Walker Cup player Billy Horschell, No 31 in the current R&A WAGR, beat him by one hole for one of the best wins in the career of a player whose main claim to fame prior to this five-star performance is that he won the Scottish youths title last year.
Borrowman went two up by winning the fifth and sixth but Horschel produced two birdies and a winning par to lead by one after 10 holes.The Scot was giving as good as he got and he squared the contest at the 11th. The pair traded birdies at the 14th and 15th. Then Borrowman got his nose in front again with a par at the 17th and notched a notable win over Horschel by halving the last in pars.
The world's top-ranked amateurs in the American team are No 1 Rickie Fowler, No 2 Michael Thompson and No 3 Kevin Chappell.
The Palmer Cup match - no entrance fee for spectators - continues on Friday with foursomes teeing off between 7.30am and 8pm.
The final set of eight singles will start between 1.30 and 2.40.
The closing ceremony at which the Palmer Cup will be presented will start at approximately 6.30pm.
DAY ONE SCOREBOARD
EUROPE 5 1/2, UNITED STATES 6 1/2
DAY ONE SCOREBOARD
EUROPE 5 1/2, UNITED STATES 6 1/2
(European names first)
FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES
Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES
Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 1/2
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Enander Hedin bt Chesson Hadley & Adam Mitchell 1 hole.
Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw halved with Kevin Chappell & Aaron Goldberg.
Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford lost to Derek Fathauer & Michael Thompson 2 and 1.
Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter bt Rickie Fowler & Billy Horschel 4 and 2.
SINGLES
Europe 3, United States 5
Hedin lost to Goldberg 2 holes.
Ford lost to Fowler 4 and 3.
SINGLES
Europe 3, United States 5
Hedin lost to Goldberg 2 holes.
Ford lost to Fowler 4 and 3.
Blixt bt Mitchell 5 and 4.
Caldwell lost to Hadley 2 and 1.
Shaw lost to Fathauer 1 hole.
Borrowman bt Horschel 1 hole.
Campillo lost to Chappell 4 and 3.
Sluiter bt Thompson 1 hole.
FRIDAY MORNING FOURSOMES
Starting at 7.30am
Jonas Blixt & Jonas Enander Hedin v Aaron Goldberg & Michael Thompson.
Scott Borrowman & Charles Ford v Billy Horschel & Adam Mitchell.
Jonathan Caldwell & Gareth Shaw v Derek Fathauer & Chesson Hadley.
Jorge Campillo & Tim Sluiter v Kevin Chappell & Rickie Fowler.
Labels: Student Golf
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