Horschel and U.S. team fall to Europe in 2008 Palmer Cup

IRVINE, Scotland - Friday June 27, 2008 The European team gained momentum after sweeping the morning session and carried it through to the afternoon singles matches to come from behind and claim the 2008 Palmer Cup title, 14-10. The still holds the edge in the overall record (6-5-1) but the Americans have lost the last three events held in ’s Billy Horschel and teammate Adam Mitchell lost their morning foursome match, and Horschel halved his singles match in the afternoon. team held a one point lead going into the day, but the European side came out firing and took all four matches in the alternate-shot format. The Euro tandem of Jonas Blixt (Florida State/Sweden) and Jonas Enander Hedin (Charlotte/Sweden) evened the overall team score with a 4 and 3 win against Aaron Goldberg and Michael Thompson . The lead went back and... [read full story]