United States Continues to Lead at Palmer Cup
6/29/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 29, 2012
NEWCASTLE, County Down, England - Alabama freshman Justin Thomas halved his match with Europe's Sebastian Cappelen on Friday in the third round of Palmer Cup play at The Royal County Down Golf Club.
Thomas, from Goshen, Ky., has now earned 2.5 points for the Americans, who hold a 10-6 lead heading into Saturday's final round of singles matches. The USA team won two matches on Friday and halved three others. The United States will need two points on Saturday to retain the Palmer Cup.
Thomas earned a half on Friday with a birdie on the 18th hole. Cappelen, of Denmark, had taken his first lead of the day after winning the 15th hole. The 16th and 17th holes were then halved to give Cappelen a 1-up lead heading to the 18th.
Thomas opened the match with back-to-back birdies to take an early lead. However, Thomas would concede the next two holes to fall back to even. Thomas had a 1-up lead after the seventh, ninth and 12th holes but each time Cappelen responded by taking the next hole.
Thomas will take on Europe's Daan Huizing in the second singles match of the day, which gets underway at 10 a.m. local time.
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Round Three Singles Matches Pairings
Chris Williams, USA def. Graeme Robertson, Europe, 3 and 2
Julien Brun, Europe def. Blayne Barber, USA, 2 and 1
Daan Huizing, Europe def. Corbin Mills, USA, 1-up
Andrew Yun, USA def. David Booth, Europe, 4 and 2
James White, USA halved Thomas Pieters, Europe
Robert Karlsson, Europe def. Derek Ernst, USA, 4 and 2
Justin Thomas, USA halved Sebastian Cappelen, Europe
Patrick Rodgers, USA halved Pontus Widegren, Europe
Round Four Singles Matches Pairings, Saturday
Sebastian Cappelen, Europe vs. Chris Williams, USA
Daan Huizing, Europe vs. Justin Thomas, USA
Robert Karlsson, Europe vs. Patrick Rodgers, USA
Thomas Pieters, Europe vs. Corbin Mills, USA
David Booth, Europe vs. James White, USA
Graeme Roberts, Europe vs. Derek Ernst, USA
Julien Brun, Europe vs. Blayne Barber, USA
Pontus Widegren, Europe vs. Andrew Yun, USA
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