Pavan Named to European Team for Palmer Cup
Apr 23, 2009 | Men's Golf
April 23, 2009
NORMAN, Okla. - Texas A&M junior Andrea Pavan has been selected as a member of Team Europe for the Palmer Cup presented by Fisher Capital Partners June 3-5 at Denver's Cherry Hills Country Club. The European team will face Team USA in the Ryder Cup-style competition..
The American team will consist of Bud Cauley of Alabama, Oklahoma State's Morgan Hoffmann and Trent Leon, Jamie Lovemark of Southern California, Georgia's Adam Mitchell, Cameron Tringale of Georgia Tech, Marquette's Mike Van Sickle and Colorado native Steve Ziegler of Stanford. It will be the second Palmer Cup appearances for both Lovemark (2007) and Mitchell (2008).
Joining Pavan on the European team will be Jorge Campillo of Indiana, Arizona State's Stephan Gross, Leonardo Motta of IULM Milan, Augusta State's Henrik Norlander, Chris Paisley and Robin Wingardh of Tennessee and Tim Sluiter of Southern California. Spain's Campillo will be competing in his third Palmer Cup (2007, `08) and Sluiter of The Netherlands will appear in his second (2008). Gross is the first Palmer Cup participant from Germany. Motta and Pavan hail from Italy, Paisley from England and Norlander and Wingardh from Sweden.
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The United States leads the all-time Palmer Cup series 6-5-1.
Team USA Bud Cauley, Alabama Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State Trent Leon, Oklahoma State Jamie Lovemark, Southern California Adam Mitchell, Georgia Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech Mike Van Sickle, Marquette Steve Ziegler, Stanford
Team Europe Jorge Campillo, Indiana (Spain) Stephan Gross, Arizona State (Germany) Leonardo Motta, IULM Milan (Italy) Henrik Norlander, Augusta State (Sweden) Chris Paisley, Tennessee (England) Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M (Italy) Tim Sluiter, Southern California (The Netherlands) Robin Wingardh, Tennessee (Sweden)
