Sordet Wins Match as USA Reclaims Palmer Cup
June 14, 2015 | Men's Golf
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. -- Texas Tech senior Clement Sordet won his first match on Sunday but the United States defeated Europe, 18-12, to reclaim the Palmer Cup a Rich Harvest Farms.
The Americans now lead the all-time series 10-8-1.
Team USA needed only two points to win the Palmer Cup and Hunter Stewart's 4 and 3 victory against Thomas Detry put the Americans one match away from reclaiming the cup. Stewart won the first hole with birdie but Detry claimed the next hole and took the lead thru No. 4. Stewart squared the match with birdie at the sixth and took the lead for good birdie at No. 8.
Sordet kept Europe's hopes alive briefly after downing Anders Albertson, 2 and 1. Sordet won the first hole and led throughout the match. He ended the competition 1-3.
The United States clinched the Palmer Cup with near simultaneous victories by Beau Hossler and Ollie Schniederjans.Hossler defeated Pep Angles, 2 and 1, while Schneiderjans beat Max Rottluff, 5 and 3. Neither player gained more than a 1-up advantage in the Hossler-Angles match until Hossler won three straight holes beginning at No. 14. Schniederjans won his the first hole and never trailed.
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