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Fresh off his top-20 effort in the U.S. Open, Georgia's Russell Henley helped the United States defeat Europe 13-11 in the Palmer Cup in a match that ended on Saturday.  

University of Florida golfer Tyson Alexander (Gainesville, Fla.) is part of the U.S.A. team which claimed the 2010 Palmer Cup over Europe by a final score of 13-11 Saturday at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.  

The United States split the singles matches Saturday and edged Europe, 13-11, to claim the Palmer Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. It was the Americans' first win on European soil since 2002, and the victory also gave Team USA a 7-6-1 advantage in the series. Each side won four singles matches on the final day of competition, as American David Chung improved his record to 4-0 and Scott Langley delivered the clinching point for Team USA.  

After winning three of eight singles matches Friday, the United States will take a 9-7 lead over Europe into the final round of the Palmer Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.  

Ole Miss All-American golfer Jonathan Randolph helped the United States take an early 6-2 lead against Europe in the Palmer Cup, winning both his morning and afternoon matches Thursday. The competition was all square (2-2) after the morning four-ball matches at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, but the U.S. gained points from the first two matches out in the afternoon and ended up winning the final two for the 6-2 lead. The Europeans got on the board first when they won the opening two matches of the morn  

Ole Miss rising senior golfer Jonathan Randolph arrived at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Monday ready to begin the experience of a lifetime, as he prepares to tee it up in the Palmer Cup, which takes place June 24-26. This marks the 14th year of the Ryder Cup style format featuring collegiate players from the United States against collegiate players from Europe. The Europeans have won the last two Palmer Cup competitions and will be seeking their third consecutive, something which ha  

It was a devastating conclusion to the season for the Gators.  

"The finish is very disappointing," said head coach Buddy Alexander. "The guys battled back at the end but it's definitely disappointing not to advance to match play. I think we would've been extremely tough to beat in match play. Mostly I feel bad for the seniors. We worked hard and I thought we would get it done. To come this far and not advance is devastating." Redshirt junior Andres Echavarria (Medellin, Colombia) and freshman Phillip Choi (Orlando, Fla.) carded identical final round score  

NCAA Championship on Tuesday with a team score of 287 (-1). The Gators were near the top of the leaderboard all afternoon and ended the day in a tie for seventh, just four strokes shy of first place. "We got off to pretty solid start in that we were one under and four strokes back," said head coach Buddy Alexander.