American Afternoon

U.S. rules The Irish, takes six of eight individual matches

Cal Smith

Haven, Wis. - Apparently the Americans heard the message loud and clear. Going into this afternoon's last round of individual matches, the tournament had been tied after every single round. That is not the case anymore as the American team took the first six individual matches to reclaim the Palmer Cup presented by Monster.

Matt Every, Michael Putnam, John Holmes, Michael Overton, Ryan Blaum, and Roberto Castro all carded some impressive victories for the U.S. this afternoon. Kalle Edberg and Alejandro Cañizares wrapped up the final two matches for the European squad.

The final (Un)official Shot of the Round for this particular tournament is awarded to American Roberto Castro. Roberto found himself already 3-up on Steve Tiley when he walked up to eye his third shot on the number nine green. He eyed a 25-foot birdie putt, stepped up, and knocked it straight down the middle, over a hump in the green, and right into the ball's small cylindrical slice of heaven. Roberto was pumped. Steve made it interesting down the stretch but couldn't make up the deficit in the end.

Whistling Straits is apparently at the heart of the animal kingdom. Down the second and third holes, a giant swarm or whatever you call a group of geese was present. They were everywhere. One even attacked my cart. Okay, actually he gingerly waddled up to my cart and totally ignored me, but I'm almost positive that, if given the chance, he would have came at me with his terrifying goose-fangs and done me in. I thought I was out of the wild until I came to hole 11 and found myself staring face to face with some sheep that were taking in some dramatic singles action. No violent attack to report from these creatures but I think that's because they were all asleep. Or were they just pretending?

Moving on…. Since this is the end of the tournament, I think it's about time for some shout-outs. Dr. Bob Hooper (head rules official who just so happens to be good with the ladies), Bob “Largemouth” Bass, Rubber Dougy Martin, and the rest of the GCAA staff (except the ones that edit or don't read my random gibberish).

Earlier today, I relayed to the world that this tournament was, in fact, allowed to have a winner. The Americans listened. Therefore, I must reluctantly accept full credit for the American victory because my words of wisdom were obviously the driving force behind the win. I would first of all like to thank my parents, the rest of my family, my supportive friends at home, my ninth grade Business Tech teacher who made typing these literary masterpieces within seven hours a piece possible, and, of course, Ron Burgandy.

Here we go with the last 24 hours in 24 seconds….remedial hide-and-seek, another early morning, words of wisdom, MORE RAIN, animal attacks, Quizno's sandwiches, allergies, “sleeping” sheep, getting yelled at for not having my radio, Dr. Bob = stud, Largemouth bass kicks some nevermind, Ron Burgandy, and Wisconsin accents….oh yeah, and golf.

This is the last edition of (enter clever column title) for the Palmer Cup. Stop crying, it will be okay. I'll be coming to you live from the Junior World Cup in Nagoya , Japan in a couple weeks. To find out more, check out what has become probably the coolest (golf) website in the world next to Golfstat…. Gcaa.collegiategolf.com. Don't tell them I sent you…they might ask you to leave.