Former University of Kentucky golfer John Holmes follows-up his seventh-place finish in the NCAA Championships this week as he represents Team USA in the Palmer Cup presented by Monster, June 8-9, in Whistling Straits, Wisc.
Holmes, the 2005 Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year and four-time All-SEC selection, joins the country?s top collegiate golfers for this competition after leading his Wildcats to a school-best seventh-place finish at the national championships last weekend. Matt Every (Florida), Ryan Blaum (Florida), Roberto Castro (Georgia Tech), Spencer Levin (New Mexico), Jeff Overton (Indiana), Michael Putnam (Pepperdine) and Matthew Rosenfeld (Texas) make up the rest of the Team USA roster.
Whistling Straits has been selected as the site for the 2005 Palmer Cup. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 8-9 on the 7,201 yard, par 72 Irish Course when the top collegiate players from the United States tee off against their counterparts from Europe. The Americans lead the series, 4-3-1.
Whistling Straits previously hosted the 1999 PGA Club Professionals Championship and the 2004 PGA Championship. Whistling Straits will also be the site of the 2007 U.S. Senior Open. Its sister golf venue at Kohler – Blackwolf Run – hosted the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open.
“Monster could not be happier with the opportunity to stage this top collegiate competition at the impressive Whistling Straits,” commented Andrew J. McKelvey, Chairman and CEO of Monster Worldwide. “The whole Kohler experience will be outstanding for the talented young men who qualify for the Palmer Cup presented by Monster – college golf’s equivalent to the Ryder Cup.”
The ninth annual Palmer Cup presented by Monster competition returns to the United States after being held at Ballybunion Golf Club in Ireland last summer. Past venues for the event include Bay Hill, both the Old and New Courses at St. Andrews, The Honors Course, Royal Liverpool, Baltusrol, Doonbeg and Cassique. Past participants include British Open Champion Ben Curtis, Jonathan Byrd, Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Michael Hoey, Matt Kuchar, Peter Lawrie, Hunter Mahan, D.J. Trahan and Ryan Moore.
