Texas Tech University Athletics
Nils Floren Named To Eurpoean Palmer Cup Team
April 20, 2011 | Men's Golf
April 20, 2011
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior men's golfer Nils Floren, a native of Sweden, will represent Europe in this year's Palmer Cup, being held June 9-11 at The Stanwich Club outside Greenwich, Conn.
Floren, a 2010 PING First-Team All-American, is currently the 18th-ranked player in the nation according to Golfweek.com. He owns a 72.4 stroke average this season and has logged four Top 10 finishes, including a first-place finish at the UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational.
"This is a great honor for Nils and for our golf program here at Texas Tech," said Texas Tech head coach Greg Sands. "Nils is a fantastic golfer and he has been a key to our success."
Team USA will consist of Blayne Barber of Auburn, UCLA's Patrick Cantlay, Abilene Christian's Alex Carpenter, Russell Henley of Georgia, Oregon's Daniel Miernicki, Bank Vongvanij of Florida, Washington's Chris Williams and Stanford's Andrew Yun. Henley and Miernicki were part of last year's victories American squad at Royal Portrush with Henley posting a 3-1 record and Miernicki a 2-2 mark. The United States team will be lead by head coach Tim Poe of Central Missouri and assistant coach Michael Burcin of South Carolina.
Representing Europe will be Floren, Arkansas' Sebastian Cappelen, Ignacio Elvira of Texas A&M, Jeff Karlsson of Kennesaw State, Liberty's Robert Karlsson, Nick MacAndrew of Aberdeen, Augusta State's Henrik Norlander and UCLA's Pontus Widegren. Widegren went 3-1 at the 2010 Palmer Cup while Norlander was 2-2. Norlander also posted a 2-2 mark at the 2009 Palmer Cup at Cherry Hills and helped lead Europe to victory. Floren, Norlander, Widegren and both Jeff and Robert Karlsson hail from Sweden while Cappelen is a native of Denmark, Elvira is from Spain and MacAndrew is Scottish. Rickard Lindberg of the Swedish Golf Federation will serve as head coach of the European team and Northwestern's David Inglis will serve as his assistant. Inglis is the first former Palmer Cup player to serve as a coach in the event after representing Scotland in both 2001 and 2003.
The United States leads the Palmer Cup series 7-6-1.
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