The United States took all of the drama out of the Palmer Cup on Saturday afternoon.
After dominating the Saturday singles session, taking 9 1/2 of the possible 10 points, the Americans needed only one point to reclaim the cup. They took care of that in the first match out Sunday, with Norman Xiong dominating Europe’s Harry Hall, 8 and 7.
The final score was 19 1/2 to 10 1/2 at Atlanta Athletic Club.
In addition to Xiong’s blowout, Doug Ghim (who won all four matches), Nick Hardy, Maverick McNealy and Sean Crocker added full points for the U.