PGA Cup

PGA Cup
Tournament information
Location 2017: Ottershaw, Surrey, England
Established 1973
Course(s) 2017: Foxhills Golf Club
Longcross course
Par 2017: 72
Length 2017: 6,453 yd (5,901 m)
Format Match play
Month played September
Current champion
Great Britain and Ireland (2017)

The PGA Cup is a men's golf competition for club professionals played between a Great Britain and Ireland team and a United States team. The winning team is presented with the Llandudno Trophy. The competition is run by the British PGA and the PGA of America. It was first played in 1973 and was an annual event until 1984, after which it became biennial.[1]

The 2017 PGA Cup, the 28th contest, was held on the Longcross course at Foxhills Golf Club, Ottershaw, Surrey from 15 to 17 September and was won by Great Britain and Ireland by a score of 16 to 10, their second successive victory.[2]

History

The first two contests, at Pinehurst, North Carolina in 1973 and 1974, were contested for the Diamondhead Cup. Diamondhead Corp. was the owner of Pinehurst and sponsored the event. From 1975, the event was organised by the two PGAs and became known as the PGA Cup.[3]

In 1990 the event was opened up to the golfers from continental Europe[4] but from 1996 the British PGA team was again restricted to players from Great Britain and Ireland.

Trophy

The trophy was first used for the Llandudno International Golf Trophy contested by the leading professionals from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The first tournament was held in September 1938 and Llandudno council presented a silver trophy to the P.G.A. for the winning team. Percy Alliss, the captain of the winning English team, took possession of the trophy. It was intended that the tournament would be the first of a series of matches but the Second World War interrupted these plans and the contests were not restarted after the war. During Alliss's later years, the trophy was returned to the P.G.A. and was then used as the trophy for the PGA Cup.[5][6]

Format

The event is contested by teams of ten players over three days, with four foursomes and four fourball matches on each of the first two days, and ten singles matches on the final day. All matches are over 18 holes.

The format of the PGA Cup has changed over the years. In 1973 and 1974 it was a two-day competition but in 1975 the event was expanded to three days. In the initial format only 8 of the 9 players contested the singles but from 1977 the whole team play in this session. From 1980 both foursomes and fourballs have been played on the first two days. The team size was increased from 9 to 10 in 1988 and the format has been unchanged since then, the only variation being the order of the foursomes or fourballs on the first two days.

YearDay 1Day 2Day 3Total
Points
MorningAfternoonMorningAfternoonMorningAfternoon
1973–744 foursomes4 fourballs8 singles–16
1975–764 foursomes4 fourballs8 singles16
1977–794 foursomes4 fourballs9 singles17
19803 fourballs3 foursomes3 fourballs3 foursomes9 singles21
1981–843 foursomes3 fourballs3 fourballs3 foursomes9 singles21
19864 foursomes4 fourballs4 fourballs4 foursomes9 singles25
1988–20054 foursomes4 fourballs4 foursomes4 fourballs10 singles26
2007–date4 foursomes4 fourballs4 foursomes4 fourballs10 singles26
oror
4 fourballs4 foursomes4 fourballs4 foursomes

Results

YearWinnersScoreHost
country		VenueUSA
captain		GB&I
captain
2017GB&I16–10EnglandFoxhills Club & ResortPaul K. LevyAlbert MacKenzie
2015GB&I13½–12½USACordeValle, CaliforniaAllen WronowskiJon Bevan
2013Tied13–13EnglandSlaley HallAllen WronowskiRussell Weir
2011USA17½–8½USACordeValle, CaliforniaJim RemyRussell Weir
2009USA17½–8½ScotlandThe Carrick on Loch LomondBrian WhitcombGary Alliss
2007USA13½–12½USAReynolds Plantation, GeorgiaRoger WarrenGary Alliss
2005GB&I15–11IrelandK ClubM.G. OrenderJim Farmer
2003USA19–7USAPort St Lucie, FloridaJack Connelly
and Will Mann		David Jones
2000USA13½–12½WalesCeltic ManorKen LindsayDavid Llewellyn
1998USA17–9USABroadmoor Resort, ColoradoTom Addis IIICraig Defoy
1996Tied13–13ScotlandGleneaglesGary SchaalCraig Defoy
1994USA15–11USAPGA National, FloridaDick SmithMichael Ingham
1992USA15–11IrelandK ClubPatrick J. RiellyPaul Leonard
1990USA19–7USAKiawah Island, South CarolinaJames Ray CarpenterRichard Bradbeer
1988USA15½–10½EnglandThe BelfryMickey PowellDavid Huish
1986USA16–9USAKnollwood, IllinoisMark KizziarDerek Nash
1984GB&I12½–8½ScotlandTurnberryJoe BlackKeith Hockey
1983GB&I14½–6½ScotlandMuirfieldJoe BlackKeith Hockey
1982USA13½–7½USAHolston Hills, TennesseeDon PadgettDavid Jones
1981Tied10½–10½USATurnberry Isle, FloridaJoe BlackDoug Smith
1980USA15–6USAOaktree, OklahomaDon PadgettDavid Talbot
1979GB&I12½–4½Isle of ManCastletownDon PadgettBill Watson
1978GB&I10½–6½EnglandSt MellionHenry PoeTommy Horton
1977Tied8½–8½USAMission Hills, CaliforniaHenry PoeJack Hargreaves
1976USA9½–6½EnglandMoortownFrank CardiGeorge Will
1975USA9½–6½EnglandHillsideDon PadgettChristy O'Connor Snr
1974USA11½–4½USAPinehurst, North CarolinaHenry PoeBrian Hutchinson
1973USA13–3USAPinehurst, North CarolinaWilliam ClarkeTom Haliburton

United States have won 17 times, Great Britain & Ireland 7 times with 4 ties.

Future venues

  • 2019 (September 27–29) – Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PGA Cup". Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Inglis, Martin (18 September 2017). "GB&I thump USA in singles to win PGA Cup". bunkered.
  3. ↑ "Local man is golf guru".
  4. ↑ "Golf opening". The Times. 20 February 1990. p. 42.
  5. ↑ Peter Fry. "Llandudno International Golf Trophy" (PDF). Through the Green. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Llandudno International Trophy". Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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