PGA Cup

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PGA Cup
Tournament information
Location2022: Ottershaw, Surrey, England
Established1973
Course(s)2022: Foxhills Golf Club
Format Match play
Month playedSeptember
Current champion
United States (2022)

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]

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The 2022 event was held at the Foxhills Golf Club in Surrey, England, the second time that the course had been chosen to host the event. [2] The United States won by five points, to retain the trophy they won in 2019. [3]

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. [4]

In 1990 the event was opened up to the golfers from continental Europe [5] but from 1996 the British PGA team was again restricted to players from Great Britain and Ireland.

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. [6]

The 2019 PGA Cup, the 29th contest, was held on the Fazio Foothills course at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, Texas, from 27 to 29 September and was won by the United States by a score of 14 to 12, their first outright victory since 2011. [7]

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. [8] [9]

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 and 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		Ref
PGA Cup
2022USA151⁄2–101⁄2England Foxhills Club & Resort Suzy Whaley David J. Russell
2019USA14–12USABarton Creek Resort, Texas Derek Sprague Cameron Clark
2017GB&I16–10EnglandFoxhills Club & Resort Paul K. Levy Albert MacKenzie
2015GB&I131⁄2–121⁄2USA CordeValle, California Allen Wronowski Jon Bevan
2013Tied13–13England Slaley Hall Allen Wronowski Russell Weir
2011USA171⁄2–81⁄2USACordeValle, California Jim Remy Russell Weir
2009USA171⁄2–81⁄2ScotlandThe Carrick on Loch Lomond Brian Whitcomb Gary Alliss
2007USA131⁄2–121⁄2USAReynolds Plantation, Georgia Roger Warren Gary Alliss
2005GB&I15–11Ireland K Club M.G. Orender Jim Farmer
2003USA19–7USA PGA Golf Club, Port St Lucie, Florida Jack Connelly
and Will Mann 		David Jones
2000USA131⁄2–121⁄2Wales Celtic Manor Ken Lindsay David Llewellyn
1998USA17–9USA Broadmoor Resort, Colorado Tom Addis III Craig Defoy
1996Tied13–13Scotland Gleneagles Gary Schaal Craig Defoy
1994USA15–11USA PGA National, Florida Dick Smith Mike Ingham
1992USA15–11IrelandK Club Patrick J. Rielly Paul Leonard
1990USA19–7USA Turtle Point GC, South Carolina James Ray Carpenter Richard Bradbeer [10] [11]
1988USA151⁄2–101⁄2England The Belfry Mickey Powell David Huish [12] [13] [14]
1986USA16–9USA Knollwood, Illinois Mark Kizziar Derek Nash [15] [16] [17]
1984GB&I121⁄2–81⁄2Scotland Turnberry Joe Black Keith Hockey [18] [19] [20]
1983GB&I141⁄2–61⁄2Scotland Muirfield Joe Black Keith Hockey [21] [22] [23]
1982USA131⁄2–71⁄2USA Holston Hills, Tennessee Don Padgett David Jones [24] [25]
1981Tied101⁄2–101⁄2USA Turnberry Isle, Florida Joe Black Doug Smith [26] [27] [28]
1980USA15–6USA Oak Tree, Oklahoma Don Padgett David Talbot [29] [30]
1979GB&I121⁄2–41⁄2Isle of Man Castletown Don Padgett Bill Watson [31] [32]
1978GB&I101⁄2–61⁄2England St Mellion Henry Poe Tommy Horton [33] [34]
1977Tied81⁄2–81⁄2USA Mission Hills, California Henry Poe Jack Hargreaves [35] [36]
1976USA91⁄2–61⁄2England Moortown Frank Cardi George Will [37] [38]
1975USA91⁄2–61⁄2England Hillside Don Padgett Christy O'Connor Snr [39] [40] [41]
Diamondhead Cup
1974USA111⁄2–41⁄2USA Pinehurst, North Carolina Henry Poe Bryon Hutchinson
1973USA13–3USAPinehurst, North Carolina William Clarke Tom Haliburton

United States have won 19 times, Great Britain & Ireland 7 times with 4 ties.

Appearances

The following are those who have played in at least one of the matches.

United States

Source: [42]

Great Britain and Ireland

Initially the team was based entirely on the PGA Club Professionals' Championship. The leading nine available players in that event qualified, there being a sudden-death playoff when there was tie for 9th place. In 1973 Adrian Sadler tied for third place but later withdrew and was replaced by Bryon Hutchinson, who had earlier lost a playoff for the final place. [43] In 1974 Ken Redford finished in a qualifying position but had decided not to travel. [44] In 1979 George Will qualified after finishing tied for 3rd position but later withdrew and was replaced by Jim Farmer. [45] In 1980 Brian Waites, who finished third, had previously announced that we would not play in the PGA Cup. There was a three-way tie for 10th place. George Will declined to play in it and Leonard Owens gained the final place by beating Peter Tupling in a playoff. [46] The system remained the same in 1986, even though the event had become biennial. [47]

In 1988 the teams were increased to 10. The selection process was also revised. Eight members of the team gained entry via the PGA Club Professionals' Championship with the captain David Huish having two "wildcard" selections. [48] Huish chose the players who had finished 9th and 10th, Nick Job and John Chillas. [49] In 1990 the event was opened to the golfers from continental Europe. Only seven player qualified from the club professionals' championship, with the winner of European teaching professionals championship at Broekpolder in the Netherlands, gaining a place. There was a three-way tie for two places in the club professionals' championship but the captain Richard Bradbeer announced that he would use one of his wildcard picks for the losing player. so all three were selected. His other pick was Brian Barnes who had not played but had won it the previous year. Dutch-based John Woof gained the final place by winner the Broekpolder event. In 1992 John Chillas and Russell Weir were the wildcard selections with Dutch-based Tim Giles gaining the final place by winning in Broekpolder. [50]

In 1994 the team was selected using a system in which points were allocated in both the 1993 and 1994 PGA Club Professionals' Championships.

Source: [42] [51] [52]

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