Women's PGA Cup

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The Women's PGA Cup is a biennial women's golf competition which features golf professionals from Australia, Canada, Great Britain & Ireland, South Africa, Sweden and the United States. The winning team is presented with the Women's PGA Cup. The inaugural Women's PGA Cup was played in 2019 and was followed by a second event in 2022. A PGA Cup for men has been contested since 1973 and was an annual event until 1984, after which it became biennial. [1]

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History

The Inaugural Women's PGA Cup was held from October 24–26, 2019, at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas with five teams. The competition was won by the United States by four strokes with a final score of 675, holding off team Canada (671), which on the final day twice trimmed the U.S. lead from 10 strokes to four. Great Britain & Ireland (698) finished third, followed by Australia (715) and Sweden (725). Brittany Kelly was the anchor for the U.S., finishing the three days at 2-over-par 218. Canada was led by Christine Wong (222). On the final day, Kelly (74), Alison Curdt (74) and Ashley Grier (75) were the three scorers counting in the final tabulations. Other U.S. team members were Joanna Coe and Seul-Ki Park. [2]

The second Women's PGA Cup will be held from October 27–29, 2022, at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Six teams are playing, South Africa competing for the first time.

Format

This international event features teams of five players. The three-day competition is played over 54 holes as a stroke play style event with each team's lowest three scores counted after each round. The winning team is decided based in the lowest 54-hole aggregate total.

Results

YearWinnerScoreHost countryVenueUSA captainCanada captainGB & I captainSweden captainAustralia captain
2019USA675USABarton Creek Resort, Texas Suzy Whaley Emma De GrootTracy LoveysLina Svensson LagergrenLisa Jean

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References

  1. ↑ "The PGA: Women's PGA Cup". www.pga.info. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Team USA". PGA Tournaments. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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