PGA Cup
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | 2015: San Martin, California, USA |
| Established | 1973 |
| Course(s) | 2015: CordeValle Golf Club |
| Par | 2015: 72 |
| Length | 2015: 7,360 yd (6,730 m) |
| Format | Match play |
| Month played | September |
| Current champion | |
| Great Britain and Ireland (2015) | |
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 2015 PGA Cup, the 27th contest, was held at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California from September 18 to 20 and was won by Great Britain and Ireland by a score of 13½ to 12½, their first win since 2005.
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.[2]
In 1990 the event was opened up to the golfers from continental Europe[3] 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 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.[4][5]
Format
The event is contested by teams of ten players over three days, with four foursome and four fourball matches on each of the first two days, and ten single 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.
| Year | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Total Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | ||
| 1973–74 | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 8 singles | – | 16 | ||
| 1975–76 | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 8 singles | 16 | |||
| 1977–79 | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 9 singles | 17 | |||
| 1980 | 3 fourballs | 3 foursomes | 3 fourballs | 3 foursomes | 9 singles | 21 | |
| 1981–84 | 3 foursomes | 3 fourballs | 3 fourballs | 3 foursomes | 9 singles | 21 | |
| 1986 | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 4 fourballs | 4 foursomes | 9 singles | 25 | |
| 1988–2005 | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 10 singles | 26 | |
| 2007–date | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 10 singles | 26 | |
| or | or | ||||||
| 4 fourballs | 4 foursomes | 4 fourballs | 4 foursomes | ||||
Results
| Year | Winners | USA | GB&I | Host country | Venue | USA captain | GB&I captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | GB&I | 12½ | 13½ | USA | CordeValle, California | Allen Wronowski | Jon Bevan |
| 2013 | Tied | 13 | 13 | England | Slaley Hall | Allen Wronowski | Russell Weir |
| 2011 | USA | 17½ | 8½ | USA | CordeValle, California | Jim Remy | Russell Weir |
| 2009 | USA | 17½ | 8½ | Scotland | The Carrick on Loch Lomond | Brian Whitcomb | Gary Alliss |
| 2007 | USA | 13½ | 12½ | USA | Reynolds Plantation, Georgia | Roger Warren | Gary Alliss |
| 2005 | GB&I | 11 | 15 | Ireland | K Club | M.G. Orender | Jim Farmer |
| 2003 | USA | 19 | 7 | USA | Port St Lucie, Florida | Jack Connelly | Will Mann |
| 2000 | USA | 13½ | 12½ | Wales | Celtic Manor | Ken Lindsay | David Llewellyn |
| 1998 | USA | 17 | 9 | USA | Broadmoor Resort, Colorado | Tom Addis III | Craig DeFoy |
| 1996 | Tied | 13 | 13 | Scotland | Gleneagles | Gary Schaal | Craig DeFoy |
| 1994 | USA | 15 | 11 | USA | PGA National, Florida | Dick Smith | Michael Ingham |
| 1992 | USA | 15 | 11 | Ireland | K Club | Patrick J. Rielly | Paul Leonard |
| 1990 | USA | 19 | 7 | USA | Kiawah Island, South Carolina | James Ray Carpenter | Richard Bradbeer |
| 1988 | USA | 15½ | 10½ | England | The Belfry | Mickey Powell | David Huish |
| 1986 | USA | 16 | 9 | USA | Knollwood, Illinois | Mark Kizziar | Derek Nash |
| 1984 | GB&I | 8½ | 12½ | Scotland | Turnberry | Joe Black | Keith Hockey |
| 1983 | GB&I | 6½ | 14½ | Scotland | Muirfield | Joe Black | Keith Hockey |
| 1982 | USA | 13½ | 7½ | USA | Holston Hills, Tennessee | Don Padgett | David Jones |
| 1981 | Tied | 10½ | 10½ | USA | Turnberry Isle, Florida | Joe Black | Doug Smith |
| 1980 | USA | 15 | 6 | USA | Oaktree, Oklahoma | Don Padgett | David Talbot |
| 1979 | GB&I | 4½ | 12½ | Isle of Man | Castletown | Don Padgett | Bill Watson |
| 1978 | GB&I | 6½ | 10½ | England | St Mellion | Henry Poe | Tommy Horton |
| 1977 | Tied | 8½ | 8½ | USA | Mission Hills, California | Henry Poe | Jack Hargreaves |
| 1976 | USA | 9½ | 6½ | England | Moortown | Frank Cardi | George Will |
| 1975 | USA | 9½ | 6½ | England | Hillside | Don Padgett | Christy O'Connor Snr |
| 1974 | USA | 11½ | 4½ | USA | Pinehurst, North Carolina | Henry Poe | Brian Hutchinson |
| 1973 | USA | 13 | 3 | USA | Pinehurst, North Carolina | William Clarke | Tom Haliburton |
United States have won 17 times, Great Britain & Ireland 6 times with 4 ties.
References
- ↑ "PGA Cup". Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland). Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.pe.com/articles/collett-634260-golf-years.html Local man is golf guru
- ↑ "Golf opening". The Times. 20 February 1990. p. 42.
- ↑ Peter Fry. "Llandudno International Golf Trophy" (PDF). Through the Green. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Llandudno International Trophy". Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland). Retrieved 3 November 2014.