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PGA Cup
Tournament information
Location2024: Oregon, USA
Established1973
Course(s)2024: Sunriver Resort
FormatMatch play
Month playedSeptember
Current champion
United States (2024)

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]

History

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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.

The 2017 PGA Cup 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.[4]

The 2019 PGA Cup 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.[5]

The 2022 event, the 30th contest, was held at the Foxhills Golf Club in Surrey, England, the second time that the course had been chosen to host the event.[6] The United States won by five points, to retain the trophy they won in 2019.[7]

Trophy

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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

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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.

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

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Year Winners Score Host
country		 Venue USA
captain		 GB&I
captain		 Ref
PGA Cup
2024 USA 171⁄2–81⁄2 USA Sunriver Resort, Oregon Jim Richerson Tim Rouse
2022 USA 151⁄2–101⁄2 England Foxhills Club & Resort Suzy Whaley David J. Russell
2019 USA 14–12 USA Barton Creek Resort, Texas Derek Sprague Cameron Clark
2017 GB&I 16–10 England Foxhills Club & Resort Paul K. Levy Albert MacKenzie
2015 GB&I 131⁄2–121⁄2 USA CordeValle, California Allen Wronowski Jon Bevan
2013 Tied 13–13 England Slaley Hall Allen Wronowski Russell Weir
2011 USA 171⁄2–81⁄2 USA CordeValle, California Jim Remy Russell Weir
2009 USA 171⁄2–81⁄2 Scotland The Carrick on Loch Lomond Brian Whitcomb Gary Alliss
2007 USA 131⁄2–121⁄2 USA Reynolds Plantation, Georgia Roger Warren Gary Alliss
2005 GB&I 15–11 Ireland K Club M.G. Orender Jim Farmer
2003 USA 19–7 USA PGA Golf Club, Port St Lucie, Florida Jack Connelly
and Will Mann		 David Jones
2000 USA 131⁄2–121⁄2 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 Mike Ingham
1992 USA 15–11 Ireland K Club Patrick J. Rielly Paul Leonard
1990 USA 19–7 USA Turtle Point GC, South Carolina James Ray Carpenter Richard Bradbeer [10][11]
1988 USA 151⁄2–101⁄2 England The Belfry Mickey Powell David Huish [12][13][14]
1986 USA 16–9 USA Knollwood, Illinois Mark Kizziar Derek Nash [15][16][17]
1984 GB&I 121⁄2–81⁄2 Scotland Turnberry Joe Black Keith Hockey [18][19][20]
1983 GB&I 141⁄2–61⁄2 Scotland Muirfield Joe Black Keith Hockey [21][22][23]
1982 USA 131⁄2–71⁄2 USA Holston Hills, Tennessee Don Padgett David Jones [24][25]
1981 Tied 101⁄2–101⁄2 USA Turnberry Isle, Florida Joe Black Doug Smith [26][27][28]
1980 USA 15–6 USA Oak Tree, Oklahoma Don Padgett David Talbot [29][30]
1979 GB&I 121⁄2–41⁄2 Isle of Man Castletown Don Padgett Bill Watson [31][32]
1978 GB&I 101⁄2–61⁄2 England St Mellion Henry Poe Tommy Horton [33][34]
1977 Tied 81⁄2–81⁄2 USA Mission Hills, California Henry Poe Jack Hargreaves [35][36]
1976 USA 91⁄2–61⁄2 England Moortown Frank Cardi George Will [37][38]
1975 USA 91⁄2–61⁄2 England Hillside Don Padgett Christy O'Connor Snr [39][40][41]
Diamondhead Cup
1974 USA 111⁄2–41⁄2 USA Pinehurst, North Carolina Henry Poe Bryon Hutchinson
1973 USA 13–3 USA Pinehurst, North Carolina William Clarke Tom Haliburton

United States have won 20 times, Great Britain & Ireland 7 times with 4 ties.

Appearances

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

United States

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Source:[42]

Great Britain and Ireland

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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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