PGA MEDIA GUIDE – 313 PGA Cup
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THE 2006 PGA MEDIA GUIDE – 313 PGA Cup 2007 Facts and Format pro-am event was held prior to the 1975 PGA Cup, which raised $12,000 and made it possible for the British PGA to Date: September 2007 stage the competition. Great Britain & Ireland Captain Christy Site: TBD O’Connor Sr., then 51, did his part to keep the event alive, Defending Champion: Great Britain & Ireland winning the pro-am. The teams began with nine players, but the rosters were Prize Money and Honors No prize money is awarded to the expanded to 10 in 1988. Qualification for America’s team is PGA Cup competitors. Members of both teams compete based upon performances in the PGA Club Professional solely for their country and their country’s right of possession Championship. From 1973-88, the European team was of the Llandudno International Golf Trophy. comprised of PGA club professionals from Great Britain and Method of Play Identical to that of the Ryder Cup – match Ireland. The format was changed from 1990-94, opening up play, including foursomes (two-man teams in alternate shot), qualifying spots to professionals throughout Europe. The four-ball (two-man teams in better ball) and singles (18 holes selection process was revised in 1996 to feature only Great at match play). Britain & Ireland players. Rules and Regulations The Rules of Golf, which govern play, are determined by the United States Golf Association The Llandudno International Golf Trophy and applied by The PGA of America. A silver piece of athletic hardware, which bears the United States PGA Cup Team name of one of Wales’ top resorts and one of its largest U.S. Captain: Honorary President, The PGA of America ports, had rested from 1985 through 2004 in a glass case Winners of the 2006 and 2007 PGA Club Professional Championships in the PGA Historical Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla. With The remaining eight members of the 2007 U.S. Team will be determined Great Britain & Ireland’s stunning 15-11 victory in 2005, following the 40th PGA Club Professional Championship in June 2007, the Llandudno (“Lan-dud-no”) International Golf Tro- at Sunriver (Ore.) Resort. phy is now in the care of the Professional Golfers’ Asso- Great Britain & Ireland PGA Cup Team ciation in Sutton Coldfield, England. The trophy still bears a Great Britain & Ireland Captain: TBD small dent on the underside of The Great Britain-Ireland Team will be determined following completion its lid and a story to go with the PGA Cup of the Glenmuir PGA Club Professional Championship in June 2007. blemish. The trophy was first 2007 U.S. Eligibility awarded to England in 1939, ¢ Must be a member in good standing of The PGA of after its club professionals won America. the first Home Tournament Se- ¢ 2006 and 2007 PGA Club Professional Champions ries against teams from Ireland, ¢ The remaining team members will be the top eight Scotland and Wales. finishers in the 2007 PGA Club Professional The trophy, which stands Championship. 26 ½ inches and weighs nearly ¢ The PGA Honorary President in 2007 will serve as 18 pounds, was packed away and the series was abol- the U.S. Captain for the 23rd PGA Cup. ished with the outbreak of World War II. Former Great ¢ (Membership on the 2007 PGA Cup Team will be Britain Ryder Cup player Percy Alliss (1929, ’31, ’33, forfeited should the player subsequently become ’35, ’37) retired the trophy to his personal collection. reclassified as a Tour professional or any other Alliss died in 1973, and two years later, his son, Pe- ineligible classification.) ter, a former captain of the Professional Golfers’ Asso- ¢ History – A Cup for the Club Professionals ciation of Great Britain and an eight-time Ryder Cup participant, donated the trophy to the Professional Golf- The PGA Cup originated in 1973 at Pinehurst (N.C.) ers’ Association. The trophy would forever be awarded Country Club as an outgrowth of the PGA Club Professional to the winner of the PGA Cup. Championship. Structured after the format of the Ryder Cup, During the bombing of London in World War II, the which features team competition between the U.S. and trophy had rested on a mantelpiece in the elder Alliss’ Europe, the PGA Cup features the top PGA club professionals home. When a tremor from one of the German bombs from both sides of the Atlantic. Competition was held annu- rumbled through the neighborhood, the trophy toppled ally until 1984, when both countries agreed to hold this event off its perch to the floor. biennially at alternating sites. The hardware suffered the slight bent, serving as a re- Proceeds from the PGA Club Professional Championship minder of its historical niche. in 1975 at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Ga., covered the expenses of the U.S. Team for the first overseas PGA Cup. A 314 – THE 2006 PGA MEDIA GUIDE PGA Cup ¢ History Through the Years PGA Cup U.S. 14 Wins . Great Britain & Ireland - Europe 4 Wins . 3 Ties Year Results Site U.S. Team Captain European Team Captain Inaugural 1973 USA 13 GB&I 3 Pinehurst (N.C.) CC William Clarke Tom Halliburton 2nd 1974 USA 11½ GB&I 4½ Pinehurst (N.C.) CC Henry Poe Brian Hutchinson 3rd 1975 USA 9½ GB&I 6½ Hillside GC, Southport, England Don Padgett Jr. Christy O’Connor Sr. 4th 1976 USA 9½ GB&I 6½ Moortown GC, Leeds, England Frank Cardi George Will 5th 1977 USA 8½ GB&I 8½ Mission Hills CC, Palm Springs, Calif. Henry Poe Jack Hargreaves 6th 1978 GB&I 10½ USA 6½ St. Mellion G&CC, Plymouth, England Henry Poe Tommy Horton 7th 1979 GB&I 12½ USA 4½ Castletown Links, Isle of Man, England Don Padgett Jr. Bill Watson 8th 1980 USA 15 GB&I 6 Oak Tree GC, Edmond, Okla. Don Padgett Jr. David Talbot 9th 1981 USA 10½ GB&I 10½ Turnberry Isle CC, Miami, Fla. Joe Black Doug Smith 10th 1982 USA 13½ GB&I 7½ Holston Hills CC, Knoxville, Tenn. Don Padgett Jr. David Jones 11th 1983 GB&I 14½ USA 6½ Muirfield, Scotland Joe Black Keith Hockey 12th 1984 GB&I 12½ USA 8½ Turnberry, Scotland Joe Black Keith Hockey 13th 1986 USA 16 GB&I 9 Knollwood CC, Lake Forest, Ill. Mark Kizziar Derek Nash 14th 1988 USA 15½ GB&I 10½ The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England Mickey Powell David Huish 15th 1990 USA 19 EUR 7 Turtle Point GC, Kiawah Island, S.C. J.R. Carpenter Richard Bradbeer 16th 1992 USA 15 EUR 11 Kildare Hotel & CC, Dublin, Ireland Patrick J. Rielly Paul Leonard 17th 1994 USA 15 EUR 11 PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Dick Smith Michael Ingham 18th 1996 USA 13 GB&I 13 Monarch’s Course, Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland Gary Schaal Craig DeFoy 19th 1998 USA 17 GB&I 9 The Broadmoor (West Course), Colorado Springs, Colo. Tom Addis III Craig DeFoy 20th 2000 USA 13½ GB&I 12½ Celtic Manor Resort (Wentwood Hills), Ken Lindsay David Llewellyn Newport, South Wales 21st 2003 USA 19 GB&I 7 PGA Golf Club (South Course), Port St. Lucie, Fla. Jack Connelly & David Jones Will Mann 22nd 2005 GB&I 15 USA 11 The K Club (Smurfit Course), Straffan, Ireland M.G. Orender Jim Farmer PGA Cup Records ¢ Most Appearances – United States Larry Gilbert 6 Bob Ford 5 Tim Collins 4 Rives McBee 4 Don Padgett II 4 ¢ Most Appearances – Europe/Great Britain & Ireland David Huish 8 Russell Weir 8 David Jones 7 Brian Waites 7 ¢ Most Match Victories – United States Larry Gilbert 15 Bob Ford 11 Rives McBee 10 Tim Thelen 10 ¢ Most Match Victories – Europe/Great Britain & Ireland David Huish 18 Russell Weir 15 Peter Butler 12 Brian Waites 10 22nd PGA Cup THE 2006 PGA MEDIA GUIDE – 315 Faced with an Everest-like climb, 10 United States22nd PGA PGA club Cup pro- Site: The K Club (Smurfit Course) 2005 2005 fessionals staged a gallant charge in their bid to pull off golf’s ulti- Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland mate rally. Date: Sept. 23-25 But, it was a gang of 10 from Great Britain & Ireland, without an Irishman on the roster, who now believe there is magic on the Emerald Isle. Results:Great Britain & Ireland 15, USA 11 Erasing a 21-yearhex in this 22nd renewal of the PGA Cup, Great Britain & Ireland PGA Cup Teams posted a 15-11 victory at The K Club’s Smurfit Course to win the Llandudno Interna- United States Great Britain & Ireland tional Golf Trophy for the first time since 1984. The final score was identical to Captain: M.G. Orender Captain: Jim Farmer Bob Ford Andrew Baguley America’s triumph in 1992, the last time it competed in Ireland. Chip Johnson Richard Dinsdale In the end, it was fitting that decades of frustration were brought to a close by a Travis Long Simon Edwards Welshman. Matthew Ellis delivered the decisive point in order that his team could Ron Philo Jr. Matthew Ellis Brett Melton Gordon Law carry off a 26-inch high piece of hardware named for one of Wales’ largest ports. Mike Small Fraser Mann “I’m sure they (his countrymen) were all riveted to the telly in the pubs watching,” Bob Sowards Tony Nash Scott Spence Darren Parris said Ellis, who defeated Bob Ford of Oakmont, Pa., 3 and 1. “Seriously, it was a great Rich Steinmetz Mark Reynolds honor.” Tim Thelen Paul Wesselingh The U.S. is now 5-5-1 on the road in the premier international competition for PGA club professionals, and 14-5-3 overall in an event patterned after the Ryder Cup.