PGA_Team_Championship
National Team Championship
Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour
The National Team Championship, which was played under a variety of names, was a team golf tournament played from 1965 to 1972. It was an official PGA Tour event from 1968 to 1972.[1]
Quick Facts Tournament information, Location ...
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ligonier, Pennsylvania |
| Established | 1965 |
| Course(s) | Laurel Valley Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Team stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$200,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 1972 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 256 Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer (1966) |
| To par | −32 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley | |
| Location map | |
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- 1965–1966 PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- 1968 Quail Creek Golf & Country Club and Twin Hills Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1970–1972 Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (an 18-hole, par-71 championship course that opened in 1959, and was originally designed by Dick Wilson.[2][3])
More information Year, Tour ...
| Year | Tour[lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Team Championship | |||||||
| 1972 | PGAT | Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley | 262 | −22 | 3 strokes | Grier Jones and Johnny Miller | |
| 1971 | PGAT | Jack Nicklaus (3) and Arnold Palmer (3) | 257 | −27 | 6 strokes | Julius Boros and Bill Collins Bob Charles and Bruce Devlin | |
| National Four-Ball Team Championship | |||||||
| 1970 | PGAT | Jack Nicklaus (2) and Arnold Palmer (2) | 259 | −25 | 3 strokes | George Archer and Bobby Nichols Bruce Crampton and Orville Moody Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead | |
| 1969: No tournament | |||||||
| PGA National Team Championship | |||||||
| 1968 | PGAT | George Archer and Bobby Nichols | 265 | −22 | 2 strokes | Monty Kaser and Rives McBee | |
| 1967: No tournament | |||||||
| PGA Team Championship | |||||||
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer | 256 | −32 | 3 strokes | Al Besselink and Doug Sanders | ||
| PGA National Four-ball Championship | |||||||
| 1965 | Butch Baird and Gay Brewer | 259 | −29 | 3 strokes | Jay Hebert and Lionel Hebert | ||
Close
- PGAT − PGA Tour.
- "Just in ...". Golf World. Vol. 66, no. 10. September 17, 2012. p. 15.
- "Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
- "Laurel Valley Golf Club". Retrieved December 24, 2007.
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