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{{short description|Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour}}
The '''National Team Championship''', which was played under a variety of names, was a [[golf]] tournament on the [[PGA Tour]] from 1965 to 1972.
{{Infobox golf tournament
It was only considered an official event in 1970 and 1971.
| name = National Team Championship
| image =
| location = [[Ligonier, Pennsylvania]]
| establishment = 1965
| course = Laurel Valley Golf Club
| par = 71
| yardage =
| tour = [[PGA Tour]]
| format = Team [[stroke play]]
| purse = {{currency|200,000|USD}}
| month_played = July
| final_year = 1972
| aggregate = 256 [[Jack Nicklaus]] and<br>[[Arnold Palmer]] (1966)
| to-par = −32 ''as above''
| final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Babe Hiskey]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kermit Zarley]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.224|-79.239}}
| map = United States#USA Pennsylvania
| map_label = Laurel Valley GC
| map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[Pennsylvania]]
| map_relief = yes
| map_label_position =
| map_size = 200px
}}
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.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Just in ... |magazine=[[Golf World]] |date=September 17, 2012 |volume=66 |issue=10 |page=15}}</ref>


==Tournament hosts==
==Tournament hosts==
*1965-66 PGA National Golf Club, [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]]
*1965–1966 PGA National Golf Club, [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]]
*1968 Quail Creek Golf and Country Club and Twin Hills Country Club, [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
*1968 [[Quail Creek Golf & Country Club]] and [[Twin Hills Golf & Country Club]], [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
*1970-72 Laurel Valley Golf Club, [[Ligonier, Pennsylvania]] (an 18-hole, par-71 championship course that opened in 1959, and was originally designed by Dick Wilson.<ref>{{cite web | title=Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site | url=http://www.arnoldpalmer.com/ALLARNIE/career.aspx?fontsize=1 | accessdate=2007-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Laurel Valley Golf Club | url=http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.asp?course=960345 | accessdate=2007-12-24}}</ref>)
*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 (golf course architect)|Dick Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site | url=http://www.arnoldpalmer.com/ALLARNIE/career.aspx?fontsize=1 | access-date=2007-12-24 | df=mdy-all | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922114255/http://arnoldpalmer.com/ALLARNIE/career.aspx?fontsize=1 | archive-date=2010-09-22 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Laurel Valley Golf Club | url=http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.asp?course=960345 | access-date=2007-12-24 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>)


==Winners==
==Winners==
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"
'''National Team Championship'''
!Year!!Tour{{efn|PGAT − [[PGA Tour]].}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runners-up
*1972 [[Babe Hiskey]] and [[Kermit Zarley]]
|-
*1971 [[Jack Nicklaus]] and [[Arnold Palmer]]
! colspan=8|National Team Championship
|-
| 1972 || [[1972 PGA Tour|PGAT]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Babe Hiskey]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kermit Zarley]] || align=center|262 || align=center|−22 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Grier Jones]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Miller]]
|-
| 1971 || [[1971 PGA Tour|PGAT]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] (3) and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]] (3) || align=center|257 || align=center|−27 || 6 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Julius Boros]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Collins (golfer)|Bill Collins]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Bob Charles (golfer)|Bob Charles]] and<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bruce Devlin]]
|-
! colspan=8|National Four-Ball Team Championship
|-
| 1970 || [[1970 PGA Tour|PGAT]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] (2) and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]] (2) || align=center|259 || align=center|−25 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Archer]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Nichols]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bruce Crampton]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Orville Moody]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gardner Dickinson]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Snead]]
|-
| colspan=7 align=center|''1969: No tournament''
|-
! colspan=8|PGA National Team Championship
|-
| 1968 || [[1968 PGA Tour|PGAT]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Archer]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Nichols]] || align=center|265 || align=center|−22 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Monty Kaser]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rives McBee]]
|-
| colspan=7 align=center|''1967: No tournament''
|-
! colspan=8|PGA Team Championship
|-
| 1966 || || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]] || align=center|256 || align=center|−32 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Besselink]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Sanders]]
|-
! colspan=8|PGA National Four-ball Championship
|-
| 1965 || || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Butch Baird]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gay Brewer]] || align=center|259 || align=center|−29 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Hebert]] and<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lionel Hebert]]
|}


==Notes==
'''National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players'''
{{notelist}}
*1970 [[Jack Nicklaus]] and [[Arnold Palmer]]

'''PGA National Team Championship'''
*1969 ''No tournament''
*1968 [[George Archer]] and [[Bobby Nichols]]

'''PGA Team Championship'''
*1967 ''No tournament''
*1966 [[Jack Nicklaus]] and [[Arnold Palmer]]

'''PGA National Four-ball Championship'''
*1965 [[Butch Baird]] and [[Gay Brewer]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 3 May 2024

National Team Championship
Tournament information
LocationLigonier, Pennsylvania
Established1965
Course(s)Laurel Valley Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatTeam stroke play
Prize fundUS$200,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate256 Jack Nicklaus and
Arnold Palmer (1966)
To par−32 as above
Final champion
United States Babe Hiskey and
United States Kermit Zarley
Location map
Laurel Valley GC is located in the United States
Laurel Valley GC
Laurel Valley GC
Location in the United States
Laurel Valley GC is located in Pennsylvania
Laurel Valley GC
Laurel Valley GC
Location in Pennsylvania

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]

Tournament hosts

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Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
National Team Championship
1972 PGAT United States Babe Hiskey and
United States Kermit Zarley
262 −22 3 strokes United States Grier Jones and
United States Johnny Miller
1971 PGAT United States Jack Nicklaus (3) and
United States Arnold Palmer (3)
257 −27 6 strokes United States Julius Boros and
United States Bill Collins
New Zealand Bob Charles and
Australia Bruce Devlin
National Four-Ball Team Championship
1970 PGAT United States Jack Nicklaus (2) and
United States Arnold Palmer (2)
259 −25 3 strokes United States George Archer and
United States Bobby Nichols
Australia Bruce Crampton and
United States Orville Moody
United States Gardner Dickinson and
United States Sam Snead
1969: No tournament
PGA National Team Championship
1968 PGAT United States George Archer and
United States Bobby Nichols
265 −22 2 strokes United States Monty Kaser and
United States Rives McBee
1967: No tournament
PGA Team Championship
1966 United States Jack Nicklaus and
United States Arnold Palmer
256 −32 3 strokes United States Al Besselink and
United States Doug Sanders
PGA National Four-ball Championship
1965 United States Butch Baird and
United States Gay Brewer
259 −29 3 strokes United States Jay Hebert and
United States Lionel Hebert

Notes

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  1. ^ PGAT − PGA Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Just in ...". Golf World. Vol. 66, no. 10. September 17, 2012. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site". Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
  3. ^ "Laurel Valley Golf Club". Retrieved December 24, 2007.