National Team Championship
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
- 1965–66 PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- 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.[2][3])
Winners
- PGA Tour event (1968–1972)
| Year | Tournament | Winners | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | National Team Championship | Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley | 3 strokes | Grier Jones and Johnny Miller |
| 1971 | National Team Championship | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer | 6 strokes | Bruce Crampton and Orville Moody Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead George Archer and Bobby Nichols |
| 1970 | National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer | 3 strokes | Julius Boros and Bill Collins Bob Charles and Bruce Devlin |
| 1969: No tournament | ||||
| 1968 | PGA National Team Championship | George Archer and Bobby Nichols | 2 strokes | Monty Kaser and Rives McBee |
- Unofficial money event (1965–1966)
| Year | Tournament | Winners | Margin of Victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967: No tournament | ||||
| 1966 | PGA Team Championship | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer | 3 strokes | Doug Sanders and Al Besselink |
| 1965 | PGA National Four-ball Championship | Butch Baird and Gay Brewer | 3 strokes | Jay Hebert and Lionel Hebert |
References
- ^ "Just in ...". Golf World. 66 (10): 15. September 17, 2012.
- ^ "Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Laurel Valley Golf Club". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
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