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
- 1965–1966 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])
Winners
- PGA Tour event (1968–1972)
| Year | Tournament name | Winners | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | National Team Championship |  Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley
|
67-63-66-66=262 | 3 strokes | Grier Jones and Johnny Miller
|
| 1971 | National Team Championship | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
|
62-64-65-66=257 | 6 strokes |  Bruce Crampton and Orville Moody Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead George Archer and Bobby Nichols
|
| 1970 | National Four-Ball Team Championship | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
|
61-67-64-67=259 | 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
|
65-66-69-65=265 | 2 strokes | Monty Kaser and Rives McBee
|
- Unofficial money event (1965–1966)
| Year | Tournament name | Winners | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967: No tournament | |||||
| 1966 | PGA Team Championship | Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
|
63-66-63-64=256 | 3 strokes | Doug Sanders and Al Besselink
|
| 1965 | PGA National Four-ball Championship | Butch Baird and Gay Brewer
|
70-60-67-62=259 | 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 December 24, 2007.
- ^ "Laurel Valley Golf Club". Retrieved December 24, 2007.
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