National Team Championship
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The National Team Championship, which was played under a variety of names, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1965 to 1972. It was only considered an official event in 1970 and 1971.
[edit] Tournament hosts
- 1965-66 PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- 1968 Quail Creek Golf and Country Club and Twin Hills 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.[1][2])
[edit] Winners
National Team Championship
- 1972 Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley
- 1971 Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ Laurel Valley Golf Club. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.