National Team Championship Explained

National Team Championship
Location:Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Establishment:1965
Course:Laurel Valley Golf Club
Par:71
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Team stroke play
Month Played:July
Final Year:1972
Aggregate:256 Jack Nicklaus and
Arnold Palmer (1966)
To-Par:−32 as above
Final Champion: Babe Hiskey and
Kermit Zarley
Coordinates:40.224°N -79.239°W
Map:United States#USA Pennsylvania
Map Label:Laurel Valley GC
Map Relief:yes
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.[1]

Tournament hosts

Winners

YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
National Team Championship
1972 262 −22 3 strokes Grier Jones and
Johnny Miller
1971 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 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 265 −22 2 strokes Monty Kaser and
Rives McBee
1967: No tournament
PGA Team Championship
1966 256 −32 3 strokes Al Besselink and
Doug Sanders
PGA National Four-ball Championship
1965 259 −29 3 strokes Jay Hebert and
Lionel Hebert

Notes and References

  1. Just in ... . . September 17, 2012 . 66 . 10 . 15.
  2. Web site: Tournament history from Arnold Palmer's official site . 2007-12-24 . mdy-all . https://web.archive.org/web/20100922114255/http://arnoldpalmer.com/ALLARNIE/career.aspx?fontsize=1 . 2010-09-22 . dead .
  3. Web site: Laurel Valley Golf Club . 2007-12-24 . mdy-all.