National Team Championship

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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]

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

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   Babe Hiskey and
  Kermit Zarley
262 −22 3 strokes   Grier Jones and
  Johnny Miller
1971 PGAT   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 PGAT   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 PGAT   George Archer and
  Bobby Nichols
265 −22 2 strokes   Monty Kaser and
  Rives McBee
1967: No tournament
PGA Team Championship
1966   Jack Nicklaus and
  Arnold Palmer
256 −32 3 strokes   Al Besselink and
  Doug Sanders
PGA National Four-ball Championship
1965   Butch Baird and
  Gay Brewer
259 −29 3 strokes   Jay Hebert and
  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.