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.

National Team Championship

Tournament information
Location	Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Established	1965
Course(s)	Laurel Valley Golf Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Team stroke play
Prize fund	US$200,000
Month played	July
Final year	1972
Tournament record score
Aggregate	256 Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer (1966)
To par	−32 as above
Final champion
Babe Hiskey and Kermit Zarley
Location map
Laurel Valley GC Location in the United States Laurel Valley GC Location in Pennsylvania

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.)

Winners

Year	Tour	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