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.
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 YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-upNational 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 DevlinNational 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 Snead1969: No tournamentPGA National Team Championship 1968 PGAT George Archer and Bobby Nichols 265 −22 2 strokes Monty Kaser and Rives McBee1967: No tournamentPGA Team Championship 1966 Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer 256 −32 3 strokes Al Besselink and Doug SandersPGA National Four-ball Championship 1965 Butch Baird and Gay Brewer 259 −29 3 strokes Jay Hebert and Lionel Hebert
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