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Praia d'El Rey European Cup
Tournament information
LocationPraia d'El Rey, Portugal
Established1997
Course(s)Club de Golfe Praia d'El Rey
Tour(s)European Seniors Tour
Ladies European Tour
FormatTeam
Prize fund210,000
Month playedNovember
Final year1999
Final champion
Ladies European Tour
Location map
Praia d'El Rey is located in PortugalPraia d'El ReyPraia d'El ReyLocation in Portugal

The Praia d'El Rey European Cup was an annual professional golf tournament played at Praia d'El Rey, Portugal. It was played in 1997, 1998 and 1999 between teams of men representing the European Seniors Tour and ladies representing the Ladies European Tour. There was no handicap but the men and women played off different tees.

The men won the first event 13–7 in 1997 and retained the cup in 1998 after a 10–10 tie. The ladies won the final event 11–9 in 1999. Tommy Horton and Marie-Laure de Lorenzi were the captains on each occasion.

Results

Year Winning Team Score Losing Team
1997 European Seniors Tour 13 7 Ladies European Tour
1998 European Seniors Tour 10 10 Ladies European Tour
1999 Ladies European Tour 11 9 European Seniors Tour

Appearances

The following are those who played in at least one of the three matches.

European Seniors Tour

Player 1997 1998 1999
England Tommy Horton (c) 1997 1998 1999
England Maurice Bembridge 1997
Spain José María Cañizares 1997
England David Creamer 1997
England Malcolm Gregson 1997
Australia Noel Ratcliffe 1997
Spain Antonio Garrido 1997 1999
England John Morgan 1997 1999
England Jim Rhodes 1997 1998
England Brian Waites 1997 1998
Wales Brian Huggett 1998
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 1998
Republic of Ireland Denis O'Sullivan 1998
South Africa Bobby Verwey 1998
England Neil Coles 1998 1999
Northern Ireland David Jones 1998 1999
Northern Ireland Eddie Polland 1998 1999
United States Bill Brask 1999
United States Jerry Bruner 1999
Australia Ross Metherell 1999
United States Alan Tapie 1999

Ladies European Tour

Player 1997 1998 1999
France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (c) 1997 1998 1999
Sweden Maria Hjorth 1997 1998 1999
England Trish Johnson 1997 1998 1999
England Alison Nicholas 1997 1998 1999
South Africa Laurette Maritz 1997
Scotland Kathryn Marshall 1997
France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 1997
England Joanne Morley 1997
Australia Shani Waugh 1997
England Karen Lunn 1997 1998
Scotland Catriona Matthew 1998
Scotland Mhairi McKay 1998
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark 1998
England Lora Fairclough 1998 1999
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 1998 1999
Spain Raquel Carriedo 1999
England Laura Davies 1999
Sweden Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore 1999
France Sandrine Mendiburu 1999

References

  1. "1999 Schedule – European Seniors Tour". PGA European Tour.
  2. "European Cup". The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 1997. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "European Cup". The Daily Telegraph. 16 November 1998. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1999 Praia D'el Rey Rover European Cup The Teams". PGA European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2022.


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