BRADENTON, Florida – The inaugural World Champions Cup is set to make its debut December 7-10, 2023, at The Concession Golf Club. The rosters for all three teams are complete and fans are guaranteed to see some of the game’s greatest players renew rivalries in the first-of-its-kind international team golf competition.
Tickets are available at www.WorldChampionsCup.com. Champions Passes, which allow access to the grounds and the grandstand, start at $40 per day, with prices increasing the week before the tournament. Kids 15 and under receive complimentary admission with a ticketed adult (up to four kids per ticketed adult).
Fans can join World Champions Cup players and staff to celebrate the tournament’s first year with an unforgettable Block Party at Waterside Marina (Sarasota) on Friday, December 8 from 6-9 p.m. This celebration is open to the public and will feature food, drinks and music as well as ticket giveaways, T-shirt giveaways, photo opportunities with select players and the World Champions Cup trophy, interactive games for all ages to enjoy and many more festivities.
Inspired by the passion and tradition of the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, the World Champions Cup is officially sanctioned by PGA TOUR Champions and is set to air on ABC and ESPN. The World Champions Cup will feature Team International, Team Europe and Team USA squaring off over three days of competition that will renew some of the game’s most storied rivalries as the teams battle for international pride and global bragging rights.
Each of the three teams competing in the World Champions Cup consists of six players, including a playing captain, and all are active PGA TOUR Champions members. World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els, 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke and 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk will each serve as playing captains in the first playing of the World Champions Cup.
The World Champions Cup is a three-team, three-day competition that will be contested across nine-hole matches featuring team formats and singles play, with points being earned for each hole won in each of the event’s 24 matches. The team with the highest point total across all matches will be crowned the champion.
The final team rosters are as follows:
TEAM INTERNATIONAL
· Ernie Els (Playing Captain)
· Vijay Singh (Automatic Qualifier)
· Retief Goosen (Automatic Qualifier)
· Steven Alker (Chairman’s Selection)
· Stephen Ames (Chairman’s Selection)
· K.J. Choi (Chairman’s Selection)
TEAM EUROPE
· Darren Clarke (Playing Captain)
· Bernhard Langer (Automatic Qualifier)
· Colin Montgomerie (Automatic Qualifier)
· Miguel Angel Jiménez (Chairman’s Selection)
· Robert Karlsson (Chairman’s Selection)
· Alex Čejka (Chairman’s Selection)
TEAM USA
· Jim Furyk (Playing Captain)
· Steve Stricker (Automatic Qualifier)
· David Toms (Automatic Qualifier)
· Jerry Kelly (Chairman’s Selection)
· Justin Leonard (Chairman’s Selection)
· Brett Quigley (Chairman’s Selection)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, December 7
8:30 a.m. Gates Open
9:30 a.m. Morning wave – Six Ball (Best Ball)
12:45 p.m. Afternoon wave – Scotch Six-some (Modified Alternate Shot)
Friday, December 8
8:30 a.m. Gates Open
9:30 a.m. Morning wave – Six Ball (Best Ball)
12:45 p.m. Afternoon wave – Scotch Six-some (Modified Alternate Shot)
6-9 p.m. Block Party (Waterside Place) – Open to the public
Saturday, December 9
(Closed to public)
10:30 a.m. Saturday Pro-Am Shotgun
Sunday, December 10
8:30 a.m. Gates Open
9:30 a.m. Morning wave – Singles matches
1:10 p.m. Afternoon wave – Singles matches
After Play Trophy Ceremony (ninth green)
The Concession Golf Club was named the Best New Private Course in America by Golf Digest in 2006. The seed of what would become The Concession Golf Club was planted in 1969, with Jack Nicklaus’ famous gesture of conceding the final putt in the Ryder Cup to Tony Jacklin, clinching the first tie in the competition’s history. Decades later, the two golf legends paired up to design and create The Concession Golf Club — a championship, privately-owned golf facility with no houses lining the course. The course has hosted the PGA TOUR’s 2021 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, the 2015 Men’s and Women’s NCAA Division I championships and the biennial Concession Cup.
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