No. The US PGA Championship was originally a match play format when first held in 1916 and continued as matchplay up until 1957. It became a 72 hole stroke play event in 1958.
Joaquin Niemann and Mito Pereira from Chile are joined by Sebastian Munoz from Columbia and also the young Spanish rising star David Puig for 2023's LIV golf competition. While it is clearly not a 'South American' team 'Torque GC' will certainly have a unique flavor.
The 12 holes on the Wynn Golf Course in Las Vegas, in order of play, were 16, 3, 12, 13, 11, 5, 14, 9, 7, 8, 18, and (if they had made the final hole) the potentially driveable par 4 17th.
The USA has won 27 of 43 events with 2 ties. The Great Britain and Ireland team won just 3 of 22 matches (and 1 tie) up to 1977 after which continental Europe joined in. From 1979 onwards the European team has won 11 of 21 matches with 1 tie.
2023 LIV players: Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Cameron Smith, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood to name but a few.
Amongst others, Billy has caddied for Gordon Brand Jnr, Seve Ballesteros, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and is currently caddie for Matt Fitzpatrick. He even caddied for Tiger Woods at the 2015 Presidents Cup. Steve Williams was unavailable as his wife was due to have a baby.
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