
The Skechers World Champions Cup is a team event on the PGA TOUR Champions schedule.
The first tournament was held in 2023. It was cancelled for 2024.
The Skechers World Champions Cup includes three teams (Team International, Team Europe and Team USA) with 24 nine-hole competitions featuring team and singles play.
The first three days of the tournament feature nine hole Six Ball and Scotch Sixsomes team events The final day consists of nine hole singles matches.
In Six Ball (Best Ball), each player uses his own ball for the entire hole, with the lowest score from each team being used. In Scotch Sixsomes (Alternate Shot), each player hits a tee shot and the team selects on to play from. Alternate shot proceeds from there, with the player whose tee shot was not chosen taking the second shot.
The Format and Scoring:
- In every group, all nine holes of competition will be played. No nine-hole competition will feature close-outs.
- A total of three points will be awarded on each hole of every nine-hole group during Thursday and Friday’s team competition as well as for Sunday’s morning and afternoon Singles groups.
- The team with the lowest score on each hole will receive two points. The team with the second lowest score on a hole will receive one point. The team with the highest score will receive no points.
- Whenever teams finish with the same score on a hole, those teams will be awarded the same number of points.
- If two teams finish with the lowest score on a hole, each team will receive one and a half points. The third team, finishing with the highest score, will receive no points.
- If one team finishes with the lowest score on a hole and the other two finish with the same (higher) score, the team with the lowest score will receive two points, with the other two teams receiving a half point.
- If all three teams finish with the same score on a hole, each team will receive one point.
- For Singles, every player from each team will play in both the morning and afternoon sessions, and each group will use the same scoring format as above.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Canceled | ||
| 2023 | Team USA (221 points) Captain: Jim Furyk |
Team International (219 points) Captain: Ernie Els |
Team Europe (208 points) Captain: Darren Clarke |
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