The Lakes International Cup was a men's team golf competition between teams of professional golfers from Australia and the United States . It was played four times between 1934 and 1954. The United States won the first three matches with Australia winning the final match in 1954. The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney staged the inaugural contest in 1934, donating the trophy, and hosted the final stage of the 1952 and 1954 matches.
4-402: The original trophy had a inscribed silver base with a wooden plinth and a large bowl on top. Only the silver base survives but the bowl and plinth have been recreated. The 1934 and 1936 matches were contested by teams of six players over two days with three 36-hole foursomes on the first day and six 36-hole singles matches on the second day. The 1952 and 1954 matches had teams of four players and
8-428: The contest was played at two separate venues. Each half of the contest was over two days with two 36-hole foursomes on the first day and four 36-hole singles matches on the second day, the combined score over the two halves determining the winner. The following are those who played in at least one of the four matches. In 1954 Ed Furgol was part of the original team of four but withdrew because an injured right arm. He
12-827: Was left with a crooked arm ten inches (25 cm) shorter as a result. On the recommendation of his doctors, he took up golf. A Polish American born in New York Mills, New York , Furgol won six times on the PGA Tour , including one major championship , the 1954 U.S. Open. He also played on the Ryder Cup team in 1957 . Although he was from the same town as fellow tour player Marty Furgol (1916–2005), they were not related. Furgol died at age 79 in Miami Shores, Florida . this list may be incomplete PGA Tour playoff record (2–1) Sources: CUT = missed
16-479: Was replaced by Dave Douglas, who flew out as a replacement, arriving in Sydney on 26 October. Ed Furgol Edward Joseph Furgol (March 24, 1917 – March 6, 1997) was an American professional golfer , the winner of the U.S. Open in 1954 . At age twelve, Furgol injured his left elbow when he fell off a set of parallel bars at a playground. Despite several surgeries, the elbow never healed correctly and
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