US Team announced for 28th PGA Cup

The United States will be the hunter in search of a trophy as it sends five veterans and five rookies to face Great Britain & Ireland in the 28th PGA Cup taking place at Foxhills Club & Resort on September 15-17.

The 10-member U.S. Team is the premier international showcase for a PGA Club Professional was determined Saturday morning following the delayed second round of the 99th PGA Championship. The selection process includes a two-year points system that comprises the past two PGA Professional Championships and two PGA Championships. Two players – two-time PGA Professional Champion Matt Dobyns of Glen Head, New York, and Josh Speight of Locust Hill, Virginia – completed the team after final points were determined.

They will join the following eight members who secured berths on June 21, at the 50th PGA Professional Championship in Sunriver, Oregon: reigning PGA Professional Champion Omar Uresti of Austin, Texas; 2016 PGA Professional Champion Rich Berberian Jr. of Hooksett, New Hampshire; 2013 PGA Professional Champion Rod Perry of Port Orange, Florida; Jamie Broce of Indianapolis, Indiana; Mark Brown of Oyster Bay, New York; Paul Claxton of Claxton, Georgia; Dave McNabb of Newark, Delaware; and Adam Rainaud of Chester, Connecticut.

Broce, Brown, Dobyns, Perry and Uresti have played in a combined six PGA Cups and own a combined 10-10-6 record. They will face a Great Britain & Ireland team comprising eight rookies. The two veterans in the team include Scotland's Greig Hutcheon, who played in the 2013 match at Slaley Hall, and Ireland's Damien McGrane, who played in the 2000 match at Celtic Manor. Great Britain & Ireland own a 5-6-2 all-time record at home.

“The last two matches have been very close. It’s never easy to win on their soil, much like the Ryder Cup,” said PGA of America President Paul Levy of Indian Wells, California, who will Captain the U.S. Team. “We have a group of veterans and some talented first-timers. Just like any team event in golf, it is a matter of personalities and desires of the players to arrive at partnerships that will help us win. I will continue to work with the players to find whose games complement each other.

The U.S. owns a 17-6-4 advantage in a competition that began in 1973. The Americans last won the Llandudno International Golf Trophy on the road in 2009, at The Carrick in Loch Lomond, Scotland.