Porter Cup
Encyclopedia
The Porter Cup is a 72-hole, medal-play elite amateur
golf
tournament held annually at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, New York
. It was first played in 1959 and over the years has hosted some of the biggest names in golf. Past champions include PGA Tour
stars Phil Mickelson
, David Duval
, Scott Verplank
and Ben Crenshaw
.
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament held annually at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston, New York
Lewiston, New York
Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Morgan Lewis, an early 19th-century governor of New York. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Village of Lewiston,...
. It was first played in 1959 and over the years has hosted some of the biggest names in golf. Past champions include PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
stars Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
, David Duval
David Duval
David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
, Scott Verplank
Scott Verplank
Scott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
and Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
.
Winners
- 2011 Patrick Rodgers
- 2010 David ChungDavid Chung (golfer)David Chung is a Korean-American amateur golfer. He was the number one ranked golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in late 2010/early 2011.Chung was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Christian and Elise Chung....
- 2009 Brendan GielowBrendan GielowBrendan Gielow is an amateur golfer for the Wake Forest Demon Decons.- Personal life :Gielow was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Eric and Renea Gielow. He graduated from Mona Shores High School in 2006, after moving as a child from Grand Rapids. In his tenure at Mona Shores, he played...
- 2008 Adam MitchellAdam Mitchell (golfer)Adam Mitchell is an American professional golfer.- Amateur career :Mitchell was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and went to the University of Georgia...
- 2007 Brian HarmanBrian HarmanBrian Harman is an American professional golfer.In college, Harman was a three-time 2nd Team All-American on the University of Georgia golf team. He won the 2005 NCAA Preview and the 2006 Isleworth Invitational. He also won the yearly award for highest Grade Point Average three times.In 2003,...
- 2006 Seung-su Han
- 2005 Pablo Martin-Benavides
- 2004 Spencer LevinSpencer LevinSpencer Joseph Levin is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Levin was born in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of New Mexico, where he was a two-time All-American...
- 2003 Casey WittenbergCasey WittenbergCasey Wittenberg is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career.Wittenberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University. He lost to Nick Flanagan in the finals of the 2003 U.S. Amateur.In 2004, he finished 13th at the Masters...
- 2002 Simon Nash
- 2001 Nick Cassini
- 2000 Christopher Wisler
- 1999 Hunter HaasHunter HaasHunter Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He won the 1999 U.S. Amateur Public Links. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2000 and turned professional....
- 1998 Gene Elliott
- 1997 John HarrisJohn Harris (golfer)John Richard Harris is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Harris was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Roseau, Minnesota, near the Canadian border. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he distinguished himself in both golf and...
- 1996 Joey Snyder III
- 1995 Ryuji ImadaRyuji Imadais a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...
- 1994 Allen DoyleAllen DoyleAllen Michael Doyle is an American golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Norwich University in Vermont...
- 1993 Joey Gullion
- 1992 David DuvalDavid DuvalDavid Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
- 1991 Gary Nicklaus
- 1990 Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
- 1989 Robert Gamez
- 1988 Tony Mollica
- 1987 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1986 Nolan HenkeNolan HenkeNolan Jay Henke is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Henke was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and was a distinguished member of the golf team...
- 1985 Scott VerplankScott VerplankScott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
- 1984 Danny Mijovic
- 1983 Scott VerplankScott VerplankScott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
- 1982 Nathaniel CrosbyNathaniel CrosbyNathaniel Patrick Crosby is an American golfer.Crosby was born at Hillsborough, California. He is the seventh child of the actor and singer Bing Crosby and the youngest of his three children from his second marriage to the actress Kathryn Grant.Crosby performed with his father, mother, brother...
- 1981 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1980 Tony DeLuca
- 1979 John CookJohn Cook (golfer)John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1978 Bobby ClampettBobby ClampettRobert Daniel Clampett, Jr. is a television golf analyst, golf course architect, writer, and professional golfer, who played on the PGA Tour from 1980 to 1995. Clampett began playing on the Champions Tour in April 2010....
- 1977 Vance HeafnerVance HeafnerVance Heafner is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. He is the son of professional golfer Clayton Heafner....
- 1976 Scott SimpsonScott Simpson (golfer)Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...
- 1975 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
- 1974 George BurnsGeorge Burns (golfer)George Francis Burns III is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the amateur and professional levels....
- 1973 Vinny GilesVinny GilesMarvin M. "Vinny" Giles III is an American amateur golfer. He his best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur....
- 1972 Ben CrenshawBen CrenshawBen Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
- 1971 Ronnie Quinn
- 1970 Howard TwittyHoward TwittyHoward Allen Twitty is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; and who currently plays on the Champions Tour....
- 1969 Gary CowanGary CowanGary Cowan is a Canadian golfer who has achieved outstanding results at the highest class in amateur competition.-Biography:...
- 1968 Randy Wolff
- 1967 Bob E. Smith
- 1966 Bob E. Smith
- 1965 Ward WettlauferWard WettlauferH. Ward Wettlaufer is an American amateur golfer with numerous titles to his name, including the Eastern Amateur, two Porter Cup championships, North and South Amateur, and the Walker Cup as a member of the 1959 U.S...
- 1964 Deane BemanDeane BemanDeane R. Beman is an American professional golfer, golf administrator, and golf course architect.Beman was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he played for the varsity golf team. Following graduation, Beman had a career in the insurance...
- 1963 Bill Harvey
- 1962 Ed Tutwiler
- 1961 John Konsek
- 1960 Ward WettlauferWard WettlauferH. Ward Wettlaufer is an American amateur golfer with numerous titles to his name, including the Eastern Amateur, two Porter Cup championships, North and South Amateur, and the Walker Cup as a member of the 1959 U.S...
- 1959 John Konsek