The Praia d'El Rey European Cup was an annual professional golf tournament played at Praia d'El Rey, Portugal. It was played in 1997, 1998 and 1999 between teams of men representing the European Seniors Tour and ladies representing the Ladies European Tour. There was no handicap but the men and women played off different tees.
The men won the first event 13–7 in 1997 and retained the cup in 1998 after a 10–10 tie. The ladies won the final event 11–9 in 1999. Tommy Horton and Marie-Laure de Lorenzi were the captains on each occasion.
Results Year Winning team Score Losing team 1997 European Seniors Tour 13 7 Ladies European Tour 1998 European Seniors Tour 10 10 Ladies European Tour 1999 Ladies European Tour 11 9 European Seniors Tour
Appearances The following are those who played in at least one of the three matches.
European Seniors Tour Player199719981999 Tommy Horton (c) 1997 1998 1999 Maurice Bembridge 1997 José María Cañizares 1997 David Creamer 1997 Malcolm Gregson 1997 Noel Ratcliffe 1997 Antonio Garrido 1997 1999 John Morgan 1997 1999 Jim Rhodes 1997 1998 Brian Waites 1997 1998 Brian Huggett 1998 Christy O'Connor Jnr 1998 Denis O'Sullivan 1998 Bobby Verwey 1998 Neil Coles 1998 1999 David Jones 1998 1999 Eddie Polland 1998 1999 Bill Brask 1999 Jerry Bruner 1999 Ross Metherell 1999 Alan Tapie 1999
Ladies European Tour Player199719981999 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (c) 1997 1998 1999 Maria Hjorth 1997 1998 1999 Trish Johnson 1997 1998 1999 Alison Nicholas 1997 1998 1999 Laurette Maritz 1997 Kathryn Marshall 1997 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 1997 Joanne Morley 1997 Shani Waugh 1997 Karen Lunn 1997 1998 Catriona Matthew 1998 Mhairi McKay 1998 Catrin Nilsmark 1998 Lora Fairclough 1998 1999 Sophie Gustafson 1998 1999 Raquel Carriedo 1999 Laura Davies 1999 Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore 1999 Sandrine Mendiburu 1999
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