The Aruba Cup was an annual team golf competition between teams representing

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and

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. It was founded in 2016 and took place in December. The 2016 and 2017 events were held at the

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near

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, Aruba. In 2018 the event was played at Cozumel Country Club on the island of

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in the

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off the eastern coast of

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and was called the Cozumel Cup.

Format

The teams consisted of 10 golfers from each tour. The tournament was played over three days with 5 fourball matches on the first day, 5

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on the second day and 10 singles matches on the final day. One point was awarded for each win and a half point for a halved match. With a total of 20 points, a team needed to get 10.5 points to win the Cup. In 2016 and 2017 prize money was US$8,000 for members of the winning team and $4,000 for each member of the losing team, a total of $120,000.

History

The inaugural event was held December 15–17, 2016. The captains were

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and Stephen Ames.

won the cup 13–7, despite

winning the singles 5½–4½. The teams consisted of the leading 10 in the Order of Merit with a minimum of either 5 players from Latin American countries or 5 Canadians. The second event was held December 14–16, 2017. The team captains were Roberto Díaz and Ben Silverman.

won the cup 10½–9½, despite

winning the singles 6–4. The contest was decided in the last match to finish when T. J. Vogel halved his match against

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, both players making bogeys on the final hole. The teams consisted of the leading 10 in the Order of Merit. The third event was held December 13–15, 2018 at Cozumel Country Club. Playing captains were chosen for the first time;

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and

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won the cup 11½–8½. They led 6–4 are the first two days but lost the first four singles matches. However, in the last six singles they won five and halved the other, for a three point victory.

Results

Teams

PGA Tour Latinoamérica

*2016: Samuel Del Val,

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, Leandro Marelli,

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, Eric Steger,

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, Tom Whitney *2017: Rodolfo Cazaubón,

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, Tee-K Kelly,

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, Brian Richey, José de Jesús Rodríguez,

, José Toledo, Jared Wolfe *2018:

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, Michael Buttacavoli, Nico Echavarría, Matt Gilchrest,

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, Marcelo Rozo, Austin Smotherman, Eric Steger

PGA Tour Canada

*2016:

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, Adam Cornelson,

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, Dan McCarthy,

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, Max Rottluff, Ryan Williams *2017:

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, Rico Hoey,

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, Patrick Newcomb, Jordan Niebrugge, Max Rottluff, Johnny Ruiz, Robby Shelton, T. J. Vogel, Chase Wright *2018: Mark Anguiano, George Cunningham,

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, Ben Griffin,

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, Blake Olson, Corey Pereira, Danny Walker,

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References

External links

*{{Official website, http://arubacup.com/
Coverage on PGA Tour website
Team golf tournaments Sports competitions in Aruba Golf tournaments in Mexico Recurring sporting events established in 2016 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018