The Wryter Cup idea began in the late 1980s, when then secretary Jeremy Chapman played Hardelot on a press trip. He got chatting to Francis Lesur, the then boss of Hardelot, and the rest is history. The first official match was in 1991, at Hardelot, when Ian Doran was secretary.

Patrick Eagar, who played in the first Wryter Cup, holds our appearance record at 18 and more than 100 players have represented the PGS in our annual match against the APG (Association de la Presse et du Golf).

PGS Wryter Cup appearances

18

Patrick Eagar.

17

Chester Stern, Paul Trow.

16

Bryan Nickless.

15

Hayley Barlow, Phil Leach, Paolo Minoli, Chris Stevens.

14

Tim Allan, Nic Brook, Colin Hancock, Kevin Price, Lee Smith.

13

Jonny Bramley, Andy Glen.

11

Khalid Javed.

10

Ian Doran.

9

Keith Ging, Keith Malone.

8

Dylan Dronfield, Lloyd Embley, Bob Hayes, Stan Kelley, Philippa Kennedy, Simon Taylor, Vic Woodman.

7

Fred Moghadam, Peter Solomons,  Ian Woods.

6

Dave Berresford, Nick Cherrie, Ian McIlgorm, Joe Wood.

5

Nev Appleton, Bill Bateson,  Tom Crone, Felix Duckworth, Nick Jones, Duncan Farmer, Rob Hewer, Dennis Hughes, Steve Lewis, Mark Lomas, Andrew Porter.

4

Mike Conway, Peter Dazeley, Brian Lee, Chris Smith, Geoff Wheeler.

3

Jono Baker, Paul Carter, Jeremy Chapman, David Emery, Ted Graham, David Howorth, Ollie McCormack, Errol Ryan, Evan Samuel, Neil Silver, Fionnuala Smith, John Quinn, Tony Smith, Jamie Weir,.

2

James Brown, Laura Cork, Monty Court, Russell Dewey, Roderick Easdale, Liz Kahn, Steve Killick, Sir Nick Lloyd,  Ben Monro-Davies, James Nursey, Tom Pilcher, Peter Steward, Ben Todd, Dick Turner, Mike Waker,  Hugh Whittow.

1

Neale Adams, Mike Allen, Paul Ashley, Glen Bevis, Cornelius Bohane, Thierry Bollack, Ian Bradley, John-Paul Brooke, Simon Cable, Hugo Chambre, Pip Clothier, Brian Considine, Chris Cutmore, Andy Dunn, Phil Edgar-Jones, Rick Evans, Peter Grosvenor, Paul Harrison, David Hamilton, Jon Jones, Mike Langley, James Mangan, Bill Martin, Jon Moorhead, Chris Murphy, Jim Murray, Rebecca Naden, Dean Scoggins, Paul Sherwood, Ross Slater,  Craig Tregurtha, Neil White.