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

Kevin Price, Lee Smith, Nic Brook.

13

Tim Allan, Colin Hancock.

11

Jonny Bramley, Andy Glen.

10

Ian Doran, Khalid Javed.

9

Keith Ging, Keith Malone.

8

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

7

Fred Moghadam, Peter Solomons, Dylan Dronfield, Ian Woods.

6

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

5

Bill Bateson,  Tom Crone, Felix Duckworth, Nick Jones, Duncan Farmer, Rob Hewer, Dennis Hughes, Mark Lomas.

4

Nev Appleton, Mike Conway, Peter Dazeley, Brian Lee, Chris Smith, Geoff Wheeler, Andrew Porter, Steve Lewis.

3

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

2

James Brown, Laura Cork, Monty Court, Russell Dewey, Roderick Easdale, Liz Kahn, Steve Killick, Sir Nick Lloyd, Ollie McCormack, Ben Monro-Davies, James Nursey, Tom Pilcher, Peter Steward, Tony Smith, Dick Turner, Jamie Weir, Hugh Whittow.

1

Neale Adams, Mike Allen, Paul Ashley, Glen Bevis, Cornelius Bohane, Thierry Bollack, Ian Bradley, John-Paul Brooke, Simon Cable, Pip Clothier, Brian Considine, Chris Cutmore, Andy Dunn, 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, Ben Todd, Craig Tregurtha, Mike Waker, Neil White.