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.

Following the 2023 match, Patrick Eagar, who played in the first Wryter Cup, holds our appearance record at 18 and more than 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, Chris Stevens.

14

Kevin Price, Lee Smith, Paolo Minoli, Nic Brook.

12

Colin Hancock, Tim Allan.

10

Ian Doran, Jonny Bramley, Andy Glen.

9

Keith Ging, Keith Malone, Khalid Javed.

8

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

7

Fred Moghadam, Peter Solomons, Dylan Dronfield.

6

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

5

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

4

Mike Conway, Peter Dazeley, Felix Duckworth, Brian Lee, Chris Smith, Geoff Wheeler, Andrew Porter.

3

Jono Baker, Paul Carter, Jeremy Chapman,  David Emery, Ted Graham, David Howorth, Andrew Porter, Errol Ryan, Neil Silver, Fionnuala Smith, Nev Appleton, Steve Lewis, John Quinn.

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, Evan Samuel, Peter Steward, Dick Turner, Jamie Weir, Hugh Whittow.

1

Neale Adams, 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, Rebecca Naden, Dean Scoggins, Paul Sherwood, Ross Slater, Tony Smith, Jim Murray, Craig Tregurtha, Ollie McCormack, Mike Allen.