Golf: Diners Club Match scheduled for Dec. 15-17

NEWPORT BEACH - The Hyundai Team Matches, formerly the Diners Club

Matches, are scheduled for Dec. 15- 17 at the Pelican Hill Golf Club in

Newport Coast. There will be 24 players from the PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA

represented in a team match play format.

Last year, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson headlined the winners. They

teamed up to win the Senior PGA division. Dottie Pepper won for the third

time last year with fellow LPGA pro Juli Inkster. Fred Couples and Mark

Calcavecchia were victorious among the PGA players.

The six winners in this year’s tournament will take home $100,000 and

a new Hyundai. There will be eight two-person teams divided into two

groups per tour. Two winners from each division advance to the finals on

Sunday to determine the tour champion. Two more teams play in a

consolation round.

“We are very excited to be returning to Pelican Hill Golf Club as it

is such a wonderful venue for this event,” Tournament Director Gary

Pollard said in a release, officially confirming the Daily Pilot’s story

of Aug. 12. “We look forward to providing the Orange County community

with a first-rate tournament that brings together all three tours in an

intimate setting unlike any other event in the area.”

For advance ticket information, call (949) 759-6176.