Heritage
Inspiration
In 1990, past USGA President, Sandy Tatum and one-time PGA Tour Professional, George Kelley founded the Stocker Cup in honor of their dear friend and Preserve Golf Club visionary, Peter C. Stocker, who tragically perished while surveying the ranch upon which the club now sits. The principal aim was to create an event that honored the man and the game he loved by combining two great joys of his life – golf, and the spirit of fellowship engendered through competition.
Amateur Golf as it Once Was...
Tatum and Kelley shared the ambition to retore the West Coast to its place of prominence in the world of amateur golf. In a time before television, amateur golf represented the pinnacle of the game and nowhere was that more prominently displayed than on the wind-swept Monterey Peninsula. As commercial interests crowded in, something had been lost…something the two men intended to restore in the name of their friend, Pete Stocker.
Stewards of the Fellowship
The Stocker Cup represents the best traditions of amateur golf. A top-flight field of nationally recognized mid-amateurs are drawn to the Preserve Golf Club to compete for the West Coast’s most coveted mid-amateur invitational trophy – The Stocker Cup. The team format provides a unique opportunity to nurture enduring friendships while competing at the highest level in a place of stunning natural beauty.
