''The All-Star Cup'' (stylised as "All*Star Cup") is a celebrity

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match first held at the

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in Newport in 2005 that pitted two teams of celebrities against each other in a Ryder Cup-style competition. The first series was aired on Sky One, with the second series being covered on ITV with extra coverage on ITV2.

Series 1

In the 2005 competition the American team were captained by

Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World ...

and the

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ans were captained by

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. The event was aired on Sky One, presented by

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and

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and created by

Anthony McPartlin Anthony David McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) is an English television presenter, singer, rapper, comedian and actor. He is best known for working alongside Dec Donnelly as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec. McPartlin came to prominence ...

and

Declan Donnelly Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly (born 25 September 1975) is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin a ...

. The tournament ended dramatically, with the result only decided on the 18th hole of the final match, when Ronan Keating and Damian Lewis won the hole against Michael Douglas and Mark Spitz to win the cup for Europe by a score of 91–89.

*Replaced Boris Becker *

Series 2

The 2006 tournament took place from 26 to 28 August and was broadcast across ITV and ITV2 during the August Bank Holiday weekend, with

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taking up the role of hosting the live coverage on ITV, and

and

Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...

fronting the ITV2 coverage.

returned to captain the European team, with the American team now being captained by

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. Europe won the cup for the second time. Entertainer

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holed the winning putt, aged 78. He had been dubbed 'The Golfather' by his teammates during the contest

^† ''James Keach replaced Chazz Palminteri during the second day due to injury.''
^†† ''Jane Seymour is British, but she represented the United States where she is a naturalized citizen.

Cancellation

The All-Star Cup did not have a third series as ITV would not put up the money for 2007.

External links

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