1977 World Cup (men's golf)

1977 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesDecember 8–11
LocationMandaluyong, Philippines
14°35′N 121°02′E / 14.58°N 121.03°E / 14.58; 121.03
Course(s)Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
East Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,734 yards (7,072 m)
Field50 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
$4,200 team
$2,100 individual
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 Spain
Seve Ballesteros & Antonio Garrido
591 (+15)
Location map
Wack Wack G&CC is located in Asia
Wack Wack G&CC
Wack Wack G&CC
Location in Asia
Wack Wack G&CC is located in Philippines
Wack Wack G&CC
Wack Wack G&CC
Location in the Philippines
Wack Wack G&CC is located in Metro Manila
Wack Wack G&CC
Wack Wack G&CC
Location in Manila
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The 1977 World Cup took place December 8–11 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila, Philippines. It was the 25th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 50 teams. The Mexico team of Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado did not arrive on time to start and were replaced by a Filipino amateur team of Tommy Manotoc and Emilio Tuazon.[1] Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido successfully defended the title Spain won in 1976 and won by two strokes over the Philippines team of Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Gary Player of South Africa, three strokes ahead of Lavares and Hubert Green, United States.

Teams

Country Players
 Argentina Juan Carlos Cabrera and Juan Carlos Molina
 Australia Mike Cahill and David Good
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
 Belgium Michael Eaton and Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Luis Carlos Pinto and Laurenco Evangelista
 Burma Mya Aye and Maung Shein
 Canada Dave Barr and George Knudson
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Natalio Morales
 Colombia Eduardo Martinez and Juan Pinzon
 Czechoslovakia Jiri Dvorak and Jan Kunsta
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Peter Dawson and Nick Faldo
 Fiji Bose Lutunatabua and Veramu Rokotavaga
 France Patrick Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
 Greece Basilli Anastassiou (a) and Basilli Karatzas (a)
 Guatemala Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang
 Iceland Ragnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)
 Indonesia Azis Narwi and Sumarno (a)
 Ireland Eamonn Darcy and Eddie Polland
 Israel Laurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)
 Italy Silvano Locatelli and Delio Lovato
 Japan Seiichi Kanai and Kosaku Shimada
 Libya Muftah Salem and Mohamed Salah Ziany
 Malaysia Lim Yat Foong and V. Nellan
 Morocco Mohamed Makroune and Ahmed Messaoud
 Nepal Bishnu Shahi and Ghanashyam Thapa
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Martien Groenendaal
 New Zealand Dennis Clark and Richard Coombes
 Nigeria Peter Akakasiaka and Ahmadu Baba
 Pakistan Mohammad Ejaz and Taimur Hassan
 Philippines Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares
 Philippines Tommy Manotoc (a) and Emilio Tuazon (a)
 Portugal Domingos Silva and Joachim Rodrigues
 Puerto Rico Manuel Camacho and Jesús Rodríguez
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Ken Brown
 Singapore Lim Swee Wah and Lim Kian Tiong
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player
 South Korea Han Chang-sang and Kim Seung-hack
 Spain Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson and Jan Sonnevi
 Switzerland Dennis Maina and Franco Salmina
 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsieh Min-Nan
 Thailand Uthai Dhappavibul and Nares Navin
 United States Hubert Green and Lanny Wadkins
 Venezuela Francisco Gonzales and Ramón Muñoz
 Wales Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
 West Germany Wolfgang Jersombeck and Bernhard Langer
 Yugoslavia Rafael Jerman (a) and Mirko Vovk (a)

(a) denotes amateur

Source:[2]

Scores

Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  Spain 144-154-142-151=591 +15 2,000
2  Philippines 149-142-156-147=594 +18 1,000
3  Canada 139-147-157-152=595 +19 800
T4  Japan 151-148-146-152=597 +21 400
 South Africa 149-141-154-153=597
T6  Ireland 149-141-154-153=597 +22
 Taiwan 151-151-147-149=598
8  United States 143-153-155-150=601 +25
9  South Korea 144-155-152-152=603 +27
10  Egypt 145-151-158-154=608 +32
11  Malaysia 150-153-158-149=610 +34
12  Italy 148-151-150-162=611 +35
T13  Australia 159-148-155-150=612 +36
 New Zealand 151-147-154-160=612
T15  Brazil 154-147-159-155=615 +39
 Colombia 155-151-155-154=615
 Thailand 150-153-156-156=615
18  Scotland 151-153-164-151=619 +43
19  Burma 158-156-152-154=620 +44
T20  England 152-153-155-161=621 +45
 Wales 153-152-164-152=621
22  Puerto Rico 155-154-158-158=625 +49
T23  Hong Kong 153-160-153-163=629 +53
 Sweden 159-153-153-164=629
25  Belgium 159-152-163-158=632 +56
26  Denmark 153-161-165-154=633 +57
T27  Argentina 154-164-161-155=634 +58
 Singapore 165-158-153-158=634
T29  Pakistan 154-165-157-161=637 +61
 Philippines (a) 164-161-158-154=637
31  Venezuela 156-169-155-160=640 +64
32  France 167-166-154-156=643 +67
33  Indonesia 160-155-162-167=644 +68
34  West Germany 162-160-163-160=645 +69
35  Chile 162-165-157-163=647 +71
36  Austria 167-164-158-161=650 +74
T37  Guatemala 159-160-165-167=651 +75
 Morocco 163-165-163-160=651
39  Fiji 162-156-170-165=653 +77
40  Switzerland 159-176-162-159=656 +80
41  Netherlands 163-172-160-162=657 +81
42  Greece 168-163-168-161=660 +84
43  Portugal 166-167-172-167=672 +96
44  Iceland 160-177-171-167=675 +99
45  Israel 164-164-184-170=682 +106
46  Nigeria 177-169-172-167=685 +109
47  Czechoslovakia 176-171-173-172=692 +116
48  Libya 183-180-173-168=704 +128
49  Nepal 172-184-184-189=729 +153
50  Yugoslavia 180-190-184-178=732 +156

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money US$
1 Gary Player  South Africa 72-68-73-76=289 +1 1,000
T2 Hubert Green  United States 69-72-77-74=292 +4 450
Rudy Lavares  Philippines 73-69-77-73=292
4 Seiichi Kanai  Japan 75-73-73-72=293 +5 200
5 George Knudson  Canada 69-72-78-75=294 +6
T6 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 73-77-69-76=295 +7
Kuo Chie-Hsiung  Taiwan 73-75-72-75=295
8 Antonio Garrido  Spain 71-77-73-75=296 +8
9 Eddie Polland  Ireland 78-76-74-70=298 +10
10 Mya Aye  Burma 76-72-75-76=299 +11

Sources:[3][4][5][6][1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Canadian Team leading World Cup Golf event". The York Dispatch. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. December 9, 1977. p. 26 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Pro Golf – World Cup". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. December 9, 1977. p. B3 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1978. pp. 19, 54, 59.
  4. ^ "Golf: World Cup". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino, California. December 12, 1977. p. C4.
  5. ^ "Golf". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 12, 1977. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Spain retains World Cup Crown" (PDF). Hawaii Filipino News. Honolulu, Hawaii. February 1, 1978. p. 5.