1995 World Cup of Golf

1995 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November
LocationShenzhen, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
22°47′9″N 114°0′25″E / 22.78583°N 114.00694°E / 22.78583; 114.00694
Course(s)Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, World Cup Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,039 yards (6,436 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1,300,000 team
US$200,000 individual
Winner's share$400,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
543 (−33)
Location map
Mission Hills Golf Club is located in China
Mission Hills Golf Club
Mission Hills Golf Club
Location in China
Mission Hills Golf Club is located in Guangdong
Mission Hills Golf Club
Mission Hills Golf Club
Location in Guangdong
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The 1995 World Cup of Golf took place 9–12 November at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangdong, China. It was the 41st World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won, for a record fourth time in a row with the same players in the team, by 14 strokes over the Australia team of Brett Ogle and Robert Allenby. Love took the International Trophy after a playoff over Hisayuki Sasaki of Japan.

Teams

Country Players
 Argentina Eduardo Romero and César Monasterio
 Australia Robert Allenby and Brett Ogle
 Canada Rick Gibson and Jim Rutledge
 China Zhang Lianwei and Cheng Jun
 Colombia Jesús Amaya and Ángel Romero
 Denmark Steen Tinning and Anders Sørensen
 England Paul Broadhurst and Mark Roe
 Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Kalle Väinölä
 France Jean van de Velde and Jean-Louis Guépy
 Germany Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
 Ireland Darren Clarke and Philip Walton
 Italy Silvio Grappasonni and Costantino Rocca
 Japan Hiroshi Gohda and Hisayuki Sasaki
 Malaysia Ali Kadir and Marimuthu Ramayah
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Esteban Toledo
 Netherlands Rolf Muntz and Joost Steenkamer
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Michael Campbell
 Paraguay Gregorio Nelson Cabrera and Marco Ruiz
 Peru Luis Felipe Graf and Niceforo Quispe
 Philippines Frankie Miñoza and Robert Pctolerin
 Scotland Andrew Coltart and Sam Torrance
 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann and Retief Goosen
 South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Choi Gwang-soo
 Spain Ignacio Garrido and Santiago Luna
 Sri Lanka Nandasena Perera and Koswinna Chandradasa
 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin and Jesper Parnevik
 Switzerland André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
 Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj and Udorn Duangdecha
 United States Fred Couples and Davis Love III
 Venezuela Henrique Lavie and Emilio Miartuz
 Wales Mark Mouland and Phillip Price
 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

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Scores

Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1  United States 133-136-138-136=543 −33 400,000
2  Australia 138-144-137-138=557 −19 200,000
T3  Japan 139-141-137-141=558 −18 112,500
 Scotland 138-144-136-140=558
5  New Zealand 142-141-137-139=559 −17 80,000
T6  France 141-141-140-139=561 −15 52,500
 Ireland 141-140-140-140=561
8  South Africa 145-139-136-143=563 −13 32,000
9  Sweden 136-137-146-145=564 −12 28,000
T10  Mexico 142-137-141-145=565 −11 22,000
 Zimbabwe 138-150-137-140=565
T12  Italy 142-143-136-145=566 −10 16,000
 Switzerland 144-145-144-133=566
14  Germany 144-143-141-139=567 −9 13,000
15  Spain 140-146-144-139=569 −7 11,000
16  Wales 141-144-143-142=570 −6 10,000
17  Canada 139-149-142-141=571 −5 9,000
18  Netherlands 143-145-141-143=572 −4 8,800
19  Finland 148-141-148-141=578 +2 8,600
T20  England 141-143-148-148=580 +4 8,200
 Paraguay 144-145-146-145=580
 Philippines 143-148-145-144=580
23  Argentina 142-153-144-143=582 +6 7,800
T24  Denmark 148-145-141-149=583 +7 7,500
 South Korea 149-145-145-144=583
26  Thailand 150-143-147-145=585 +9 7,200
27  China 151-148-142-147=588 +12 7,000
28  Venezuela 154-146-145-144=589 +13 6,800
29  Malaysia 140-152-152-146=590 +14 6,600
30  Colombia 149-145-149-153=596 +20 6,400
31  Sri Lanka 155-145-152-151=603 +27 6,200
32  Peru 158-158-161-157=634 +58 6,000

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Davis Love III  United States 65-67-68-67=267 −21 100,000
2 Hisayuki Sasaki  Japan 62-69-67-69=267 50,000
3 Sam Torrance  Scotland 68-70-64-69=271 −17 25,000
4 Costantino Rocca  Italy 70-68-64-72=274 −14
T5 Michael Campbell  New Zealand 69-71-67-68=275 −13
Darren Clarke  Ireland 68-69-69-69=275
Retief Goosen  South Africa 71-66-66-72=275
T8 Fred Couples  United States 68-69-70-69=276 −12
Santiago Luna  Spain 69-71-69-70=276
10 Jesper Parnevik  Sweden 67-66-73-71=277 −11

Love won in a playoff with a par on the 5th extra hole.

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

References

  1. ^ "1995 Heineken World Cup Golf Programme".
  2. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1996. pp. 69, 74.
  3. ^ "World Cup of Golf". Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. 13 November 1995. p. B4.
  4. ^ "World Cup of Golf". The Monitor. McAllen, Texas. 13 November 1995. p. 3B – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Holloway, Robinson (17 November 1995). "Pros & Opens, World beaters, Love, Couples continue their dominance by capturing a fourth straight World Cup". Golf World. No. 49.