1954 Canada Cup

The 1954 Canada Cup took place August 20–22 at the Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was the second Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1]18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by four strokes over the Argentine team of Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo.[2] Canadian Stan Leonard had the lowest individual score with 275, two strokes ahead of Peter Thomson.[3]

1954 Canada Cup
Tournament information
DatesAugust 20–22
LocationLaval, Quebec, Canada
Course(s)Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field25 two-man teams
CutNone
Champion
 Australia
Kel Nagle & Peter Thomson
556 (−20)

Teams
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaAntonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo
 AustraliaKel Nagle and Peter Thomson
 BelgiumArthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck
 BrazilMário Gonzalez and Ricardo Rossi
 CanadaJules Huot and Stan Leonard
 ChileEmilio Palacios and Luis Salas
 ColombiaPablo Molina and Raúl Posse
 EgyptNaaman Aly and Cherif El-Sayed Cherif
 EnglandPeter Alliss and Harry Weetman
 FranceJean Garaïalde and François Saubaber
 IrelandHarry Bradshaw and Fred Daly
 ItalyAldo Casera and Ugo Grappasonni
 JapanMichio Ishii and Torakichi Nakamura
 MexicoAI Escalante and Augustin Martinez
 NetherlandsJoop Rühl and Piet Witte
 New ZealandEddie Fennell and Ernie Southerden
 PhilippinesLarry Montes and Celestino Tugot
ScandinaviaCarl Paulsen and Arne Werkell
 ScotlandEric Brown and Tom Haliburton
 South AfricaBobby Locke and Bert Thomas
 SpainCarlos Celles and Sebastián Miguel
  SwitzerlandRobert Lanz and Otto Schoepfer
 United StatesJimmy Demaret and Sam Snead
 WalesHarry Gould and Dai Rees
 West GermanyGeorg Bessner and Friedel Schmaderer

The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell.

Source[4]

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
1 Australia137-144-140-135=556−20
2 Argentina142-139-138-141=560−16
3 United States144-140-139-142=565−11
4 Canada141-143-143-143=570−6
5 Scotland144-140-138-149=571−5
6 France147-140-143-143=573−3
7 England143-143-144-144=574−2
8 Brazil144-144-141-146=575−1
T9 Belgium150-146-143-139=578+2
 South Africa145-146-146-141=578
T11 Ireland143-148-139-149=579+3
 Italy147-149-146-137=579
13 Spain144-144-148-150=586+10
14 Japan152-144-149-146=591+15
15 Egypt152-151-150-140=593+17
16 West Germany149-153-150-143=595+19
T17 Philippines148-149-150-151=598+22
 Wales151-151-150-146=598
T19 Chile150-148-147-156=601+25
 New Zealand152-153-151-145=601
21Scandinavia148-151-158-152=609+33
T22 Netherlands157-147-155-151=610+34
 Mexico152-155-157-146=610
24  Switzerland150-156-160-160=626+50
WD Colombia149-WD[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Colombia withdrew after Raúl Posse became ill.

Source[4][5][6][7]

The leading individual scores were 275 by Stan Leonard and 277 by Peter Thomson.[3]

References
  1. McAuley, Ed (August 20, 1954). "Snead, Daly have 63s Canada Cup warmup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  2. McAuley, Ed (August 23, 1954). "Australians stage sub-par finish to capture Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  3. "Stan Leonard has 275 to lead field". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  4. "72-hole scores at Laval". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  5. "Canada Cup". Sunday Mail. Queensland, Australia. August 22, 1954. p. 24. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Australians share Canada golf lead". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. August 23, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Thomson wants cup play here". The Courier-Mail. Queensland, Australia. AAP. August 24, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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