1961 Canada Cup

The 1961 Canada Cup took place June 1–4 at Dorado Beach in Dorado, Puerto Rico. It was the ninth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1960 but without Central Africa and with the addition of Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead won by 12 strokes over the Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson. The individual competition was won by Sam Snead, with a tournament record score of 272, finishing eight shots ahead of Peter Thomson.[2]

1961 Canada Cup
Tournament information
DatesJune 1–4
LocationDorado, Puerto Rico
Course(s)Dorado Beach
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,115 yards (6,506 m)[1]
Field33 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Jimmy Demaret & Sam Snead
560 (−16)

Teams
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaFidel de Luca and Leopoldo Ruiz
 AustraliaKel Nagle and Peter Thomson
 BelgiumDonald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 BrazilJosé Maria Gonzalez and Mário Gonzalez
 CanadaAl Balding and Al Johnston
 ChileAnisio Araya and Enrique Orellana
 ColombiaAlfonso Bohórquez and Miguel Sala
 DenmarkHenning Kristensen and Carl Paulsen
 EgyptCherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa
 EnglandPeter Alliss and Brian Bamford
 FranceJean Garaïalde and François Saubaber
 IrelandNorman Drew and Christy O'Connor Snr
 ItalyAlfonso Angelini and Carlo Grappasonni
 JapanTadashi Kitsuta and Torakichi Nakamura
 MexicoRoberto De Vicenzo and Juan Antonio Estrada (a)
 NetherlandsCees Cramer and Gerard de Wit
 New ZealandMichael Busk and Ernie Southerden
 ParaguayLuis Boschian and Elcido Nari
 PeruEugenio Dunezat and Wilfredo Uculmana
 PhilippinesBen Arda and Celestino Tugot
 PortugalHenrique Paulino and Fernando Pina
 Puerto RicoPete Cooper and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 ScotlandEric Brown and John Panton
 South AfricaHarold Henning and Retief Waltman
 SpainSebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota
 SwedenHarry Karlsson and Arne Werkell
  SwitzerlandJacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer
 TaiwanChen Ching-Po and Hsieh Yung-yo
 United StatesJimmy Demaret and Sam Snead
 UruguayJuan Sereda and Pascual Viola
 VenezuelaFrancisco Gonzales and Teobaldo Perez
 WalesDai Rees and Dave Thomas
 West GermanyHans Bessner and Willi Jersombeck

(a) - denotes amateur

Source[2][3]

The Canadian Stan Leonard, American Arnold Palmer and South African Gary Player withdrew from the event. The Canada Cup was played at the same time as the Memphis Open, an official event on the 1961 PGA Tour. Under a PGA Tour rule, the three, as winners of official PGA Tour events in the previous 12 months, were unable to play in non-tour events where they clashed with official events. The sponsors of the Memphis Open refused to allow the three to play in the Canada Cup with the result that the players withdrew from both events.[4] They were replaced by Al Johnston, Jimmy Demaret and Harold Henning.

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 United States140-137-144-139=560−162,000
2 Australia143-140-146-143=572−41,000
3 Canada147-142-151-139=579+3800
4 Ireland147-151-144-140=582+6400
5 Philippines145-143-148-149=585+9
6 Wales144-149-154-140=587+11
7 Puerto Rico149-149-146-145=589+13
8 South Africa149-147-146-149=591+15
9 Argentina146-151-146-150=593+17
T10 Belgium151-146-150-147=594+18
 Taiwan147-148-148-151=594
T12 Japan154-146-147-148=595+19
 Scotland147-150-151-147=595
14 Mexico147-152-150-147=596+20
15 England148-153-149-149=599+23
T16 Colombia146-157-153-145=601+25
 Spain148-150-153-150=601
18 Egypt146-150-158-150=604+28
19 France151-154-148-152=605+29
20 Brazil149-155-156-150=610+34
21 Italy152-158-151-152=613+37
22 Venezuela155-151-160-153=619+43
23 New Zealand161-157-157-150=625+49
24 Netherlands156-155-156-161=628+52
25 Uruguay154-158-161-157=630+54
26 Sweden160-156-164-153=633+57
T27 Chile165-160-153-156=634+58
 Peru169-152-153-160=634
  Switzerland158-155-162-159=634
30 West Germany156-162-160-164=642+66
31 Denmark162-159-164-158=643+67
32 Paraguay170-165-155-159=649+73
33 Portugal162-164-163-166=655+79

Source[2][3]

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Sam Snead United States67-67-70-68=272−161,000
2Peter Thomson Australia69-71-70-70=280−8500
3Christy O'Connor Snr Ireland73-72-68-69=282−6400
4Al Balding Canada69-70-75-69=283−5200
5Ben Arda Philippines69-69-72-76=286−2
T6Peter Alliss England72-72-71-73=288E
Jimmy Demaret United States73-70-74-71=288
8Chi-Chi Rodríguez Puerto Rico74-73-72-71=290+2
T9Kel Nagle Australia74-69-76-73=292+4
Dave Thomas Wales71-76-77-68=292

Source[2][5]

References
  1. "Snead fires 67, Demaret 73: Century Club Golfers Lead". The Daily Sun. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. June 2, 1961. p. D-3.
  2. "Americans' easy win in Canada Cup". The Glasgow Herald. June 5, 1961. p. 4.
  3. "Canada Cup golf scores". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. June 5, 1961. p. F-3. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. "PGA rocked by disputes over tournament, membership rules" (PDF). Golfdom. June 1961. p. 40. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  5. "U.S. keeps Canada Cup; Sam Snead's 272 wins individual championship". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. June 5, 1961. pp. F–1, F–3. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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