1973 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in Marbella, Spain. The name of the club was later changed to Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. It was the 21st World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 49 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country.

1973 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates22–25 November
LocationMarbella, Spain
Course(s)Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)
Field49 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
$4,200 team
$2,100 individual
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Johnny Miller & Jack Nicklaus
558 (-18)

Team Czechoslovakia of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified, but withdraw from the tournament before it begun. Also before the tournament begun, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen, Peter Oosterhuis, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the New Zealand team, replaced by Simon Owen and Brian Huggett, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan.

The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus won by six strokes over the South Africa team of Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player. This was the 12th team victory for United States, six of them with Jack Nicklaus on the team, in the event, formerly named Canada Cup, since its inception in 1953.

The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.

Teams

This list of players is incomplete

Country Players
 Argentina Fidel de Luca and Roberto De Vicenzo
 Australia Errol Hardvigsen and Randall Vines
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Luis Carlos Pinto and Humberto Rocha
 Canada Phil Giroux and Bob Panasik
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Rafael Jerez
 Colombia Alfonso Bohórquez and Heraclio Valenzuela
 Denmark Herluf Hansen and Henrik Lund
 Dominican Republic Arturo Pellerano and Carlos M. Puebla
 Egypt Mahmound Abedunahab and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Peter Butler and Peter Wilcock
 Finland Juhani Hämäläinen and Harry Safonoff
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Greece George Guinis and George Sotiropoulos
 Guatemala Roberto Gallda and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia
 Ireland Jimmy Kinsella and Eddie Polland
 Italy Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
 Jamaica Basil Campbell and Seymour Rose
 Japan Isao Aoki and Tōru Nakamura
 Libya Muftah Salem and Mohammed Salah Ziaani
 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Yusof and Jalal Deran[1]
 Mexico Ramón Cruz and Victor Regalado
 Morocco Ben Rokya Ahmed Messoud and Fatmi Moussa
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook
 New Zealand Dennis Clark and Simon Owen
 Nigeria Patrick Okpomu and Paul Osanebi
 Norway Westye Hoegh (a) and Johan Horn (a)
 Peru Bernabé Fajardo and David Montoya
 Philippines Ireneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival
 Portugal Fernando Rina and Joaquin Rodriques
 Puerto Rico David Jimenez and Jesús Rodríguez
 Romania Muntanu Dumitru and Paul Tomita
 Scotland David Huish and David Ingram
 Singapore Lim Kian Tiong and Lim Swee Chew
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player
 South Korea Cho Tae-ho and Kim Seung-hack
 Spain Valentín Barrios and Angel Gallardo
 Sweden Bo Johansson and Jan Rosell
  Switzerland Bernard Cordonier and Ronald Tingley
 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-Nan
 Thailand Prandana Ngarmprom and Sukree Onsham
 United States Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus
 Uruguay Juan Dapiaggi and Carlos Sereda
 Venezuela Ramón Muñoz and Julián Santana
 Wales Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
 West Germany Gerhard Koenig and Toni Kugelmueller

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States142-133-145-138=558−182,000
2 South Africa140-144-139-141=564−121,000
3 Taiwan138-145-142-143=568−8800
T4 Argentina137-143-152-150=582+6200
 Spain142-146-149-145=582
6 Japan143-144-154-142=583+7
T7 Australia147-150-144-145=586+10
 New Zealand151-149-144-142=586+10
9 Ireland147-147-148-146=588+12
10 Philippines151-149-146-146=592+16
T11 England152-145-149-147=593+17
 Thailand140-149-152-152=593+17
T13 Belgium146-156-149-145=596+20
 France153-146-148-149=596
15 Italy152-152-149-145=598+22
16 Wales151-147-150-152=600+24
T17 Netherlands149-152-152-148=601+25
 Puerto Rico152-141-157-151=601
19 Scotland148-148-149-157=602+26
20 South Korea156-144-155-148=603+27
21 Venezuela156-157-149-146=608+32
22 Austria609+33
T23 Chile610+34
 Mexico610
 Sweden153-144-157-156=610
26 Colombia611+35
27 Canada612+36
28 Singapore619+43
29 Jamaica622+46
30 Norway627+51
31 West Germany629+53
32 Brazil631+55
33  Switzerland633+57
34 Guatemala635+59
35 Portugal638+62
36 Egypt639+63
37 Dominican Republic640+64
38 Morocco642+66
39 Indonesia646+70
T40 Hong Kong648+72
 Peru648
T42 Denmark652+76
 Finland652
44 Nigeria654+78
45 Greece657+81
46 Malaysia658+82
47 Uruguay659+83
48 Libya708+132
49 Romania728+152

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1Johnny Miller United States73-65-72-67=277−111,000
2Gary Player South Africa69-72-70-69=280−8500
T3Jack Nicklaus United States69-68-73-71=281−7300
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan67-69-74-71=281
T5Hugh Baiocchi South Africa71-72-69-72=284−4
Randall Vines Australia72-74-69-69=284
7Eddie Polland Ireland71-74-70-70=285−3
T8Isao Aoki Japan70-71-76-70=287−1
Valentín Barrios  Spain69-70-75-73=287
Hsieh Min-Nan Taiwan71-76-68-72=287

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
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  2. "Miller, U.S. win championships in World Cup golf". The Sun. San Bernardino, California. 26 November 1973. p. 18.
  3. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1974. p. 46.
  4. "Jack, John Win Cup". The Desert Sun. 26 November 1973. p. 1B.
  5. "Golf: World Cup". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. 23 November 1973. p. 2C – via newspapers.com.
  6. "U.S. Leading By 3 Strokes". Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. TExas. UPI. 25 November 1973. p. Sec. 2–4 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Golf: World Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 27 November 1973. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.
  8. "Inscription De Casi Todos Los Paises De La Asociacion Internacional En El Mundial Malagueño de Nueva Andalucia". ABC Sabado (in Spanish). 6 October 1973. p. 83.
  9. "US clinch Cup by 6 strokes". New Nation. 26 November 1973. p. 11.

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