1974 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1974 World Cup took place 21–24 November at the Lagunita Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the 22nd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The South Africa team of Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes won by five strokes over the Japan team of Isao Aoki and Masashi Ozaki. The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Cole, five strokes ahead Ozaki.

1974 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates21–24 November
LocationCaracas, Venezuela
Course(s)Lagunita Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par70
Length6,763 yards (6,184 m)
Field46 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 South Africa
Bobby Cole & Dale Hayes
554 (−6)

Dale Hayes, just 22 years of age and Cole, being 26, became the youngest pair ever to win the World Cup, formerly named the Canada Cup. It was the second victory for South Africa in the history of the event, since Gary Player and Harold Henning won the tournament for South Africa in 1965.

Teams
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaFidel de Luca and Roberto De Vicenzo
 AustraliaTed Ball and Ian Stanley
 AustriaOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf Hauser
 BelgiumDonald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint
 BrazilLuis Carlos Pinto and Humberto Rocha
 CanadaWilf Homenuik and Ben Kern
 ChileFrancisco Cerda and Natalio Morales
 ColombiaAlfonso Bohorquez and Heraclio Valenzuela
 Costa RicaMario Herrera and Hector Jimenez
 DenmarkPer Greve and Herluf Hansen
 EgyptCherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa
 EnglandMaurice Bembridge and Peter Townsend
 FranceRoger Demiano and Jean Garaïalde
 GreeceJohn Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis
 GuatemalaRoberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong KongJoseph Hardwick and Peter Tang
 IrelandChristy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie Polland
 IsraelLaurie Been and Neil Shochet
 ItalyRoberto Bernardini and Renato Campagnoli
 JamaicaPeter Millhouse and Seymour Rose
 JapanIsao Aoki and Masashi Ozaki
 LibyaHosain Abdul Mola and Muftah Salem
 MexicoRamon Cruz and Margarito Martinez
 MoroccoAssaidi Bouazza and Fatmi Moussa
 NetherlandsJan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook
 New ZealandDennis Clark and Howard Kennedy
 NigeriaFestus Makelemi and Patrick Okpomu
 PanamaLeo Dehlinger and Roberto Duran
 PeruAlejandro Malasquez and Sabino Quispe
 PhilippinesIreneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival
 PortugalManuel Ribeiro and Joaquim Rodriques
 Puerto RicoChi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús Rodríguez
 ScotlandBrian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher
 SingaporeLim Kian Tiong and Poh Eng Chong
 South AfricaBobby Cole and Dale Hayes
 South KoreaLee Il-ahn and Park Jung-ung
 SpainJosé María Cañizares and Manuel Piñero
 SwedenÅke Bergqvist and Sven Tumba
  SwitzerlandFranco Salmina and Ronald Tingley
 TaiwanKuo Chie-Hsiung and Lu Liang-Huan
 ThailandSeng Suwannakat and Uthai Thappavibul
 Trinidad and TobagoPeter Latchmansingh and Lennox Yearwood
 United StatesHale Irwin and Lee Trevino
 VenezuelaNoel Machado and Ramón Muñoz
 WalesCraig Defoy and David Llewellyn
 West GermanyToni Kugelmuller and Siegfried Vollrath

Source:[1]

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 South Africa137-138-139-140=554−62,000
2 Japan137-138-140-144=559−11,000
3 United States143-141-138-141=563+3800
4 Taiwan143-141-143-139=566+6400
5 Ireland143-148-138-143=572+12
6 Spain145-144-144-142=575+15
7 Venezuela140-144-146-147=577+17
T8 Argentina146-147-142-144=579+19
 Scotland140-142-147-150=579
10 England137-149-146-148=580+20
11 Puerto Rico141-150-143-147=581+21
12 Canada147-141-148-149=585+25
13 Belgium146-144-152-145=587+27
T14 Chile149-147-143-150=589+29
 Mexico147-148-145-149=589
16 Wales145-150-151-147=593+33
T17 Austria151-144-152-147=594+34
 Colombia151-146-148-149=594
19 Netherlands142-149-153-153=597+37
20 Trinidad and Tobago150-147-156-147=600+40
21 South Korea148-149-153-151=601+41
22 Italy153-147-152-152=604+44
23 New Zealand155-149-155-146=605+45
24 France147-147-154-160=608+48
25 Thailand155-151-151-152=609+49
T26 Greece151-154-152-155=612+52
 Philippines146-155-151-160=612
28 Jamaica153-159-149-156=617+57
29 Denmark156-148-158-156=618+58
30 Panama147-150-157-168=622+62
T31 Guatemala151-161-154-157=623+63
 Sweden159-154-156-154=623
33 West Germany158-160-156-152=626+66
34 Egypt157-156-159-157=629+69
35 Brazil153-158-158-161=630+70
36 Costa Rica160-158-164-151=633+73
37 Singapore160-165-155-154=634+74
38 Peru163-159-156-157=635+75
39  Switzerland153-157-168-159=637+77
40 Hong Kong164-153-162-160=639+79
T41 Morocco164-151-161-165=641+81
 Portugal164-156-166-155=641
43 Nigeria161-168-166-160=655+95
44 Israel161-157-169-181=668+108
45 Libya171-185-173-169=698+138
WD Australia151-145-WD

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Bobby Cole South Africa66-70-67-68=271−91,000
2Masashi Ozaki Japan67-68-70-71=276−4500
3Hale Irwin United States73-69-68-68=278−2400
T4Isao Aoki Japan70-70-70-73=283+3
Dale Hayes South Africa71-68-72-72=283
Kuo Chie-Hsiung Taiwan71-71-73-68=283
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan72-70-70-71=283
8Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina71-71-69-73=284+4
T9Chi-Chi Rodríguez Puerto Rico70-74-67-74=285+5
Lee Trevino United States70-72-70-73=285

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References
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  2. "S. Africans win World Cup". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. November 25, 1974. p. B-10.
  3. "On this day, In 1974 Bobby Cole wins the World Cup of Golf held in Caracas, Venezuela". Golf History Today.
  4. "South Africa Has A New Golf Trophy". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. UPI. November 25, 1974. p. B1.
  5. "Cole Worries His Way To Win Monday". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California. November 25, 1974. p. 9.
  6. "Team Scores". Pacific Daily News. Agana, Guam. Associated Press. November 26, 1974. p. 39 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "World Cup Golf". The Ithaca Journal. New York. Associated Press. November 25, 1974. p. 22 – via newspapers.com.
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