1977 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1977 World Cup took place December 8–11 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila, Philippines. It was the 25th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 50 teams. The Mexico team of Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado did not arrive on time to start and were replaced by a Filipino amateur team of Tommy Manotoc and Emilio Tuazon.[1] Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido successfully defended the title Spain won in 1976 and won by two strokes over the Philippines team of Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Gary Player of South Africa, three strokes ahead of Lavares and Hubert Green, United States.

1977 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesDecember 8–11
LocationManila, Philippines
Course(s)Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
East Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,734 yards (7,072 m)
Field50 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
$4,200 team
$2,100 individual
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 Spain
Seve Ballesteros & Manuel Piñero
591 (+15)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Juan Carlos Cabrera and Juan Carlos Molina
 Australia Mike Cahill and David Good
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
 Belgium Michael Eaton and Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Luis Carlos Pinto and Laurenco Evangelista
 Burma Mya Aye and Maung Shein
 Canada Dave Barr and George Knudson
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Natalio Morales
 Colombia Eduardo Martinez and Juan Pinzon
 Czechoslovakia Jiri Dvorak and Jan Kunsta
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Peter Dawson and Nick Faldo
 Fiji Bose Lutunatabua and Veramu Rokotavaga
 France Patrick Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
 Greece Basilli Anastassiou (a) and Basilli Karatzas (a)
 Guatemala Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang
 Iceland Ragnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)
 Indonesia Azis Narwi and Sumarno (a)
 Ireland Eamonn Darcy and Eddie Polland
 Israel Laurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)
 Italy Silvano Locatelli and Delio Lovato
 Japan Seiichi Kanai and Kosaku Shimada
 Libya Muftah Salem and Mohamed Salah Ziany
 Malaysia Lim Yat Foong and V. Nellan
 Morocco Mohamed Makroune and Ahmed Messaoud
   Nepal Bishnu Shahi and Ghanashyam Thapa
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Martien Groenendaal
 New Zealand Dennis Clark and Richard Coombes
 Nigeria Peter Akakasiaka and Ahmadu Baba
 Pakistan Mohammad Ejaz and Taimur Hassan
 Philippines Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares
 Philippines Tommy Manotoc (a) and Emilio Tuazon (a)
 Portugal Domingos Silva and Joachim Rodrigues
 Puerto Rico Manuel Camacho and Jesús Rodríguez
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Ken Brown
 Singapore Lim Swee Wah and Lim Kian Tiong
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player
 South Korea Hahn Chang-sang and Kim Seung-hack
 Spain Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson and Jan Sonnevi
  Switzerland Dennis Maina and Franco Salmina
 Taiwan Kuo Chie-hsiung and Hsieh Min-Nan
 Thailand Uthai Dhappavibul and Nares Navin
 United States Hubert Green and Lanny Wadkins
 Venezuela Francisco Gonzales and Ramón Muñoz
 Wales Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
 West Germany Wolfgang Jersombeck and Bernhard Langer
 Yugoslavia Rafael Jerman (a) and Mirko Vovk (a)

(a) denotes amateur

Source:[2]

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Spain144-154-142-151=591+152,000
2 Philippines149-142-156-147=594+181,000
3 Canada139-147-157-152=595+19800
T4 Japan151-148-146-152=597+21400
 South Africa149-141-154-153=597
T6 Ireland149-141-154-153=597+22
 Taiwan151-151-147-149=598
8 United States143-153-155-150=601+25
9 South Korea144-155-152-152=603+27
10 Egypt145-151-158-154=608+32
11 Malaysia150-153-158-149=610+34
12 Italy148-151-150-162=611+35
T13 Australia159-148-155-150=612+36
 New Zealand151-147-154-160=612
T15 Brazil154-147-159-155=615+39
 Colombia155-151-155-154=615
 Thailand150-153-156-156=615
18 Scotland151-153-164-151=619+43
19 Burma158-156-152-154=620+44
T20 England152-153-155-161=621+45
 Wales153-152-164-152=621
22 Puerto Rico155-154-158-158=625+49
T23 Hong Kong153-160-153-163=629+53
 Sweden159-153-153-164=629
25 Belgium159-152-163-158=632+56
26 Denmark153-161-165-154=633+57
T27 Argentina154-164-161-155=634+58
 Singapore165-158-153-158=634
T29 Pakistan154-165-157-161=637+61
 Philippines (a)164-161-158-154=637
31 Venezuela156-169-155-160=640+64
32 France167-166-154-156=643+67
33 Indonesia160-155-162-167=644+68
34 West Germany162-160-163-160=645+69
35 Chile162-165-157-163=647+71
36 Austria167-164-158-161=650+74
T37 Guatemala159-160-165-167=651+75
 Morocco163-165-163-160=651
39 Fiji162-156-170-165=653+77
40  Switzerland159-176-162-159=656+80
41 Netherlands163-172-160-162=657+81
42 Greece168-163-168-161=660+84
43 Portugal166-167-172-167=672+96
44 Iceland160-177-171-167=675+99
45 Israel164-164-184-170=682+106
46 Nigeria177-169-172-167=685+109
47 Czechoslovakia176-171-173-172=692+116
48 Libya183-180-173-168=704+128
49   Nepal172-184-184-189=729+153
50 Yugoslavia180-190-184-178=732+156

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money US$
1Gary Player South Africa72-68-73-76=289+11,000
T2Hubert Green United States69-72-77-74=292+4450
Rudy Lavares Philippines73-69-77-73=292
4Seiichi Kanai Japan75-73-73-72=293+5200
5George Knudson Canada69-72-78-75=294+6
T6Seve Ballesteros Spain73-77-69-76=295+7
Kuo Chie-Hsiung Taiwan73-75-72-75=295
8Antonio Garrido Spain71-77-73-75=296+8
9Eddie Polland Ireland78-76-74-70=298+10
10Mya Aye Burma76-72-75-76=299+11

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

References
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  2. "Pro Golf – World Cup". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. December 9, 1977. p. B3 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1978. pp. 19, 54, 59.
  4. "Golf: World Cup". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino, Caslifornia. December 12, 1977. p. C4.
  5. "Golf". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 12, 1977. p. 10.
  6. "Spain retains World Cup Crown" (PDF). Hawaii Filipino News. Honolulu, Hawaii. February 1, 1978. p. 5.
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