1978 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1978 World Cup took place November 30 – December 3 at the Makai Golf Club in Hanalei, Hawaii. It was the 26th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Andy North won by ten strokes over the Australian team of Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.

1978 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesNovember 30 – December 3
LocationHanalei, Princeville, Hawaii, U.S.
Course(s)Hanalei, Makai course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field48 two-man teams
CutNone
Winner's share$6,000 team
$3,000 individual
Champion
 United States
John Mahaffey & Andy North
564 (−12)

The individual competition for The International Trophy was won by Mahaffey two strokes ahead of North. Greg Norman and Thailand's Sukree Onsham tied for third.[1]

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Vicente Fernández and Florentino Molina
 Australia Wayne Grady and Greg Norman
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
 Belgium Yves Mahaim and Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Josias Draxler and Jaime Gonzalez
 Burma Mya Aye and Mg Pyone
 Canada Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson
 Chile Anisio Araya and Francisco Cerda
 Colombia Luis Eduard Arevalo and Juan Pinzon
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 Dominican Republic Jack Corrie and Ricardo Orellana
 Egypt Abdel Monem Hanafi and Mohamed Said Moussa
 El Salvador Carlos Sorroche and Bruno Vicentin
 England Howard Clark and Mark James
 Fiji Arun Kumar and Erami Bose Lutunatabua
 Finland Juhani Hämäläinen and Sigurd Nystrom
 France Patrick Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
 Greece Basilli Anastassiou and Basilli Karatzas
 Guatemala Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang
 Iceland Ragnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)
 Indonesia Sumarno and Suparman
 Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie Polland
 Israel Brian Cooper and Barry Mandel
 Italy Renato Campagnoli and Geroiamo Delfino
 Japan Norio Suzuki and Shigeru Uchida
 Malaysia Lim Yat Foong and Nazamuddin Yusof[2]
 Mexico Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
 New Zealand Dennis Clark and Kim Southerden
 Norway Erik Dönnestad (a) and Tore Sviland (a)
 Pakistan Mehmood Hussain and Mohammad Eiaz Malik
 Philippines Rudy Lavares and Eleuterio Nival
 Portugal Domingos Silva and Rogerio Valente
 Scotland Ken Brown and Sam Torrance
 Singapore Alvin Liau and Sinniah Velasamy
 South Africa Nick Price and Bobby Verwey
 South Korea Hahn Chang–sang and Kim Suck-bong
 Spain Antonio Garrido and Manuel Piñero
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson and Gunnar Mueller
  Switzerland Denis Maina and Franco Salmina
 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo and Hsu Sheng-san
 Thailand Sukree Onsham and Seng Suwannakas
 United States John Mahaffey and Andy North
 Venezuela Noel Machado and Ramon Munoz
 Wales Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
 West Germany Bernhard Langer and Seigfried Vollrath
 Yugoslavia Rafael Jerman and Siavko Vodnjov

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 United States141-144-138-141=564−126,000
2 Australia142-146-146-143=574−23,000
3 Canada137-141-148-151=577+11,800
 England146-146-146-139=577
5 Scotland143-150-145-141=579+3
6 Spain145-146-141-148=580+4
7 Philippines139-149-143-150=581+5
T8 Ireland147-146-147-146=586+10
 Japan149-140-150-147=586
 Mexico142-152-143-148=586
 South Korea142-148-149-147=586
 Taiwan146-145-149-146=586
 Wales146-146-147-147=586
T14 Argentina141-151-148-147=587+11
 Colombia144-145-146-152=587
 Sweden145-147-149-146=587
17 Malaysia151-146-148-144=589+13
18 South Africa146-150-149-147=592+16
19 Venezuela153-154-145-141=593+17
T20 West Germany148-141-154-153=596+20
 France149-148-150-149=596
22 Thailand159-151-143-144=597+21
23 Brazil145-161-143-151=600+24
24 Denmark155-153-147-148=603+27
25 Italy153-151-150-150=604+28
T26 Chile146-161-153-145=605+29
 Egypt149-154-149-152=605
28 Greece156-152-151-148=607+31
29 Burma150-153-154-153=610+34
30 Guatemala155-158-150-149=612+36
T31 Hong Kong155-167-150-141=613+37
 Singapore156-158-149-150=613
33 Austria148-157-159-150=614+38
34 New Zealand159-151-154-153=617+41
35 Belgium159-152-161-152=624+48
36 Netherlands156-156-158-158=628+52
37 Fiji157-164-155-156=632+56
38 Dominican Republic154-163-158-159=634+58
T39 Indonesia160-163-164-148=635+59
 Portugal163-157-160-155=635
T41 Norway166-158-157-158=639+63
 Pakistan161-164-158-156=639
43 Israel165-170-160-151=646+70
44  Switzerland171-154-161-161=647+71
45 El Salvador157-168-169-164=658+82
46 Iceland172-163-165-160=660+84
47 Finland169-169-162-172=672+96
48 Yugoslavia173-182-177-171=703+127

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney US$
1John Mahaffey United States69-72-69-71=281−73,000
2Andy North United States72-72-69-70=283−5
T3Greg Norman Australia71-69-74-72=286−2
Sukree Onsham Thailand78-70-70-68=286
T5Howard Clark England72-74-72-69=287−1
Antonio Garrido Spain73-70-68-76=287
Gunnar Mueller Sweden71-72-75-69=287
Sam Torrance Scotland71-76-71-69=287
T9Wayne Grady Australia71-74-72-71=288E
Dan Halldorson Canada70-72-73-73=288
Eleuterio Nival Philippines69-75-70-74=288
Ernesto Perez Acosta Mexico71-74-70-73=288

Sources:[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Ten-shot win in World Cup". The Canberra Times. December 5, 1978. p. 24. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. October 27, 2016.
  3. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1979. p. 60.
  4. "World Cup results". San Bernardino. December 4, 1978. p. 26.
  5. "John Mahaffey Posts Low Score, Teams With North For World Cup". Lebanon Daily News. Pennsylvania. UPI. December 4, 1978. p. 30 – via newspaper.com.
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