1979 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1979 World Cup took place 8–11 November at the Glyfada Golf Club in Athens, Greece. It was the 27th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 notified teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The South Africa team was invited to the event and their team of Hugh Baiocchi and Dale Hayes took part in practice and pro-am competition, but was informed by the Greece government shortly before the beginning of competition, they were not allowed to start.[1] The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Hale Irwin won by ten strokes over the Scotland team of Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle.

1979 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates8–11 November
LocationAthens, Greece
Course(s)Glyfada Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,809 yards (6,226 m)
Field45 two-man teams
CutNone
Winner's share$6,000 team
$3,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Hale Irwin & John Mahaffey
575 (−1)

The individual competition for the International Trophy was won by Irwin two strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, West Germany and Lyle, Scotland.

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Jorge Soto and Adan Sowa
 Australia Colin Bishop and Ross Metherell
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolfo Hauser
 Belgium Philippe Toussaint and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil Jaime Gonzalez and Rafael Navarro
 Burma Maun Pyone and Ko Ko Lay
 Canada Dan Halldorson and Jim Nelford
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Patricio Valenzuela
 Colombia Luis Arevalo and Juan Pinzon
 Denmark Herluf Hansen and Jorgen Korfitsen
 Dominican Republic Jack Corrie and Guillermo Gomez
 Egypt Farouk Badr and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Mark James and Michael King
 Fiji Aran Kumar and Bose Lutunatabua
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Greece Bassili Anastassiou (a) and Bassili Karatzas (a)
 Guatemala Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang
 Indonesia Engrun Tiahyana and Murat Satibi
 Ireland Eddie Polland and Des Smyth
 Israel Laurie Been (a) and Neil Schochet (a)
 Italy Baldovino Dassù and Delio Lovato
 Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa and Kaichi Inoue
 Lebanon Ziki Mukdad and Robert Prince
 Malaysia Marimuthu Ramayah and Nazamuddin Yusof[2]
 Mexico Enrique Serna and Victor Regalado
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon Van Den Berg
 New Zealand Craig Owen and Barry Vivian
 Norway Ole Hammer (a) and Johan Horn (a)
 Philippines Eleuterio Nival and Rudy Lavares
 Portugal Sebastiao Gil and Domingo Silva
 Scotland Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle
 Singapore Lim Swee Wah and Poh Eng Chong
 South Korea Cho Tae-ho and Choi Yoon-soo
 Spain Antonio Garrido and Manuel Piñero
 Sweden Sayed Cherif and Jan Sonnevi
  Switzerland Patrick Bagnoud and Mauric Salmini
 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming and Lu Hsi-chuen
 Thailand Sukree Onsham and Archin Sopon
 United States Hale Irwin and John Mahaffey
 Venezuela Noel Machado and Ramón Muñoz
 Wales Brian Huggett and David Vaughan
 West Germany Manfred Kessler and Bernhard Langer
 Yugoslavia Rafael Jerman (a) and Marko Vovk (a)

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States141-141-152-141=575−16,000
2 Scotland145-145-150-140=580+43,000
3 Spain147-153-144-146=590+14
4 Brazil148-144-153-148=593+17
5 Taiwan144-149-146-155=594+18
6 Ireland150-153-148-146=597+21
T7 Canada150-148-155-146=599+23
 Japan147-150-151-151=599
T9 England153-145-147-155=600+24
 France151-150-150-149=600
T11 Malaysia149-154-149-150=602+26
 West Germany160-145-150-147=602
13 Mexico150-150-152-153=605+29
14 Colombia151-153-152-152=608+32
15 New Zealand156-155-150-149=610+34
16 Venezuela151-155-150-157=613+37
17 Belgium154-154-154-153=615+39
18 South Korea152-154-151-161=618+42
T19 Philippines147-154-157-161=619+43
 Wales150-157-155-157=619
21 Argentina160-158-148-155=621+45
22 Chile155-159-160-148=622+46
23 Greece159-160-154-153=626+50
24 Thailand165-158-154-151=628+52
T25 Australia160-166-153-155=634+58
 Sweden158-162-154-160=634
27 Denmark161-163-155-157=636+60
28 Austria166-155-155-161=637+61
29 Netherlands161-161-154-162=638+62
30 Egypt162-157-159-161=639+63
T31 Guatemala162-162-154-162=640+64
  Switzerland162-158-161-159=640
T33 Hong Kong158-156-162-167=643+67
 Singapore162-168-162-151=643
T35 Dominican Republic160-156-166-164=646+70
 Portugal159-164-156-167=646
37 Indonesia169-164-158-163=654+78
38 Lebanon172-157-158-168=655+79
39 Norway169-165-158-170=662+86
40 Fiji166-178-159-163=666+90
41 Burma167-168-170-163=668+92
42 Israel165-172-169-177=683+107
43 Paraguay170-174-183-175=702+126
44 Yugoslavia188-186-177-184=735+159
DQ Italy158-143-148-DQ

Dassù of Italy was disqualified after signing an incorrect scorecard.[3]


International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money US$
1Hale Irwin United States74-70-72-69=285−33,000
T2Bernhard Langer West Germany74-70-71-71=287−1
Sandy Lyle Scotland72-73-73-69=287
4Jaime Gonzalez Brazil73-71-72-72=288E
5Antonio Garrido Spain74-76-66-73=289+1
6John Mahaffey United States67-71-80-72=290+2
7Ramón Muñoz Venezuela72-78-70-72=292+4
T8Ken Brown Scotland73-72-77-71=293+5
Lu Hsi-chuen Taiwan71-73-72-77=293
Kazuo Yoshikawa Japan71-74-73-75=293

Sources:[4][5][1][6][7][8][3]

References
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  2. "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. 27 October 2016.
  3. "U.S. keeps team leadin World Cup Golf Competition". The Galveston Daily News. Texas. UPI. 11 November 1979. p. 5-C – via newspaper.com.
  4. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1979. pp. 60, 69.
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