1994 World Cup of Golf

The 1994 World Cup of Golf took place November 10–13 at the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. It was the 40th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The winners share of the prize money was $300,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won (for the third time in a row with the same players in the team) by 14 strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Tony Johnstone. Couples took the International Trophy by five strokes over Costantino Rocca of Italy.

1994 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
DatesNovember 10–13
LocationDorado, Puerto Rico
Course(s)Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1.2 million
Winner's share$300,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
536 (−40)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Miguel Guzmán and Eduardo Romero
 Australia Mike Clayton and Steve Elkington
 Brazil Antonio Barcellos and Acacio Jorge Pedro
 Canada David Barr and Rick Gibson
 Denmark Jacob Rasmussen and Steen Tinning
 England Barry Lane and Mark Roe
 Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Mikael Piltz
 France Michel Besanceney and Jean van de Velde
 Germany Bernhard Langer and Sven Strüver
 Hong Kong Dominique Boulet and Richard Kan
 Ireland Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley
 Italy Costantino Rocca and Silvio Grappasonni
 Jamaica Ralph Mairs and Seymour Rose
 Japan Masayaki Kawamura and Toru Suzuki
 Malaysia Periasamy Gunasegaran and Marimuthu Ramayah[1]
 Mexico Rafael Alarcon and Esteban Toledo
 Netherlands Joost Steenkammer and Chris van der Velde
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
 Norway Thomas Nielsen and Hans Strom-Olsen
 Paraguay Ángel Franco and Pedro Martínez
 Puerto Rico Manuel Camacho and Wilfredo Morales (a)
 Scotland Andrew Coltart and Gordon Brand Jnr
 South Africa Roger Wessels and Wayne Westner
 South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Han Young-kuen
 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
 Sweden Joakim Haeggman and Jesper Parnevik
  Switzerland André Bossert and Marco Scopetta
 Taiwan Lu Chien-soon and Yu Chin-han
 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng and Boonchu Ruangkit
 United States Fred Couples and Davis Love III
 Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
(per team)
1 United States132-129-137-138=536−40300,000
2 Zimbabwe135-139-133-143=550−26150,000
3 Sweden140-134-140-137=551−25100,000
4 New Zealand142-136-135-140=553−2375,000
T5 Japan146-135-131-145=557−1945,666
 Paraguay140-137-141-139=557
 Scotland144-137-141-135=557
8 Germany142-140-138-138=558−1824,000
T9 Australia144-133-146-136=559−1718,000
 Italy137-137-143-142=559
 Malaysia139-133-140-147=559
12 Argentina143-137-139-141=560−1614,000
13 Mexico142-145-139-137=563−1312,000
14 Canada143-134-142-146=565−1111,000
T15 England141-141-140-146=568−88,700
 France147-138-143-140=568
 Ireland138-140-148-142=568
 South Africa140-140-147-141=568
T19 Netherlands144-138-144-144=570−67,400
 South Korea149-138-140-143=570
 Thailand139-142-142-147=570
22 Brazil146-138-143-150=577+17,000
T23 Denmark149-143-139-147=578+26,700
 Finland144-149-140-145=578
25 Wales150-141-138-150=579+36,400
26 Taiwan147-139-146-149=581+56,200
27 Spain146-141-148-148=583+76,000
28  Switzerland143-152-142-155=592+165,800
29 Puerto Rico146-147-150-152=595+195,600
30 Hong Kong157-150-144-147=598+225,400
31 Norway160-155-155-154=624+485,200
DQ Jamaica146-DQ5,000

Jamaica was disqualified because Seymour Rose signed an incorrect scorecard. His teammate Ralph Mairs completed the competition.

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Fred Couples United States65-63-68-69=265−23100,000
2Costantino Rocca Italy68-66-68-68=270−1850,000
3Davis Love III United States67-66-69-69=271−1725,000
T4Mark McNulty Zimbabwe68-67-67-70=272−16
Frank Nobilo New Zealand70-66-67-69=272
6Marimuthu Ramayah Malaysia66-64-69-74=273−15
T7Steve Elkington Australia69-68-71-66=274−14
Eduardo Romero Argentina72-66-66-70=274
9Jesper Parnevik Sweden69-69-70-67=275−13
T10Joakim Haeggman Sweden71-65-70-70=276−12
Masayaki Kawamura Japan71-67-65-73=276
Bernhard Langer Germany71-71-65-69=276

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References
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  2. Golfens Årsbok 1994 Svenska Golfförbundet Media AB page 159
  3. "World Cup". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). December 1994. p. 61.
  4. "World Cup of Golf". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 11, 1994. p. C2 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "World Cup". Tucson Citizen. Arizona. Associated Press. November 12, 1994. p. 7D – via newspapers.com.
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  7. Golf/World Cup, Couples, Love complete hattrick New Straits Times - 15 November 1994, p. 24

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