Philip Morris International (golf)
The Philip Morris International was a professional team golf tournament, played from 1972 and 1976. The 1972 and 1973 tournaments were called the Marlboro Nations' Cup. There was no tournament in 1974 but the event was played in 1975 and 1976 under a different name. All events were played in France. The tournament had a knock-out format with up to 16 teams competing. There were two players in each team, each match consisting of a foursomes followed by two singles matches.
The 1972 event was played at Mandelieu-la-Napoule near Cannes, the 1973 and 1975 events were played at Hardelot near Boulogne in northern France. In 1976 it was played at Divonne-les-Bains on the Swiss border near Geneva.
In 1972 and 1973 all the team were European, with the exception of Morocco who competed in 1972. Australia and South Africa competed in 1975 and they were joined by the United States, Argentina and New Zealand in 1976.
Winners
[edit]Year | Venue | Winners | Points | Runner-up | Points |
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Philip Morris International | |||||
1976 | Divonne Golf Club | Vereinigte Staaten | 2½ | Scotland | ½ |
1975 | Hardelot Golf Club | Frankreich | 2 | Südafrika | 1 |
1974 | No tournament | ||||
Marlboro Nations' Cup | |||||
1973 | Hardelot Golf Club | Scotland | 2 | Frankreich | 1 |
1972 | Cannes-Mandelieu Golf Club | Spanien | 2 | Wales | 1 |
1972
[edit]Teams
[edit]Land | Players |
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Österreich | Hansi Egger and Oswald Gartenmaier |
Belgien | Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck |
Dänemark | Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen |
England | Tony Jacklin and Peter Townsend |
Frankreich | Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio |
Irland | Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary |
Italien | Roberto Bernardini and Baldovino Dassù |
Marokko | B H Aomar and B R Messaoud |
Niederlande | Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg |
Portugal | Henrique Paulino and J Rodrigues |
Scotland | Brian Barnes and Harry Bannerman |
Spanien | Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo |
Schweden | B Johannson and J Rosell |
Schweiz | R Barras and Ronald Tingley |
Wales | Brian Huggett and David Vaughan |
Results
[edit]Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Spanien | 3 | |||||||||||||
Schweiz | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 1 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
Niederlande | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Scotland | ½ | |||||||||||||
Irland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||
Irland | ½ | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 3 | |||||||||||||
Österreich | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 1 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 3 | |||||||||||||
Marokko | 0 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Italien | ½ | |||||||||||||
Italien | 3 | |||||||||||||
Schweden | 0 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 2 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Dänemark | ½ | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 0 | |||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
England | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
1973
[edit]Source:[5]
Teams
[edit]Results
[edit]Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Wales | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
Wales | 1 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 3 | |||||||||||||
Schweiz | 0 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Italien | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Niederlande | ½ | |||||||||||||
Italien | 1 | |||||||||||||
England | 2 | |||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dänemark | 0 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 1 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Schweden | ½ | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 1 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 2 | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Österreich | 1 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
1975
[edit]Teams
[edit]Results
[edit]Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
Portugal | 0 | |||||||||||||
England | 2 | |||||||||||||
Italien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Italien | 3 | |||||||||||||
Schweiz | 0 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Wales | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | 2 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dänemark | 1 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | 1 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | w/o | |||||||||||||
West Germany | w/d | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 1 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Schweden | 1 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 2 | |||||||||||||
Australien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Australien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Niederlande | 1 | |||||||||||||
Australien | 3 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 0 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 2 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 1 | |||||||||||||
1976
[edit]Teams
[edit]Results
[edit]Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Südafrika | 3 | |||||||||||||
Schweiz | 0 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | 2 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 1 | |||||||||||||
Irland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Neuseeland | 1 | |||||||||||||
Südafrika | ½ | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2½ | |||||||||||||
England | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spanien | 1 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 2 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | 3 | |||||||||||||
Niederlande | 0 | |||||||||||||
Scotland | ½ | |||||||||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 2½ | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
Argentinien | 1 | |||||||||||||
West Germany | ½ | |||||||||||||
Australien | 2½ | |||||||||||||
Australien | 3 | |||||||||||||
Italien | 0 | |||||||||||||
Australien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | |||||||||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | |||||||||||||
Belgien | 1 | |||||||||||||
Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 1 | |||||||||||||
Frankreich | 3 | |||||||||||||
Österreich | 0 | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Golf – Continent in need of personalities". The Times. 5 September 1972. p. 8.
- ^ "Golf – British teams through comfortably". The Times. 8 September 1972. p. 10.
- ^ "Golf – Three home countries through as Ireland go down to Scotland". The Times. 9 September 1972. p. 5.
- ^ "Golf – Steadiness of Spaniards beats Wales in final". The Times. 11 September 1972. p. 8.
- ^ Williams, Michael (29 October 1973). "Gallacher inspires Scots' 2-1 win over France in final". The Daily Telegraph. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chillas only Scots winner". The Glasgow Herald. 30 May 1975. p. 30.
- ^ "82 wins county title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1975. p. 18.
- ^ "France's surprise win". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1975. p. 17.
- ^ "Scots face Holland". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1976. p. 25.
- ^ "Scots makes a clean sweep". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1976. p. 14.
- ^ "Scots golfers beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1976. p. 27.
- ^ "Row - but Scots go through to final". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1976. p. 14.
- ^ "Americans beat Scots in final". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1976. p. 17.