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1976 World Cup (men's golf)

Coordinates: 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
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1976 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesDecember 9–12
LocationRancho Mirage, California, U.S.
33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,381 yards (6,749 m)
Field48 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
574 (−2)
Location map
Mission Hills CC is located in the United States
Mission Hills CC
Mission Hills CC
Location in the United States
Mission Hills CC is located in California
Mission Hills CC
Mission Hills CC
Location in California
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The 1976 World Cup took place December 9–12 at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, United States. It was the 24th 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 Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero won by two strokes over the United States team of Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Ernesto Perez Acosta of Mexico, three strokes ahead of six players, who tied second.

Teams

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Country Players
 Argentina Juan Gumersindo Quinteros and Juan Carlos Cabrera
 Australia Bob Shearer and Greg Norman
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
 Belgium Sylvain Bouillon and Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Luis Pinto and Antonio Evangelista
 Burma Mya Aye and Maung Shein
 Canada George Knudson and Dan Halldorson
 Chile Patricio Valenzuela and Francisco Cerda
 Colombia Alfonso Bohorquez and Juan Pinzon
 Costa Rica Francisco Jiminez and Manfred Haehndr (a)
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 Dominican Republic Edwin Corrie (a) and Guillermo Gomez
 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Martin Foster and Tommy Horton
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Greece George Vafiadis (a) and John Sotiropoulos
 Guatemala Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
 Hong Kong Lai Wai Che and Joe Hardwick
 Ireland Eamonn Darcy and Eddie Polland
 Israel Laurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)
 Italy Baldovino Dassù and Luciana Grappasonni
 Japan Takashi Murakami and Yoshitaka Yamamoto
 Malaysia V. Nellan and Zainal Abidin Yusof
 Mexico Ernesto Perez Acosta and Margarito Martinez
 Morocco Mohammed Gartite and Fatmi Moussa
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Bertus van Mook
 New Zealand Simon Owen and Barry Vivian
 Nigeria Paul Osaebi and Patrick Okpomu
 Panama Inocencio Galindo (a) and Jorge Paz-Rodriguez (a)
 Paraguay Luis Boschias and Genaro Espinola
 Philippines Paterno Braze Dimaano and Eleuterio Nival
 Portugal Domingos Silva and Henrique Paulino
 Puerto Rico Chi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús Rodríguez
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Sam Torrance
 Singapore Lim Swee Chew and Lim Kian Teong
 South Africa Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes
 South Korea Han Chang-sang and Park Jung–ung
 Spain Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero
 Sweden Åke Bergqvist and Thure Holmström
 Switzerland Jacob Kressig and Franco Salmina
 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsu Sheng-san
 Thailand Sukree Onsham and Pradhana Nganprom
 Trinidad and Tobago Robert McKenna and George Phillips
 United States Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton
 Uruguay Jose Esmoris and Juan Rodriguez
 Venezuela Julian Santana and Ramón Muñoz
 Wales Craig Defoy and Brian Huggett
 West Germany Bernhard Langer and Jurgen Harder

(a) denotes amateur

Source:[1]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  Spain 146-142-144-142=574 −2 2,000
2  United States 144-147-140-145=576 E 1,000
3  Taiwan 144-151-138-148=581 +5 800
4  Scotland 143-148-151-141=583 +7 400
T5  Japan 147-144-152-141=584 +8
 Mexico 148-147-143-146=584
T7  Australia 145-148-145-149=587 +11
 South Africa 149-148-147-143=587
9  England 148-147-145-148=588 +12
10  New Zealand 145-152-145-148=590 +14
11  Ireland 151-151-146-146=594 +18
T12  Colombia 151-153-147-151=602 +26
 Puerto Rico 151-153-149-149=602
T14  France 149-151-153-152=605 +29
 South Korea 149-157-145-154=605
 Wales 146-153-153-153=605
17  Philippines 150-154-149-156=609 +33
18  Venezuela 154-153-149-154=610 +34
19  Italy 150-156-155-150=611 +35
20  Canada 150-158-154-150=612 +36
21  Brazil 154-152-149-158=613 +37
22  Belgium 159-150-157-151=617 +41
23  Egypt 153-162-153-150=618 +42
T24  Argentina 157-159-152-152=620 +44
 Thailand 153-162-153-152=620
26  Denmark 158-157-157-150=622 +46
T27  Chile 155-159-155-156=625 +49
 Hong Kong 153-163-157-152=625
29  Morocco 151-161-157-157=626 +50
30  West Germany 157-157-160-155=629 +53
T31  Malaysia 155-157-165-153=630 +54
 Sweden 157-160-156-157=630
33  Austria 152-162-157-160=631 +55
T34  Burma 161-160-158-156=635 +59
 Guatemala 159-163-153-160=635
 Netherlands 159-162-155-159=635
 Singapore 158-164-160-153=635
38  Portugal 161-161-156-161=639 +63
39  Switzerland 157-167-156-163=643 +67
40  Trinidad and Tobago 151-168-167-159=645 +69
41  Dominican Republic 160-167-168-159=654 +78
42  Paraguay 166-165-172-163=666 +90
43  Israel 167-176-167-159=669 +93
44  Costa Rica 170-169-172-162=673 +97
45  Nigeria 162-175-168-170=675 +99
46  Uruguay 169-169-161-178=676 +102
47  Panama 176-182-173-170=701 +125
WD  Greece

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Ernesto Perez Acosta  Mexico 69-74-69-70=282 −6 1,000
T2 Brian Barnes  Scotland 70-73-74-68=285 −3 183
Dale Hayes  South Africa 74-69-71-71=285
Kuo Chie-Hsiung  Taiwan 69-71-70-75=285
Simon Owen  New Zealand 71-70-70-74=285
Jerry Pate  United States 70-74-69-72=285
Manuel Piñero  Spain 75-70-72-68=285
8 Takashi Murakami  Japan 71-71-74-70=286 −2
T9 Eamonn Darcy  Ireland 72-72-72-71=287 −1
Bob Shearer  Australia 71-74-69-73=287

Sources:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "World Cup Golf Pairings". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 8, 1976. p. B5.
  2. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1977. pp. 26, 27, 63.
  3. ^ "World Cup Final Individual Winners". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 13, 1976. p. B3.

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