1968 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1968 World Cup took place 14–17 November at the Olgiata Golf Club in Rome, Italy. It was the 16th World Cup event, which was named the Canada Cup until 1966 and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 42 teams. The third round on Saturday was interrupted by hail and rain storm, with six teams still on the course and play was resumed early Sunday. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Canadian team of Al Balding and George Knudson won by two strokes ahead of the United States team of Julius Boros and Lee Trevino. The individual competition was won by Balding, five strokes ahead of Roberto Bernardini, Italy. This was the first team victory for Canada in the event, which was founded in Canada in 1953.

1968 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates14–17 November
LocationRome, Italy
Course(s)Olgiata Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,850 yards (6,260 m)
Field42 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 Canada
Al Balding & George Knudson
569 (−7)

Teams
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaRoberto De Vicenzo and Bono Tudino
 AustraliaBill Dunk and Col Johnston
 AustriaOswald Gartenmaier and Hans Stroll
 BelgiumDonald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 BrazilJose Maria Gonzalez and Mário Gonzalez
 CanadaAl Balding and George Knudson
 ChileFrancisco Cerda and Enrique Orelanna
 ColombiaAlfonso Bohorquez and Rogelio Gonzalez
 ChinaHsieh Yung-yo and Lu Liang-Huan
 CzechoslovakiaJiří Dvořák (a) and Jan Kunšta (a)
 DenmarkHerluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen
 EnglandNeil Coles and Bernard Hunt
 FinlandJalo Grönlund (a) and Sigurd Nyström
 FranceRoger Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
 GreeceAris Simeonoglou (a) and John Sotiropoulos (a)
 HawaiiMorgan Fottrell and Guinea Kop
 IrelandJimmy Kinsella and Christy O'Connor Snr
 ItalyRoberto Bernardini and Alfonso Angelini
 JapanKenji Hosoishi and Takaaki Kono
 MexicoAntonio Cerdá and Juan Neri
 MonacoJean Baptiste Ado and Jean Charles Rey (a)
 MoroccoOmar Ben El Harcha and Meilouki M'Bareck
 NetherlandsMartin Roesink and Bertus Van Mook
 New ZealandBob Charles and Walter Godfrey
 NorwayWestye Hoegh (a) and Lars Musaeus (a)
 PeruBernabé Fajardo and Hugo Nari
 PhilippinesIreneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival
 PortugalManual Ribeiro and Joauim Rodrigues
 Puerto RicoDavid Jiménez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 ScotlandEric Brown and John Panton
 SingaporePhua Thin Kiay (a) and Alvin Liau
 South AfricaCobie Legrange and Gary Player
 South KoreaHan Chang-sang and Lee Il-an
 SpainSebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota
 SwedenÅke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson-Fakt
  SwitzerlandJacky Bonvin and Ronald Tingley
 United Arab RepublicCherif El Sayed and Abdel Halim
 United StatesJulius Boros and Lee Trevino
 UruguayJan Carlos Dapiaggi and Clever Mendez
 VenezuelaF.D. Betancourt and Ramón Muñoz
 WalesRichard Davies and Brian Huggett
 West GermanyHans Heiser and Toni Kugelmuller

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Canada142-149-137-141=569−72,000
2 United States142-141-143-145=571−51,000
3 Italy141-147-140-145=573−3800
4 China139-144-143-150=576E400
5 Spain144-148-139-149=580+4
6 South Africa148-144-147-145=584+8
7 New Zealand144-149-141-151=585+9
8 Wales143-148-145-150=586+10
9 Argentina145-145-150-147=587+11
T10 England140-150-145-153=588+12
 Ireland149-139-148-152=588
 Japan149-142-150-147=588
13 Scotland145-146-144-155=590+14
14 Australia148-146-148-150=592+16
15 Colombia153-148-146-147=594+18
16 Puerto Rico151-149-153-143=596+20
17 South Korea151-144-151-151=597+21
18 West Germany150-146-152-151=599+23
19 Belgium146-149-153-156=604+28
20 Mexico147-149-157-152=605+29
21 Denmark152-154-146-155=607+31
22 Brazil156-145-157-153=611+35
T23 Peru155-152-154-153=614+38
 United Arab Republic153-154-150-157=614
25 France153-151-152-160=616+40
26 Netherlands153-150-162-153=618+42
27 Chile155-146-162-161=624+48
28 Philippines159-157-153-159=628+52
29  Switzerland152-154-161-166=633+57
30 Venezuela160-153-163-161=637+61
T31 Hawaii166-157-165-152=640+64
 Sweden157-157-168-158=640
33 Uruguay158-161-164-160=643+67
34 Singapore154-160-166-164=644+68
35 Norway157-166-161-166=650+74
36 Monaco160-162-163-168=653+77
37 Czechoslovakia163-161-169-163=656+80
38 Morocco166-166-165-160=657+81
39 Portugal168-158-163-172=661+85
40 Finland162-162-172-173=669+93
41 Greece166-165-173-168=672+96
42 Austria173-171-170-166=680+104

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Al Balding Canada68-72-67-67=274−141,000
2Roberto Bernardini Italy71-71-67-70=279−9500
3Lee Trevino United States69-71-70-73=283−5400
T4Brian Huggett Wales71-70-71-73=285−3100
Gary Player South Africa71-70-74-70=285
T6Eric Brown Scotland70-69-70-77=286−2
Lu Liang-Huan China69-69-72-76=286
8Ramón Sota Spain71-73-71-72=287−1
T9Julius Boros United States73-70-73-72=288E
Bill Dunk Australia72-75-70-71=288

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References
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