1972 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1972 World Cup took place 9–12 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 20th World Cup event. The tournament was a stroke play team event, shortened from 72 holes, after the second round, scheduled on Friday, was cancelled due to bad weather, to 54 holes with 43 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Republic of China team of Hsieh Min-Nan and Lu Liang-Huan won by two strokes over the Japan team of Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami. The individual competition was won by Hsieh two strokes ahead of Kono. This was the first team victory for the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, in the history of the World Cup, founded in 1953 and until 1967 named the Canada Cup.

1972 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Course(s)Royal Melbourne Golf Club
(Composite of East and West Courses)
Format54 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par71
Length6,944 yards (6,350 m)
Field43 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 Republic of China
Hsieh Min-Nan & Lu Liang-Huan
438 (+12)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo and Vicente Fernández
 Australia Bruce Crampton and Bill Dunk
 Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf Hauser
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil Jose Maria Gonzalez Jr and Luis Carlos Pinto
 Canada Phil Giroux and Bob Panasik
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Rafael Jerez
 Colombia Alfonso Bohórquez and Juan Pinzon
 Denmark Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen
 Egypt Farouk Badr and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Guy Hunt and Tony Jacklin
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Greece John Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis (a)
 Hong Kong Joseph Hardwick and Peter Tang
 Indonesia Salim Denim and Soeparno
 Ireland Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary
 Italy Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
 Jamaica Peter Millhouse and Seymore Rose
 Japan Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami
 Libya Mohammed Salah Ziaani and Muftah Salem
 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Yusof and Bobby Lim Yat Foong
 Mexico Ramón Cruz and Victor Regalado
 Morocco Omar Ben El-Harcha and Benrokia Massaoud
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook
 New Zealand Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey
 Nigeria Patrick Okpomu and Paul Osanebi
 Peru Bernabé Fajardo and Raul Travieso
 Philippines Ben Arda and Ireneo Legaspi
 Portugal Henrique Paulino and Joaquin Rodrigues
 Puerto Rico David Jimenez and Dan Murphy
 Republic of China Lu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-Nan
 Romania Dumitru Muneanu (a) and Paul Tomita
 Scotland Harry Bannerman and Ronnie Shade
 Singapore David Milne and Phua Thin Kiay
 South Africa Tienie Britz and Gary Player
 South Korea Hahn Sang-chan and Kim Seung-hack
 Spain Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo
 Sweden Eric Ericsson and Jonas Peil
  Switzerland Bernard Cordonier and Ronald Tingley
 Thailand Sukree Onsham and Long Toyai
 United States Jim Jamieson and Tom Weiskopf
 Wales Kim Dabson and David Vaughan
 West Germany Roman Krause and Gerhard König

(a) denotes amateur

Sources:[1][2]

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1 Republic of China144-141-153=438+122,000
2 Japan141-145-154=440+141,000
3 South Africa149-144-151=444+18800
T4 Australia148-148-149=445+19100
 United States150-142-153=445
6 England151-153-145=449+23
T7 Belgium144-150-158=452+26
 South Korea146-148-158=452
9 Argentina151-145-157=453+27
T10 Italy148-156-152=456+30
 New Zealand148-153-155=456
T12 Ireland164-146-152=462+36
 Spain153-156-153=462
T14 Netherlands153-149-151=463+37
 Thailand151-154-158=463
16 France152-152-160=464+38
T17 Canada148-150-168=466+40
 Philippines154-153-159=466
 Scotland158-154-154=466
 West Germany156-153-157=466
21 Mexico157-152-159=468+42
T22 Colombia154-154-161=469+43
 Puerto Rico159-154-156=469
24 Egypt158-152-160=470+44
T25 Denmark155-155-166=476+50
 Wales155-158-163=476
27 Chile160-161-156=477+51
28 Brazil155-156-167=478+52
29 Peru162-158-161=481+55
30 Hong Kong159-162-161=482+56
T31 Austria159-162-166=487+61
  Switzerland156-165-166=487
33 Sweden159-170-162=491+65
T34 Greece160-165-167=492+66
 Malaysia165-159-168=492
T36 Jamaica167-166-164=497+71
 Singapore168-166-163=497
38 Indonesia170-167-165=502+76
39 Morocco167-168-174=509+83
40 Portugal168-167-175=510+84
41 Nigeria167-164-182=513+87
42 Libya181-174-179=534+108
43 Romania185-188-182=555+129

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1Hsieh Min-Nan Republic of China70-69-78=217+41,000
2Takaaki Kono Japan71-72-76=219+6500
3Tienie Britz South Africa73-72-75=220+7400
T4Bruce Crampton Australia73-70-78=221+867
Lu Liang-Huan Taiwan74-72-75=221
Takashi Murakami Japan70-73-78=221
T7Jim Jamieson United States73-73-76=222+9
Sukree Onsham Thailand71-77-74=222
Donald Swaelens Belgium70-74-78=222
T10Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina75-69-79=223+10
Guy Hunt England74-76-73=223
Tom Weiskopf United States77-69-77=223

Sources: [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Players and their countries". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. November 8, 1972. p. 5 (Golf Special) – via newspapers.com.
  2. "Cup layers & countries (continued)". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. November 8, 1972. p. 7 (Golf Special) – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Taiwan Wins Golf; U.S. Ties for 4th". The New York Times. November 13, 1972. p. 49.
  4. "Top golf tournaments: history, facts and figures". wheretogolf.com.
  5. "China Upsets U.S. In World Cup Golf". The Sun. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. November 13, 1972. p. B-8.
  6. Hourigan, John (November 13, 1972). "Honours for China in World Cup". The Canberra Times. p. 14.
  7. Taiwan's Cup by 2 strokes The Straits Times, 13 November 1972, Page 29
  8. Taiwan, Japan well clear in World Cup The Straits Times, 12 November 1972, Page 27
  9. "Weltmeister in Geduld" [World Champions in Patience]. Der Spiegel (in German). November 21, 1972.

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