1976 World Cup (men's golf)

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.

1976 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesDecember 9–12
LocationRancho Mirage, California, U.S.
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)

Teams
CountryPlayers
 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

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Spain146-142-144-142=574−22,000
2 United States144-147-140-145=576E1,000
3 Taiwan144-151-138-148=581+5800
4 Scotland143-148-151-141=583+7400
T5 Japan147-144-152-141=584+8
 Mexico148-147-143-146=584
T7 Australia145-148-145-149=587+11
 South Africa149-148-147-143=587
9 England148-147-145-148=588+12
10 New Zealand145-152-145-148=590+14
11 Ireland151-151-146-146=594+18
T12 Colombia151-153-147-151=602+26
 Puerto Rico151-153-149-149=602
T14 France149-151-153-152=605+29
 South Korea149-157-145-154=605
 Wales146-153-153-153=605
17 Philippines150-154-149-156=609+33
18 Venezuela154-153-149-154=610+34
19 Italy150-156-155-150=611+35
20 Canada150-158-154-150=612+36
21 Brazil154-152-149-158=613+37
22 Belgium159-150-157-151=617+41
23 Egypt153-162-153-150=618+42
T24 Argentina157-159-152-152=620+44
 Thailand153-162-153-152=620
26 Denmark158-157-157-150=622+46
T27 Chile155-159-155-156=625+49
 Hong Kong153-163-157-152=625
29 Morocco151-161-157-157=626+50
30 West Germany157-157-160-155=629+53
T31 Malaysia155-157-165-153=630+54
 Sweden157-160-156-157=630
33 Austria152-162-157-160=631+55
T34 Burma161-160-158-156=635+59
 Guatemala159-163-153-160=635
 Netherlands159-162-155-159=635
 Singapore158-164-160-153=635
38 Portugal161-161-156-161=639+63
39  Switzerland157-167-156-163=643+67
40 Trinidad and Tobago151-168-167-159=645+69
41 Dominican Republic160-167-168-159=654+78
42 Paraguay166-165-172-163=666+90
43 Israel167-176-167-159=669+93
44 Costa Rica170-169-172-162=673+97
45 Nigeria162-175-168-170=675+99
46 Uruguay169-169-161-178=676+102
47 Panama176-182-173-170=701+125
WD Greece

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Ernesto Perez Acosta Mexico69-74-69-70=282−61,000
T2Brian Barnes Scotland70-73-74-68=285−3183
Dale Hayes South Africa74-69-71-71=285
Kuo Chie-hsiung Taiwan69-71-70-75=285
Simon Owen New Zealand71-70-70-74=285
Jerry Pate United States70-74-69-72=285
Manuel Piñero Spain75-70-72-68=285
8Takashi Murakami Japan71-71-74-70=286−2
T9Eamonn Darcy Ireland72-72-72-71=287−1
Bob Shearer Australia71-74-69-73=287

Sources:[2][3]

References
  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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