1991 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1991 World Cup took place 31 October – 3 November 1991 at the Le Querce Golf Club, name later changed to Golf Nazionale, 30 miles north of Rome, Italy. It was the 37th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Swedish team of Anders Forsbrand and Per-Ulrik Johansson won by one stroke over the Wales team of Ian Woosnam and Phillip Price. The individual competition was won by Woosnam. This was the second team victory in professional golf within a month for Sweden, winning also the 1991 Dunhill Cup for three-men teams, were the Swedish team also included Forsbrand and Johansson.

1991 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates31 October – 3 November
LocationRome, Italy
Course(s)Le Querce Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,030 yards (6,430 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1.1 million
Winner's share$240,000 team
$75,000 individual
Champion
 Sweden
Anders Forsbrand & Per-Ulrik Johansson
563 (−13)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Rubén Alvarez and Eduardo Romero
 Australia Rodger Davis and Mike Harwood
 Austria Marcus Burger and Oswald Gartenmaier
 Belgium Olivier Buysse and Michel Van Meerbeek
 Brazil João Cortez and Rafael Navarro
 Canada Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson
 Colombia Eduardo Arévalo and Iván Rengifo
 Denmark Jacob Rasmussen and Anders Sørensen
 England Nick Faldo and Steven Richardson
 Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Mikael Piltz
 France Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
 Germany Torsten Giedeon and Bernhard Langer
 Ireland Eamonn Darcy and Ronan Rafferty
 Italy Giuseppe Calì and Costantino Rocca
 Japan Satoshi Higashi and Nobuo Serizawa
 Malaysia Marimuthu Ramayah and Indero Yusof
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Carlos Espinoza
 Netherlands Willem Swart and Chris van der Velde
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
 Norway Per Haugsrud and Gard Midtwåge
 Paraguay Ángel Giménez and Jorge Murdoch
 Philippines A Fernando and Mario Siodina
 Portugal Daniel Silva and David Silva
 Scotland Colin Montgomerie and Sam Torrance
 South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Park Nam-sin
 Spain Seve Ballesteros and José Rivero
 Sweden Anders Forsbrand and Per-Ulrik Johansson
  Switzerland André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
 United States Wayne Levi and Joey Sindelar
 Venezuela Francisco Alvarado and Ramón Muñoz
 Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
 Zimbabwe William Koen and Timothy Price

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
(per team)
1 Sweden142-148-134-139=563−13240,000
2 Wales142-144-139-139=564−12120,000
3 Scotland144-141-140-142=567−988,000
T4 England137-146-148-139=570−6
 Germany138-144-149-139=570
T6 New Zealand146-140-141-144=571−535,000
 Spain141-138-143-149=571
T8 Canada144-147-139-144=574−219,333
 Ireland147-139-146-142=574
 Japan142-145-145-142=574
11  Switzerland143-146-140-146=575−1
T12 Australia150-145-141-142=578+2
 Italy150-143-141-144=578
 United States147-143-142-146=578
15 France146-147-143-143=579+3
16 Norway148-144-147-143=582+6
17 Mexico150-139-149-145=583+7
T18 Denmark142-151-142-149=584+8
 South Korea143-155-140-146=584
T20 Argentina144-142-151-148=585+9
 Netherlands147-144-145-149=585
22 Portugal158-143-147-144=592+16
23 Philippines150-147-147-150=594+18
24 Finland152-147-149-147=595+19
25 Zimbabwe154-149-146-154=603+27
26 Colombia154-151-149-152=606+30
27 Brazil164-146-144-154=608+32
28 Paraguay151-151-154-155=611+35
29 Malaysia155-149-158-153=615+39
30 Austria156-155-156-151=618+42
31 Venezuela159-158-146-163=626+50
32 Belgium165-163-154-165=647+71

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International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Ian Woosnam Wales70-69-67-67=273−1575,000
2Bernhard Langer Germany69-69-71-67=276−1250,000
3Anders Forsbrand Sweden73-73-65-68=279−940,000
T4Seve Ballesteros Spain68-69-71-72=280−825,000
André Bossert  Switzerland71-71-70-68=280
6Sam Torrance Scotland71-71-66-73=281−715,000
7Anders Sørensen Denmark69-73-69-72=283−5
T8Dave Barr Canada72-72-70-70=284−4
Rodger Davis Australia74-70-69-71=284
Satoshi Higashi Japan73-71-73-67=284
Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden69-75-69-71=284
Steven Richardson England69-73-74-68=284

References
  1. "Golf World Cup". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 November 1991. p. 38. Retrieved 28 December 2019 – via Trove.
  2. "Tävling". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). December 1991. pp. 52–57.

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