1993 World Cup of Golf

The 1993 World Cup of Golf took place November 11–14 at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 39th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The winners share of the prize money was $300,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love III won (for the second time in a row with the same players in the team) by five strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Nick Price. Bernhard Langer of Germany took the International Trophy by three strokes over Couples.

1993 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
DatesNovember 11–14
LocationOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,011 yards (6,411 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1.2 million
Winner's share$260,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
556 (−20)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Luis Carbonetti and Eduardo Romero
 Australia Robert Allenby and Rodger Davis
 Bermuda Kim Swan and Dwayne Pearman
 Brazil Antonio Barcellos and Joao Corteiz
 Canada Dave Barr and Richard Zokol
 Chile Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie
 Denmark Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
 England David Gilford and Mark James
 Fiji Vilikesa Kalou and Dharam Prakash
 France Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
 Germany Bernhard Langer and Sven Strüver
 Greece Vassilios Karatzias and George Nikitaidis
 Hong Kong Richard Kan and Ming Yau Sui
 Ireland Paul McGinley and Ronan Rafferty
 Israel Rami Assyag and Jacob Avnaim
 Italy Silvio Grappasonni and Costantino Rocca
 Jamaica Christian Bernhard and Seymour Rose
 Japan Hideto Shigenobu and Katsuyoshi Tomori
 Mexico Rodolfo Cazaubón and Efren Serna
 Netherlands Constant Smits van Waesberghe and Chris van der Velde
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
 Paraguay Felix Franco and Pedro Martínez
 Puerto Rico Rafael Castrillo and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 Scotland Colin Montgomerie and Sam Torrance
 South Africa Ernie Els and Retief Goosen
 South Korea Park Nam-sin and Lee Kang-sun
 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
 Sweden Anders Forsbrand and Joakim Haeggman
 Taiwan Chen Liang-hsi and Hsieh Yu-shu
 United States Fred Couples and Davis Love III
 Wales Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam
 Zimbabwe Nick Price and Mark McNulty

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1 United States137-140-141-138=556−20260,000
2 Zimbabwe141-137-143-140=561−15150,000
3 Scotland143-139-140-143=565−11100,000
4 Australia142-138-142-144=566−1075,000
5 Spain145-142-138-142=567−960,000
T6 New Zealand147-142-133-146=568−837,500
 South Africa140-145-141-142=568
8 Germany143-143-140-145=571−525,000
T9 Ireland143-140-146-144=573−318,500
 Italy145-147-136-145=573
T11 Canada150-141-140-143=574−214,000
 England145-147-140-142=574
T13 France140-148-143-144=575−110,500
 Sweden143-146-146-140=575
15 Paraguay147-146-138-148=579+39,000
16 Wales142-149-149-142=582+68,000
17 Brazil151-140-145-147=583+77,000
18 Japan144-150-148-146=588+12
19 Argentina144-150-149-149=592+16
T20 Hong Kong147-146-151-153=597+21
 Mexico146-154-147-150=597
22 Netherlands152-147-152-150=602+26
23 Greece151-150-152-150=603+27
24 Taiwan156-150-155-148=609+33
25 Bermuda154-155-148-160=617+41
26 Puerto Rico163-154-153-159=629+53
27 Fiji169-158-156-163=646+70
28 Jamaica174-154-161-163=652+76
29 Israel174-167-170-171=682+106
WD Chile150-WD
DQ South Korea147-DQ
WD DenmarkWD

Roy Mackenzie of Chile withdrew with a neck injury and Park Nam-sin of South Korea was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.[1]

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1Bernhard Langer Germany69-68-66-69=272−16100,000
2Fred Couples United States66-71-70-68=275−1350,000
T3Ernie Els South Africa69-71-72-66=278−1035,000
Nick Price Zimbabwe70-69-71-68=278
5Jean van de Velde France66-70-71-72=279−920,000
6Robert Allenby Australia72-68-70-70=280−815,000
T7Davis Love III United States71-69-71-70=281−7
Sam Torrance Scotland68-69-71-73=281
T9Anders Forsbrand Sweden71-69-74-68=282−6
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain72-70-72-68=282

Sources:[2][3][4]

References
  1. Green, Bob. "U.S. team struggles to maintain World Cup lead". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. p. 5B – via newspapers.com.
  2. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1993. pp. 48, 56.
  3. "World Cup of Golf". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 15, 1993. p. C5 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Golf, World Cup". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Associated Press. November 15, 1993. p. B-4.

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