1995 World Cup of Golf

The 1995 World Cup of Golf took place 9–12 November at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzen, Dongguan, Guandong, China. It was the 41st 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 prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won, for a record fourth time in a row with the same players in the team, by 14 strokes over the Australia team of Brett Ogle and Robert Allenby. Love took the International Trophy after a playoff over Hisayuki Sasaki of Japan.

1995 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November
LocationShenzen, Dongguan, Guandong, China
22°47′9″N 114°0′25″E
Course(s)Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzen, World Cup Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,039 yards (6,436 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1,300,000 team
US$200,000 individual
Winner's share$400,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
543 (−33)

Teams
Country Players
 Argentina Eduardo Romero and César Monasterio
 Australia Robert Allenby and Brett Ogle
 Canada Rick Gibson and Jim Rutledge
 China Zhang Lianwei and Cheng Jun
 Colombia Jesús Amaya and Angel Romero
 Denmark Steen Tinning and Anders Sørensen
 England Paul Broadhurst and Mark Roe
 Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Kalle Väinölä
 France Jean van de Velde and Jean-Louis Guépy
 Germany Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
 Ireland Darren Clarke and Philip Walton
 Italy Silvio Grappasonni and Costantino Rocca
 Japan Hiroshi Gohda and Hisayuki Sasaki
 Malaysia Ali Kadir and Marimuthu Ramayah
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Esteban Toledo
 Netherlands Rolf Muntz and Joost Steenkamer
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Michael Campbell
 Paraguay Gregorio Nelson Cabrera and Marco Ruiz
 Peru Luis Felipe Graf and Niceforo Quispe
 Philippines Frankie Miñoza and Robert Pctolerin
 Scotland Andrew Coltart and Sam Torrance
 South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann and Retief Goosen
 South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Choi Kwang-soo
 Spain Ignacio Garrido and Santiago Luna
 Sri Lanka Nandasena Perera and Koswinna Chandradasa
 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin and Jesper Parnevik
  Switzerland André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
 Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj and Udorn Duangdecha
 United States Fred Couples and Davis Love III
 Venezuela Henrique Lavie and Emilio Miartuz
 Wales Mark Mouland and Phillip Price
 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

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Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
(per team)
1 United States133-136-138-136=543−33400,000
2 Australia138-144-137-138=557−19200,000
T3 Japan139-141-137-141=558−18112,500
 Scotland138-144-136-140=558
5 New Zealand142-141-137-139=559−1780,000
T6 France141-141-140-139=561−1552,500
 Ireland141-140-140-140=561
8 South Africa145-139-136-143=563−1332,000
9 Sweden136-137-146-145=564−1228,000
T10 Mexico142-137-141-145=565−1122,000
 Zimbabwe138-150-137-140=565
T12 Italy142-143-136-145=566−10
  Switzerland144-145-144-133=566
14 Germany144-143-141-139=567−9
15 Spain140-146-144-139=569−7
16 Wales141-144-143-142=570−6
17 Canada139-149-142-141=571−5
18 Netherlands143-145-141-143=572−4
19 Finland148-141-148-141=578+2
T20 England141-143-148-148=580+4
 Paraguay144-145-146-145=580
 Philippines143-148-145-144=580
23 Argentina142-153-144-143=582+6
T24 Denmark148-145-141-149=583+7
 South Korea149-145-145-144=583
26 Thailand150-143-147-145=585+9
27 China151-148-142-147=588+12
28 Venezuela154-146-145-144=589+13
29 Malaysia140-152-152-146=590+14
30 Colombia149-145-149-153=596+20
31 Sri Lanka155-145-152-151=603+27
32 Peru158-158-161-157=634+58

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Davis Love III United States65-67-68-67=267−21100,000
2Hisayuki Sasaki Japan62-69-67-69=26750,000
3Sam Torrance Scotland68-70-64-69=271−1725,000
4Costantino Rocca Italy70-68-64-72=274−14
T5Michael Campbell New Zealand69-71-67-68=275−13
Darren Clarke Ireland68-69-69-69=275
Retief Goosen South Africa71-66-66-72=275
T8Fred Couples United States68-69-70-69=276−12
Santiago Luna Spain69-71-69-70=276
10Jesper Parnevik Sweden67-66-73-71=277−11

Love won in a playoff with a par on the 5th extra hole.

Sources:[2][3][4]

References
  1. "1995 Heineken World Cup Golf Programme".
  2. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1996. pp. 69, 74.
  3. "World Cup of Golf". Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. 13 November 1995. p. B4.
  4. "World Cup of Golf". The Monitor. McAllen, Texas. 13 November 1995. p. 3B – via newspapers.com.
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