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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.

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 Joe 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

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Scores

Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1  Republic of China 144-141-153=438 +12 2,000
2  Japan 141-145-154=440 +14 1,000
3  South Africa 149-144-151=444 +18 800
T4  Australia 148-148-149=445 +19 100
 United States 150-142-153=445
6  England 151-153-145=449 +23
T7  Belgium 144-150-158=452 +26
 South Korea 146-148-158=452
9  Argentina 151-145-157=453 +27
T10  Italy 148-156-152=456 +30
 New Zealand 148-153-155=456
T12  Ireland 164-146-152=462 +36
 Spain 153-156-153=462
T14  Netherlands 153-149-151=463 +37
 Thailand 151-154-158=463
16  France 152-152-160=464 +38
T17  Canada 148-150-168=466 +40
 Philippines 154-153-159=466
 Scotland 158-154-154=466
 West Germany 156-153-157=466
21  Mexico 157-152-159=468 +42
T22  Colombia 154-154-161=469 +43
 Puerto Rico 159-154-156=469
24  Egypt 158-152-160=470 +44
T25  Denmark 155-155-166=476 +50
 Wales 155-158-163=476
27  Chile 160-161-156=477 +51
28  Brazil 155-156-167=478 +52
29  Peru 162-158-161=481 +55
30  Hong Kong 159-162-161=482 +56
T31  Austria 159-162-166=487 +61
 Switzerland 156-165-166=487
33  Sweden 159-170-162=491 +65
T34  Greece 160-165-167=492 +66
 Malaysia 165-159-168=492
T36  Jamaica 167-166-164=497 +71
 Singapore 168-166-163=497
38  Indonesia 170-167-165=502 +76
39  Morocco 167-168-174=509 +83
40  Portugal 168-167-175=510 +84
41  Nigeria 167-164-182=513 +87
42  Libya 181-174-179=534 +108
43  Romania 185-188-182=555 +129

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Hsieh Min-Nan  Republic of China 70-69-78=217 +4 1,000
2 Takaaki Kono  Japan 71-72-76=219 +6 500
3 Tienie Britz  South Africa 73-72-75=220 +7 400
T4 Bruce Crampton  Australia 73-70-78=221 +8 67
Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan 74-72-75=221
Takashi Murakami  Japan 70-73-78=221
T7 Jim Jamieson  United States 73-73-76=222 +9
Sukree Onsham  Thailand 71-77-74=222
Donald Swaelens  Belgium 70-74-78=222
T10 Roberto De Vicenzo  Argentina 75-69-79=223 +10
Guy Hunt  England 74-76-73=223
Tom Weiskopf  United States 77-69-77=223

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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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