1987 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1987 World Cup took place November 18–21 at Kapalua Resort, Bay Course, in Kapalua, Hawaii, United States. It was the 33rd World Cup event. The previous World Cup was played in 1985, since the 1986 event was cancelled. It was a 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 Wales team of Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn won after a sudden death playoff over the Scotland team of Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance. It was the first playoff for the team title in the event's history. The individual competition was won by Woosnam, five strokes ahead of Lyle.[2]

1987 World Cup
Tournament information
DatesNovember 18–21
LocationKapalua, Hawaii, U.S.
21°00′05″N 156°39′15″W / 21.00139°N 156.65417°W / 21.00139; -156.65417
Course(s)Kapalua Resort, Bay Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,671 yards (6,100 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$750,000[1]
Winner's share$200,000 team
$50,000 individual
Champion
 Wales
Ian Woosnam & David Llewellyn
574 (−2)
Location map
Kapalua Resort is located in Pacific Ocean
Kapalua Resort
Kapalua Resort
Location in the Pacific Ocean
Kapalua Resort is located in Hawaii
Kapalua Resort
Kapalua Resort
Location on Maui in the state of Hawaii
← 1985
1988 →

Teams edit

Country Players
  Argentina Eduardo Romero and Armando Saavedra
  Austria Oswald Gartenmaier and Franz Laimer
  Australia Rodger Davis and Ossie Moore
  Belgium Vincent Duysters and Philippe Toussaint
  Bermuda Dwayne Pearman and Keith Smith
  Brazil Priscillo Diniz and Rafael Navarro
  Canada Dave Barr and Jerry Anderson
  Colombia Rigoberto Velasquez and Eduardo Martinez
  Denmark Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
  England Mark James and Howard Clark
  Fiji Arun Kumar and Bose Lutunatabua
  France Emmanuel Dussart and Marc Farry
  Hong Kong Yau Sui Ming and Alex Tang
  Ireland Ronan Rafferty and Eamonn Darcy
  Italy Giuseppe Calì and Silvio Grappasonni
  Japan Koichi Suzuki and Katsunari Takahashi
  Malaysia Marimuthu Ramayah and Nazamuddin Yusof[3]
  Mexico Ernesto Perez Acosta and Feliciano Esparza
  New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
  Philippines Eduardo Bagtas and Mario Siodina
  Portugal Carlos Aleixo and Rogerio Valente
  Scotland Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance
  Singapore Lim Kian Kee and Madasamy Murugiah
  South Korea Choi Yoon-soo and Kim Sung-ho
  Spain José María Cañizares and José Rivero
  Sweden Mats Lanner and Ove Sellberg
  Switzerland Carlos Duran and Alain Jeanquartier
  Taiwan Hsieh Yu-shu and Lin Chia
  United States Ben Crenshaw and Payne Stewart
  Venezuela Ramón Muñoz and Julian Santana
  Wales Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn
  West Germany Oliver Ekstein and Torsten Giedeon

Source:[4]

Scores edit

Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1   Wales 143-145-138-148=574 −2 200,000
2   Scotland 143-140-142-149=574 110,000
3   United States 140-146-142-148=576 E 80,000
T4   Australia 143-144-142-151=580 +4 53,000
  Ireland 141-147-142-150=580
6   Argentina 143-146-140-153=582 +6 30,000
7   Sweden 143-144-143-153=583 +7 20,000
T8   Canada 144-145-146-149=584 +8 13,000
  Taiwan 150-142-147-145=584
10   England 142-153-145-148=588 +12 8,000
11   Japan 143-146-149-154=592 +16 5,000
T12   Denmark 146-153-147-149=595 +19
  New Zealand 147-147-147-154=595
T14   Spain 149-153-145-153=600 +24
  West Germany 149-155-144-152=600
16   Italy 145-153-148-156=602 +26
17   Mexico 153-155-149-149=606 +30
18   France 153-154-145-155=607 +31
T19   Colombia 149-154-151-156=610 +34
  Philippines 146-160-149-155=610
T21   Brazil 144-159-154-155=612 +36
  Venezuela 152-156-149-155=612
23   Austria 155-155-153-152=615 +39
24   South Korea 159-159-151-154=623 +47
T25   Malaysia 158-159-156-160=633 +56
  Switzerland 150-164-155-164=633
27   Portugal 152-161-154-167=634 +58
28   Hong Kong 156-159-157-165=637 +61
29   Bermuda 158-161-156-163=638 +62
30   Fiji 161-164-156-161=642 +66
31   Belgium 151-159-167-168=645 +69
32   Singapore 162-170-155-164=651 +75

Wales won after a sudden death playoff, with a par from each of the two players in the team, on the second extra hole.[5]

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Ian Woosnam   Wales 67-70-65-72=274 −14 50,000
2 Sandy Lyle   Scotland 68-69-71-71=279 −9
3 Koichi Suzuki   Japan 67-70-65-72=283 −5
T4 Ben Crenshaw   United States 70-73-69-74=286 −2
Armando Saavedra   Argentina 70-75-67-74=286
6 Ronan Rafferty   Ireland 70-71-69-77=287 −1
T7 Hsieh Yu-shu   Taiwan 75-70-74-69=288 E
Ove Sellberg   Sweden 71-73-70-74=288
T9 Howard Clark   England 68-77-73-71=289 +1
Rodger Davis   Australia 73-71-73-79=289

Sources:[6][7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ Sakamoto, Gordon (November 18, 1987). "The World Cup of Golf begins over the 6,671-yard..." UPI.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 153–154, 366–368. ISBN 0002182831.
  3. ^ "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. October 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Golf". Salinas Californian. November 19, 1987. p. 2B – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Golf Roundup : Wales Beats Scotland in Playoff". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1987.
  6. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1987. pp. 38–40, 48.
  7. ^ "Wales takes World Cup in playoff". San Bernardino Sun. November 22, 1987. pp. C2, C8.
  8. ^ "Word Cup of Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 23, 1987. p. 57 – via newspapers.com.