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)
Location map
Lake Nona G&CC is located in the United States
Lake Nona G&CC
Lake Nona G&CC
Location in the United States
Lake Nona G&CC is located in Florida
Lake Nona G&CC
Lake Nona G&CC
Location in Florida
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Teams

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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

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1   United States 137-140-141-138=556 −20 260,000
2   Zimbabwe 141-137-143-140=561 −15 150,000
3   Scotland 143-139-140-143=565 −11 100,000
4   Australia 142-138-142-144=566 −10 75,000
5   Spain 145-142-138-142=567 −9 60,000
T6   New Zealand 147-142-133-146=568 −8 37,500
  South Africa 140-145-141-142=568
8   Germany 143-143-140-145=571 −5 25,000
T9   Ireland 143-140-146-144=573 −3 18,500
  Italy 145-147-136-145=573
T11   Canada 150-141-140-143=574 −2 14,000
  England 145-147-140-142=574
T13   France 140-148-143-144=575 −1 10,500
  Sweden 143-146-146-140=575
15   Paraguay 147-146-138-148=579 +3 9,000
16   Wales 142-149-149-142=582 +6 8,000
17   Brazil 151-140-145-147=583 +7 7,000
18   Japan 144-150-148-146=588 +12
19   Argentina 144-150-149-149=592 +16
T20   Hong Kong 147-146-151-153=597 +21
  Mexico 146-154-147-150=597
22   Netherlands 152-147-152-150=602 +26
23   Greece 151-150-152-150=603 +27
24   Taiwan 156-150-155-148=609 +33
25   Bermuda 154-155-148-160=617 +41
26   Puerto Rico 163-154-153-159=629 +53
27   Fiji 169-158-156-163=646 +70
28   Jamaica 174-154-161-163=652 +76
29   Israel 174-167-170-171=682 +106
WD   Chile 150-WD
DQ   South Korea 147-DQ
WD   Denmark WD

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

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Bernhard Langer   Germany 69-68-66-69=272 −16 100,000
2 Fred Couples   United States 66-71-70-68=275 −13 50,000
T3 Ernie Els   South Africa 69-71-72-66=278 −10 35,000
Nick Price   Zimbabwe 70-69-71-68=278
5 Jean van de Velde   France 66-70-71-72=279 −9 20,000
6 Robert Allenby   Australia 72-68-70-70=280 −8 15,000
T7 Davis Love III   United States 71-69-71-70=281 −7
Sam Torrance   Scotland 68-69-71-73=281
T9 Anders Forsbrand   Sweden 71-69-74-68=282 −6
Miguel Ángel Jiménez   Spain 72-70-72-68=282

Sources:[2][3][4]

References

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  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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