1994 World Cup of Golf

The 1994 World Cup of Golf took place November 10–13 at the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. It was the 40th 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 won (for the third time in a row with the same players in the team) by 14 strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Tony Johnstone. Couples took the International Trophy by five strokes over Costantino Rocca of Italy.

1994 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
DatesNovember 10–13
LocationDorado, Puerto Rico
Course(s)Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1.2 million
Winner's share$300,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
536 (−40)
Location map
Dorado Beach is located in Caribbean
Dorado Beach
Dorado Beach
Location in the Caribbean
Dorado Beach is located in Puerto Rico
Dorado Beach
Dorado Beach
Location in Puerto Rico
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Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Miguel Guzmán and Eduardo Romero
  Australia Mike Clayton and Steve Elkington
  Brazil Antonio Barcellos and Acacio Jorge Pedro
  Canada David Barr and Rick Gibson
  Denmark Jacob Rasmussen and Steen Tinning
  England Barry Lane and Mark Roe
  Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Mikael Piltz
  France Michel Besanceney and Jean van de Velde
  Germany Bernhard Langer and Sven Strüver
  Hong Kong Dominique Boulet and Richard Kan
  Ireland Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley
  Italy Costantino Rocca and Silvio Grappasonni
  Jamaica Ralph Mairs and Seymour Rose
  Japan Masayaki Kawamura and Toru Suzuki
  Malaysia Periasamy Gunasegaran and Marimuthu Ramayah[1]
  Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Esteban Toledo
  Netherlands Joost Steenkammer and Chris van der Velde
  New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
  Norway Thomas Nielsen and Hans Strom-Olsen
  Paraguay Ángel Franco and Pedro Martínez
  Puerto Rico Manuel Camacho and Wilfredo Morales (a)
  Scotland Andrew Coltart and Gordon Brand Jnr
  South Africa Roger Wessels and Wayne Westner
  South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Han Young-kuen
  Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
  Sweden Joakim Haeggman and Jesper Parnevik
  Switzerland André Bossert and Marco Scopetta
  Taiwan Lu Chien-soon and Yu Chin-han
  Thailand Prayad Marksaeng and Boonchu Ruangkit
  United States Fred Couples and Davis Love III
  Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
  Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1   United States 132-129-137-138=536 −40 300,000
2   Zimbabwe 135-139-133-143=550 −26 150,000
3   Sweden 140-134-140-137=551 −25 100,000
4   New Zealand 142-136-135-140=553 −23 75,000
T5   Japan 146-135-131-145=557 −19 45,666
  Paraguay 140-137-141-139=557
  Scotland 144-137-141-135=557
8   Germany 142-140-138-138=558 −18 24,000
T9   Australia 144-133-146-136=559 −17 18,000
  Italy 137-137-143-142=559
  Malaysia 139-133-140-147=559
12   Argentina 143-137-139-141=560 −16 14,000
13   Mexico 142-145-139-137=563 −13 12,000
14   Canada 143-134-142-146=565 −11 11,000
T15   England 141-141-140-146=568 −8 8,700
  France 147-138-143-140=568
  Ireland 138-140-148-142=568
  South Africa 140-140-147-141=568
T19   Netherlands 144-138-144-144=570 −6 7,400
  South Korea 149-138-140-143=570
  Thailand 139-142-142-147=570
22   Brazil 146-138-143-150=577 +1 7,000
T23   Denmark 149-143-139-147=578 +2 6,700
  Finland 144-149-140-145=578
25   Wales 150-141-138-150=579 +3 6,400
26   Taiwan 147-139-146-149=581 +5 6,200
27   Spain 146-141-148-148=583 +7 6,000
28   Switzerland 143-152-142-155=592 +16 5,800
29   Puerto Rico 146-147-150-152=595 +19 5,600
30   Hong Kong 157-150-144-147=598 +22 5,400
31   Norway 160-155-155-154=624 +48 5,200
DQ   Jamaica 146-DQ 5,000

Jamaica was disqualified because Seymour Rose signed an incorrect scorecard. His teammate Ralph Mairs completed the competition.

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Fred Couples   United States 65-63-68-69=265 −23 100,000
2 Costantino Rocca   Italy 68-66-68-68=270 −18 50,000
3 Davis Love III   United States 67-66-69-69=271 −17 25,000
T4 Mark McNulty   Zimbabwe 68-67-67-70=272 −16
Frank Nobilo   New Zealand 70-66-67-69=272
6 Marimuthu Ramayah   Malaysia 66-64-69-74=273 −15
T7 Steve Elkington   Australia 69-68-71-66=274 −14
Eduardo Romero   Argentina 72-66-66-70=274
9 Jesper Parnevik   Sweden 69-69-70-67=275 −13
T10 Joakim Haeggman   Sweden 71-65-70-70=276 −12
Masayaki Kawamura   Japan 71-67-65-73=276
Bernhard Langer   Germany 71-71-65-69=276

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References

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  1. ^ Golf, Chi-Chi II? by Tim Rosaforte, Sports Illustrated, November 21, 1994
  2. ^ Golfens Årsbok 1994 Svenska Golfförbundet Media AB page 159
  3. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). December 1994. p. 61.
  4. ^ "World Cup of Golf". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 11, 1994. p. C2 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "World Cup". Tucson Citizen. Arizona. Associated Press. November 12, 1994. p. 7D – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "World Cup of Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. November 14, 1994. p. B2 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Golf/World Cup, Couples, Love complete hattrick New Straits Times - 15 November 1994, p. 24

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