1997 World Cup of Golf

The 1997 World Cup of Golf took place 20–23 November at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S. It was the 43rd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) 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 Irish team of Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley won by five strokes over the Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell. Colin Montgomerie took the International Trophy by two strokes over Alex Čejka.

1997 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates20–23 November
LocationKiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Course(s)Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Ocean Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1,300,000 team
US$200,000 individual
Winner's shareUS$400,000 team
US$100,000 individual
Champion
 Ireland
Pádraig Harrington & Paul McGinley
545 (−31)
Location map
Location in the United States
Location in South Carolina
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Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Jorge Berendt and José Cóceres
  Australia Bradley Hughes and Wayne Riley
  Austria Claude Grenier and Gordon Manson
  Canada Rick Gibson and Mike Weir
  Chinese Taipei Chou Hung-Nan and Hsu Huang-Lung
  Colombia Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza
  Denmark Thomas Bjørn and Knud Storgaard
  England Paul Broadhurst and Mark James
  Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Mika Lehtinen
  France Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
  Germany Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
  India Gaurav Ghei and Arjun Singh
  Ireland Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
  Italy Massimo Florioli and Silvio Grappasonni
  Japan Hiroyuki Fujita and Taichi Teshima
  Malaysia Ali Kadir and Marimuthu Ramayah
  Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Óscar Serna
  Namibia Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe
  New Zealand Michael Long and Grant Waite
  Norway Morten Hagen and Morten Orveland
  Paraguay Felix Ramon Franco and Raúl Fretes
  Philippines Danilo Cabajar and Felix Casas
  Puerto Rico Michael Ambriz and Miguel Suárez
  Scotland Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell
  South Africa Ernie Els and Wayne Westner
  South Korea K. J. Choi and Park No-Seok
  Spain Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Ángel Martín
  Sweden Joakim Haeggman and Per-Ulrik Johansson
  Switzerland Juan Ciola and Paolo Quirici
  United States Justin Leonard and Davis Love III
  Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
  Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source[1][2]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1   Ireland 137-137-136-135=545 −31 400,000
2   Scotland 134-138-140-138=550 −26 200,000
3   United States 137-138-141-135=551 −25 125,000
T4   Germany 133-143-132-146=554 −22 90,000
  Wales 146-140-138-130=554
6   Spain 135-141-140-139=555 −21 60,000
7   England 136-147-138-138=559 −17 45,000
8   Zimbabwe 141-141-143-136=561 −15 32,000
T9   New Zealand 139-145-136-142=562 −14 26,000
  South Africa 141-139-141-141=562
11   Canada 139-142-145-137=563 −13 20,000
12   Mexico 138-152-135-145=570 −6 17,000
T13   Argentina 143-143-143-142=571 −5 13,000
  Denmark 140-152-139-140=571
  Malaysia 137-145-143-146=571
T16   Japan 142-148-143-139=572 −4 9,500
  Puerto Rico 146-144-143-139=572
18   South Korea 140-145-142-146=573 −3 8,800
T19   Australia 139-143-144-151=577 +1 8,500
  France 140-140-147-150=577
21   Colombia 143-139-147-149=578 +2 8,200
22   Switzerland 148-145-137-149=579 +3 8,000
T23   India 146-150-147-142=585 +9 7,700
  Italy 155-149-138-143=585
25   Namibia 141-149-153-144=587 +11 7,400
26   Philippines 146-148-145-150=589 +13 7,200
27   Paraguay 144-155-148-145=592 +16 7,000
28   Norway 151-157-145-142=595 +19 6,800
29   Austria 147-155-149-149=600 +24 6,600
30   Chinese Taipei 152-151-147-157=607 +31 6,400
31   Finland 147-155-161-153=616 +40 6,200
32   Sweden 130-144-141-WD=WD 6,000

Source[1][2]

Sweden withdrew before the final round. Per-Ulrik Johansson had collapsed after the first round and then suffered another dizzy spell after the third round. Sweden were fourth after three rounds. Joakim Haeggman continued to compete in the individual competition.

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Colin Montgomerie   Scotland 68-66-66-66=266 −22 100,000
2 Alex Čejka   Germany 63-68-65-72=268 −20 50,000
3 Ignacio Garrido   Spain 67-67-69-67=270 −18 25,000
4 Paul McGinley   Ireland 66-70-68-68=272 −16 15,000
T5 Pádraig Harrington   Ireland 71-67-68-67=273 −15 5,000
Davis Love III   United States 65-69-74-65=273
T7 Thomas Bjørn   Denmark 69-72-67-67=275 −13
Phillip Price   Wales 72-68-69-66=275
9 Grant Waite   New Zealand 70-70-69-67=276 −12
T10 José Cóceres   Argentina 72-69-69-67=277 −11
Mark James   England 68-73-70-66-277

Source[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "World Cup of Golf - Kiawah Island - South Carolina - 20th - 23rd November". Golf Today. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Golf Factfile". Irish Independent. 24 November 1997. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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