The 1959 Canada Cup took place 18–21 November at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the seventh Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1958 but without Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and with the addition of Indonesia. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by 10 strokes over the American team of Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Canadian Stan Leonard, who beat Peter Thomson at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–21 November |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Course(s) | Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite course) |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,853 yards (6,266 m) |
| Field | 30 two-man teams |
| Champion | |
 AustraliaKel Nagle & Peter Thomson | |
| 563 (+3) | |
Melbourne Golf Club
Teams edit
Source[1]
Scores edit
Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
137-139-144-143=563 | +3 |
| 2 |  United States |
145-140-148-140=573 | +13 |
| 3 |  Canada |
144-139-144-147=574 | +14 |
| 4 |  South Africa |
144-147-142-147=580 | +20 |
| 5 |  England |
150-145-146-147=588 | +28 |
| 6 |  Wales |
144-143-154-149=590 | +30 |
| 7 |  Scotland |
158-147-146-144=595 | +35 |
| 8 |  China |
152-152-146-147=597 | +37 |
| T9 |  Argentina |
151-153-150-147=601 | +41 |
 Spain |
152-145-147-157=601 | ||
| 11 |  Belgium |
152-151-151-148=602 | +42 |
| 12 |  Ireland |
150-148-151-154=603 | +43 |
| 13 |  Japan |
147-148-148-162=605 | +45 |
| 14 |  France |
155-150-150-153=608 | +48 |
| 15 |  Italy |
151-152-154-152=609 | +49 |
| 16 |  Brazil |
151-157-152-159=619 | +59 |
| T17 |  Chile |
157-154-145-166=622 | +62 |
 Mexico |
154-149-160-159=622 | ||
 New Zealand |
154-155-153-160=622 | ||
| 20 |  Colombia |
155-152-160-158=625 | +65 |
| 21 |  Egypt |
160-157-157-157=631 | +71 |
| 22 |  Sweden |
159-149-160-169=637 | +77 |
| 23 |  Switzerland |
168-154-168-161=651 | +91 |
| T24 |  Denmark |
165-156-164-167=652 | +92 |
 West Germany |
164-161-163-164=652 | ||
| 26 |  Portugal |
166-161-161-166=654 | +94 |
| 27 |  Philippines |
173-166-159-157=655 | +95 |
| 28 |  Netherlands |
167-165-161-165=658 | +98 |
| 29 |  South Korea |
166-162-162-172=662 | +102 |
| 30 |  Indonesia |
185-181-179-181=726 | +166 |
Source[1]
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Leonard | Canada |
70-66-69-70=275 | −5 |
| 2 | Peter Thomson | Australia |
67-69-68-71=275 | −5 |
| 3 | Sam Snead |  United States |
73-65-73-70=281 | +1 |
| 4 | Gary Player | South Africa |
72-72-71-69=284 | +4 |
| 5 | Kel Nagle | Australia |
70-70-76-72=288 | +8 |
| T6 | Eric Brown | Scotland |
78-72-75-67=292 | +12 |
| Chen Ching-Po | China |
76-73-71-72=292 | ||
| Cary Middlecoff | United States |
72-75-75-70=292 | ||
| Flory Van Donck | Belgium |
70-75-75-72=292 | ||
| 10 | Peter Alliss | England |
73-74-70-76=293 | +13 |
Leonard beat Thomson with a par 4 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Australians easily win team championship". The Glasgow Herald. 23 November 1959. p. 10.
- ^ Canada Cup Golf: Australia's Record Lead in first Round The Glasgow Herald 19 November 1959, p. 13
- ^ "Hemmalaget vann Canada Cup" [The Home country won the Canada Cup]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. December 1959. pp. 18–19.