1988 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1988 World Cup took place 8–11 December at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 34th World Cup event. It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. 22 teams were qualified through the 1987 tournament and another 10 teams were invited. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber won by one stroke over the Japan team of brothers Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tateo "Jet" Ozaki The individual competition was won by Crenshaw.[1]

1988 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates8–11 December
LocationMelbourne, Australia
37°58′S 145°02′E / 37.97°S 145.03°E / -37.97; 145.03
Course(s)Royal Melbourne Golf Club composite of East and West Courses
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,985 yards (6,387 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$750,000
Winner's share$200,000 team
$50,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Ben Crenshaw & Mark McCumber
560 (−16)
Location map
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in greater Melbourne
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Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Eduardo Romero and Jorge Soto
  Australia Roger Mackay and Peter Senior
  Brazil Priscillo Diniz and Rafael Navarro
  Canada Dave Barr and Brent Franklin
  Colombia Rogelio Gonzalez and Eduardo Herrera
  Denmark Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
  England Mark James and Barry Lane
  Finland Markku Louhio and Timo Sipponen
  France Emmanuel Dussart and Marc Pendariès
  Hong Kong Yau Sui Ming and Alex Tang
  Indonesia Kasiyadi and Gimin Suwirjo
  India Basad Ali and Rohtas Singh
  Ireland Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth
  Italy Giuseppe Calì and Costantino Rocca
  Japan Masashi Ozaki and Tateo Ozaki
  Malaysia Barrie Buluah and Sahabuddin Yusof[2]
  Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Enrique Serna
  Netherlands Kees Borst and Willem Swart
  New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
  Philippines Rudy Lavares and Mario Siodina
  Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr and Colin Montgomerie
  South Korea Choi Sang-ho and Park Nam-sin
  Spain Manuel Piñero and José Rivero
  Sweden Anders Forsbrand and Johan Ryström
  Switzerland Karim Baradia and Helmuth Schumacher
  Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san and Li Wen-sheng
  Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit and Somsakdi Srisangar
  United States Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber
  Venezuela Ramón Muñoz and Julian Santana
  Wales Mark Mouland and David Llewellyn
  West Germany Wolfgang John and Carlo Knauss
  Zimbabwe Anthony Edwards and Tim Price

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1   United States 139-137-137-147=560 −16 200,000
2   Japan 138-140-138-145=561 −15 110,000
3   Australia 143-131-142-146=562 −14 80,000
4   Canada 144-139-140-146=569 −7 65,000
5   Scotland 140-140-149-141=570 −6 41,000
6   New Zealand 139-140-140-152=571 −5 30,000
7   Spain 139-140-139-154=572 −4 20,000
8   Argentina 145-146-143-142=576 E 16,000
T9   Ireland 142-144-142-152=580 +4 7,666
  Italy 147-143-142-148=580
  Taiwan 143-137-148-152=580
T12   Denmark 145-144-141-152=582 +6 5,000
  Wales 150-142-138-152=582
14   Brazil 140-147-142-154=583 +9
T15   England 142-149-142-156=589 +13
  Thailand 149-146-144-150=589
17   Mexico 149-145-140-158=591 +15
18   Colombia 143-152-145-152=592 +16
T19   France 153-143-147-154=597 +21
  Sweden 146-151-148-152=597
21   South Korea 146-153-146-153=598 +22
22   Finland 147-157-153-159=606 +30
23   Philippines 151-152-146-161=610 +34
24   India 151-158-147-159=615 +39
25   Venezuela 151-155-145-165=616 +40
26   West Germany 156-152-151-158=617 +41
27   Zimbabwe 151-155-154-160=620 +44
28   Switzerland 143-157-158-164=622 +46
29   Malaysia 152-153-150-170=625 +49
30   Hong Kong 158-156-155-160=629 +53
31   Indonesia 157-154-163-163=637 +61
32   Netherlands 160-157-162-161=640 +64

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Ben Crenshaw   United States 68-67-66-74=275 −13 50,000
T2 Dave Barr   Canada 70-67-65-75=276 −12
Tateo Ozaki   Japan 68-69-67-72=276
4 Peter Senior   Australia 70-68-70-70=277 −11
T5 Gordon Brand Jnr   Scotland 71-66-73-69=279 −9
Rafael Navarro   Brazil 71-74-66-68=279
7 Rafael Alarcón   Mexico 69-72-67-75=283 −5
T8 Li Wen-cheng   Taiwan 69-66-75-74=284 −4
Roger Mackay   Australia 73-63-72-76=284
Frank Nobilo   New Zealand 67-69-70-78=284
Ronan Rafferty   Ireland 71-70-68-75=284

Sources:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 489–491. ISBN 000218284X.
  2. ^ "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1989. pp. 60–63.
  4. ^ "Crenshaw, McCumber give U.S. 1-shot win in World Cup tourney". The Desert Sun. Associated Press. 12 December 1988. pp. C5, C7.