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1988 World Cup (men's golf)

Coordinates: 37°58′S 145°02′E / 37.97°S 145.03°E / -37.97; 145.03
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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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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]

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.