1978 World Cup (men's golf)

1978 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	November 30 – December 3
Location	Hanalei, Princeville, Hawaii, U.S.; 22°12′24″N 159°30′3″W / 22.20667°N 159.50083°W
Course(s)	Hanalei, Makai course
Format	72 holes stroke play; combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field	48 two-man teams
Cut	None
Winner's share	$6,000 team; $3,000 individual
Champion
	United States; John Mahaffey & Andy North
	564 (−12)
Location map
	Makai GC, Hanalei Location in the Pacific Ocean Makai GC, Hanalei Location in Kauaʻi County in the state of Hawaii, U.S.
	← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 World Cup took place November 30 – December 3 at the Makai Golf Club in Hanalei in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii. It was the 26th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Andy North won by ten strokes over the Australian team of Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.

The individual competition for The International Trophy was won by Mahaffey two strokes ahead of North. Greg Norman and Thailand's Sukree Onsham tied for third.^[1]

Teams[edit]

Country	Players
Argentina	Vicente Fernández and Florentino Molina
Australia	Wayne Grady and Greg Norman
Austria	Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
Belgium	Yves Mahaim and Philippe Toussaint
Brazil	Josias Draxler and Jaime Gonzalez
Burma	Mya Aye and Mg Pyone
Canada	Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson
Chile	Anisio Araya and Francisco Cerda
Colombia	Luis Eduard Arevalo and Juan Pinzon
Denmark	Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
Dominican Republic	Jack Corrie and Ricardo Orellana
Egypt	Abdel Monem Hanafi and Mohamed Said Moussa
El Salvador	Carlos Sorroche and Bruno Vicentin
England	Howard Clark and Mark James
Fiji	Arun Kumar and Erami Bose Lutunatabua
Finland	Juhani Hämäläinen and Sigurd Nyström
France	Patrick Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
Greece	Basilli Anastassiou and Basilli Karatzas
Guatemala	Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
Hong Kong	Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang
Iceland	Ragnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)
Indonesia	Sumarno and Suparman
Ireland	Christy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie Polland
Israel	Brian Cooper and Barry Mandel
Italy	Renato Campagnoli and Geroiamo Delfino
Japan	Norio Suzuki and Shigeru Uchida
Malaysia	Lim Yat Foong and Nazamuddin Yusof^[2]
Mexico	Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado
Netherlands	Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
New Zealand	Dennis Clark and Kim Southerden
Norway	Erik Dönnestad (a) and Tore Sviland (a)
Pakistan	Mehmood Hussain and Mohammad Eiaz Malik
Philippines	Rudy Lavares and Eleuterio Nival
Portugal	Domingos Silva and Rogerio Valente
Scotland	Ken Brown and Sam Torrance
Singapore	Alvin Liau and Sinniah Velasamy
South Africa	Nick Price and Bobby Verwey
South Korea	Hahn Chang–sang and Kim Suck-bong
Spain	Antonio Garrido and Manuel Piñero
Sweden	Hans Hedjerson and Gunnar Mueller
Switzerland	Denis Maina and Franco Salmina
Taiwan	Hsieh Yung-yo and Hsu Sheng-san
Thailand	Sukree Onsham and Seng Suwannakas
United States	John Mahaffey and Andy North
Venezuela	Noel Machado and Ramon Munoz
Wales	Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
West Germany	Bernhard Langer and Siegfried Vollrath
Yugoslavia	Rafael Jerman and Siavko Vodnjov

(a) denotes amateur

Scores[edit]

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	United States	141-144-138-141=564	−12	6,000
2	Australia	142-146-146-143=574	−2	3,000
3	Canada	137-141-148-151=577	+1	1,800
3	England	146-146-146-139=577	+1	1,800
5	Scotland	143-150-145-141=579	+3
6	Spain	145-146-141-148=580	+4
7	Philippines	139-149-143-150=581	+5
T8	Ireland	147-146-147-146=586	+10
	Japan	149-140-150-147=586
	Mexico	142-152-143-148=586
	South Korea	142-148-149-147=586
	Taiwan	146-145-149-146=586
	Wales	146-146-147-147=586
T14	Argentina	141-151-148-147=587	+11
	Colombia	144-145-146-152=587
	Sweden	145-147-149-146=587
17	Malaysia	151-146-148-144=589	+13
18	South Africa	146-150-149-147=592	+16
19	Venezuela	153-154-145-141=593	+17
T20	West Germany	148-141-154-153=596	+20
T20	France	149-148-150-149=596	+20
22	Thailand	159-151-143-144=597	+21
23	Brazil	145-161-143-151=600	+24
24	Denmark	155-153-147-148=603	+27
25	Italy	153-151-150-150=604	+28
T26	Chile	146-161-153-145=605	+29
T26	Egypt	149-154-149-152=605	+29
28	Greece	156-152-151-148=607	+31
29	Burma	150-153-154-153=610	+34
30	Guatemala	155-158-150-149=612	+36
T31	Hong Kong	155-167-150-141=613	+37
T31	Singapore	156-158-149-150=613	+37
33	Austria	148-157-159-150=614	+38
34	New Zealand	159-151-154-153=617	+41
35	Belgium	159-152-161-152=624	+48
36	Netherlands	156-156-158-158=628	+52
37	Fiji	157-164-155-156=632	+56
38	Dominican Republic	154-163-158-159=634	+58
T39	Indonesia	160-163-164-148=635	+59
T39	Portugal	163-157-160-155=635	+59
T41	Norway	166-158-157-158=639	+63
T41	Pakistan	161-164-158-156=639	+63
43	Israel	165-170-160-151=646	+70
44	Switzerland	171-154-161-161=647	+71
45	El Salvador	157-168-169-164=658	+82
46	Iceland	172-163-165-160=660	+84
47	Finland	169-169-162-172=672	+96
48	Yugoslavia	173-182-177-171=703	+127

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money US$
1	John Mahaffey	United States	69-72-69-71=281	−7	3,000
2	Andy North	United States	72-72-69-70=283	−5
T3	Greg Norman	Australia	71-69-74-72=286	−2
T3	Sukree Onsham	Thailand	78-70-70-68=286	−2
T5	Howard Clark	England	72-74-72-69=287	−1
	Antonio Garrido	Spain	73-70-68-76=287
	Gunnar Mueller	Sweden	71-72-75-69=287
	Sam Torrance	Scotland	71-76-71-69=287
T9	Wayne Grady	Australia	71-74-72-71=288	E
	Dan Halldorson	Canada	70-72-73-73=288
	Eleuterio Nival	Philippines	69-75-70-74=288
	Ernesto Perez Acosta	Mexico	71-74-70-73=288

Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Ten-shot win in World Cup". The Canberra Times. December 5, 1978. p. 24. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. October 27, 2016.
^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1979. p. 60.
^ "World Cup results". San Bernardino. December 4, 1978. p. 26.
^ "John Mahaffey Posts Low Score, Teams With North For World Cup". Lebanon Daily News. Pennsylvania. UPI. December 4, 1978. p. 30 – via newspaper.com.

22°12′24″N 159°30′3″W / 22.20667°N 159.50083°W / 22.20667; -159.50083

[1] "Ten-shot win in World Cup". The Canberra Times. December 5, 1978. p. 24. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[2] "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. October 27, 2016.

[3] "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1979. p. 60.

[4] "World Cup results". San Bernardino. December 4, 1978. p. 26.

[5] "John Mahaffey Posts Low Score, Teams With North For World Cup". Lebanon Daily News. Pennsylvania. UPI. December 4, 1978. p. 30 – via newspaper.com.

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