1979 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1979 World Cup took place 8–11 November at the Glyfada Golf Club in Athens, Greece. It was the 27th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 notified teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The South Africa team was invited to the event and their team of Hugh Baiocchi and Dale Hayes took part in practice and pro-am competition, but was informed by the Greece government shortly before the beginning of competition, they were not allowed to start.[1] The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Hale Irwin won by ten strokes over the Scotland team of Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 8–11 November |
Location | Athens, Greece |
Course(s) | Glyfada Golf Club |
Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,809 yards (6,226 m) |
Field | 45 two-man teams |
Cut | None |
Winner's share | $6,000 team $3,000 individual |
Champion | |
![]() Hale Irwin & John Mahaffey | |
575 (−1) | |
The individual competition for the International Trophy was won by Irwin two strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, West Germany and Lyle, Scotland.
Teams
Country | Players |
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Jorge Soto and Adan Sowa |
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Colin Bishop and Ross Metherell |
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Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolfo Hauser |
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Philippe Toussaint and Flory Van Donck |
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Jaime Gonzalez and Rafael Navarro |
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Maun Pyone and Ko Ko Lay |
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Dan Halldorson and Jim Nelford |
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Francisco Cerda and Patricio Valenzuela |
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Luis Arevalo and Juan Pinzon |
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Herluf Hansen and Jorgen Korfitsen |
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Jack Corrie and Guillermo Gomez |
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Farouk Badr and Mohamed Said Moussa |
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Mark James and Michael King |
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Aran Kumar and Bose Lutunatabua |
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Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio |
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Bassili Anastassiou (a) and Bassili Karatzas (a) |
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Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo |
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Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang |
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Engrun Tiahyana and Murat Satibi |
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Eddie Polland and Des Smyth |
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Laurie Been (a) and Neil Schochet (a) |
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Baldovino Dassù and Delio Lovato |
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Kazuo Yoshikawa and Kaichi Inoue |
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Ziki Mukdad and Robert Prince |
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Marimuthu Ramayah and Nazamuddin Yusof[2] |
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Enrique Serna and Victor Regalado |
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Jan Dorrestein and Simon Van Den Berg |
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Craig Owen and Barry Vivian |
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Ole Hammer (a) and Johan Horn (a) |
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Eleuterio Nival and Rudy Lavares |
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Sebastiao Gil and Domingo Silva |
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Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle |
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Lim Swee Wah and Poh Eng Chong |
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Cho Tae-ho and Choi Yoon-soo |
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Antonio Garrido and Manuel Piñero |
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Sayed Cherif and Jan Sonnevi |
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Patrick Bagnoud and Mauric Salmini |
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Chen Tze-ming and Lu Hsi-chuen |
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Sukree Onsham and Archin Sopon |
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Hale Irwin and John Mahaffey |
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Noel Machado and Ramón Muñoz |
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Brian Huggett and David Vaughan |
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Manfred Kessler and Bernhard Langer |
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Rafael Jerman (a) and Marko Vovk (a) |
(a) denotes amateur
Scores
Team
# | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | ![]() | 141-141-152-141=575 | −1 | 6,000 |
2 | ![]() | 145-145-150-140=580 | +4 | 3,000 |
3 | ![]() | 147-153-144-146=590 | +14 | |
4 | ![]() | 148-144-153-148=593 | +17 | |
5 | ![]() | 144-149-146-155=594 | +18 | |
6 | ![]() | 150-153-148-146=597 | +21 | |
T7 | ![]() | 150-148-155-146=599 | +23 | |
![]() | 147-150-151-151=599 | |||
T9 | ![]() | 153-145-147-155=600 | +24 | |
![]() | 151-150-150-149=600 | |||
T11 | ![]() | 149-154-149-150=602 | +26 | |
![]() | 160-145-150-147=602 | |||
13 | ![]() | 150-150-152-153=605 | +29 | |
14 | ![]() | 151-153-152-152=608 | +32 | |
15 | ![]() | 156-155-150-149=610 | +34 | |
16 | ![]() | 151-155-150-157=613 | +37 | |
17 | ![]() | 154-154-154-153=615 | +39 | |
18 | ![]() | 152-154-151-161=618 | +42 | |
T19 | ![]() | 147-154-157-161=619 | +43 | |
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21 | ![]() | 160-158-148-155=621 | +45 | |
22 | ![]() | 155-159-160-148=622 | +46 | |
23 | ![]() | 159-160-154-153=626 | +50 | |
24 | ![]() | 165-158-154-151=628 | +52 | |
T25 | ![]() | 160-166-153-155=634 | +58 | |
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27 | ![]() | 161-163-155-157=636 | +60 | |
28 | ![]() | 166-155-155-161=637 | +61 | |
29 | ![]() | 161-161-154-162=638 | +62 | |
30 | ![]() | 162-157-159-161=639 | +63 | |
T31 | ![]() | 162-162-154-162=640 | +64 | |
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T33 | ![]() | 158-156-162-167=643 | +67 | |
![]() | 162-168-162-151=643 | |||
T35 | ![]() | 160-156-166-164=646 | +70 | |
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37 | ![]() | 169-164-158-163=654 | +78 | |
38 | ![]() | 172-157-158-168=655 | +79 | |
39 | ![]() | 169-165-158-170=662 | +86 | |
40 | ![]() | 166-178-159-163=666 | +90 | |
41 | ![]() | 167-168-170-163=668 | +92 | |
42 | ![]() | 165-172-169-177=683 | +107 | |
43 | ![]() | 170-174-183-175=702 | +126 | |
44 | ![]() | 188-186-177-184=735 | +159 | |
DQ | ![]() | 158-143-148-DQ |
Dassù of Italy was disqualified after signing an incorrect scorecard.[3]
International Trophy
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money US$ |
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1 | Hale Irwin | ![]() | 74-70-72-69=285 | −3 | 3,000 |
T2 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() | 74-70-71-71=287 | −1 | |
Sandy Lyle | ![]() | 72-73-73-69=287 | |||
4 | Jaime Gonzalez | ![]() | 73-71-72-72=288 | E | |
5 | Antonio Garrido | ![]() | 74-76-66-73=289 | +1 | |
6 | John Mahaffey | ![]() | 67-71-80-72=290 | +2 | |
7 | Ramón Muñoz | ![]() | 72-78-70-72=292 | +4 | |
T8 | Ken Brown | ![]() | 73-72-77-71=293 | +5 | |
Lu Hsi-chuen | ![]() | 71-73-72-77=293 | |||
Kazuo Yoshikawa | ![]() | 71-74-73-75=293 |
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- "Venezuela's Vegas brothers look to double down in Melbourne". PGA Tour. 27 October 2016.
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- "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1979. pp. 60, 69.
- "World Cup Golf Results". The Desert Sun. 12 November 1979. p. B2.
- Radosta, John S. (11 November 1979). "World Cup Stresses Friendship". The New York Times.
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- "World Cup finals". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Pess. 12 November 1979. p. 22 – via newspaper.com.