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1996 World Cup of Golf

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1996 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates21–24 November
LocationSomerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
Course(s)Erinvale Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,002 yards (6,403 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1,300,000 team
US$200,000 individual
Winner's shareUS$400,000 team
US$100,000 individual
Champion
 South Africa
Ernie Els & Wayne Westner
547 (−29)
Location map
Somerset West is located in Africa
Somerset West
Somerset West
Location in Africa
Somerset West is located in South Africa
Somerset West
Somerset West
Location in South Africa
Somerset West is located in Western Cape
Somerset West
Somerset West
Location in Western Cape
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The 1996 World Cup of Golf took place 21–24 November at the Erinvale Golf Club in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa. It was the 42nd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The South African team of Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won by 18 strokes over the United States team of Steve Jones and Tom Lehman. Els took the International Trophy by three strokes over Westner. It was only the fourth time in the history of the World Cup, two players from the same squad finished first and second individually.

22 nations qualified automatically with the remaining 10 nations gaining entry through a qualifying tournament in Jamaica.[1]

Teams

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Country Players
 Argentina Jorge Berendt and Ricardo González
 Australia Stuart Appleby and Bradley Hughes
 Canada Rick Gibson and Rick Todd
 Chile Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie
 China Cheng Jun and Zhang Lianwei
 Chinese Taipei Chang Tse-Pen and Chen Liang-hsi
 Colombia Albert Evers and Rigoberto Velasquez
 Czech Republic Jiří Janda and Petr Mruzek
 Denmark Thomas Bjørn and Rene Budde
 England Peter Mitchell and Jim Payne
 France Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
 Germany Alex Čejka and Bernhard Langer
 Hong Kong Derek Fung and Tang Man Kee
 Ireland Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington
 Italy Costantino Rocca and Manny Zerman
 Jamaica Delroy Cambridge and Seymour Rose
 Japan Katsunori Kuwabara and Tsuneyuki Nakajima
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón and César Pérez
 Namibia Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe
 New Zealand Paul Devenport and Phil Tataurangi
 Paraguay Nelson Cabrera and Felix Ramon Franco
 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Morales and Miguel Suárez
 Scotland Andrew Coltart and Paul Lawrie
 South Africa Ernie Els and Wayne Westner
 Spain Diego Borrego and Ignacio Garrido
 Sri Lanka Tissa Chandradasa and Nandasena Perera
 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin and Patrik Sjöland
 Switzerland André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
 United States Steve Jones and Tom Lehman
 Venezuela Henrique Lavie and Federico Sauce
 Wales Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam
 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source[1]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1  South Africa 136-144-130-137=547 −29 400,000
2  United States 146-140-140-139=565 −11 200,000
3  Scotland 139-142-142-143=566 −10 125,000
4  Germany 145-144-140-142=571 −5 100,000
5  France 144-141-144-143=572 −4 80,000
T6  Argentina 142-147-140-150=579 +3 52,500
 Denmark 138-147-152-142=579
T8  Italy 143-149-147-141=580 +4 28,000
 Namibia 146-146-143-145=580
 Wales 143-149-143-145=580
T11  Canada 145-142-146-148=581 +5 18,500
 Zimbabwe 151-147-144-139=581
13  Sweden 149-140-146-148=583 +7 15,000
T14  Australia 149-145-147-143=584 +8 11,332
 Mexico 148-143-149-144=584
 Spain 145-151-148-140=584
T17  Colombia 143-147-145-150=585 +9 8,900
 Switzerland 145-146-150-144=585
19  Ireland 145-150-149-142=586 +10 8,500
T20  China 142-145-152-148=587 +11 8,300
 Japan 152-149-146-140=587
22  England 149-151-143-145=588 +12 8,000
23  Chinese Taipei 146-152-151-145=594 +18 7,800
24  New Zealand 147-151-146-153=597 +21 7,600
T25  Jamaica 154-152-152-147=605 +29 7,300
 Sri Lanka 159-150-150-146=605
27  Puerto Rico 150-156-152-148=606 +30 7,000
28  Paraguay 149-148-152-159=608 +32 6,800
29  Czech Republic 149-157-156-150=612 +36 6,600
30  Hong Kong 154-157-154-158=623 +47 6,400
31  Venezuela 157-164-148-158=627 +51 6,000
DQ  Chile

Source[2]

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Ernie Els  South Africa 68-72-65-67=272 −16 100,000
2 Wayne Westner  South Africa 68-72-65-70=275 −13 50,000
3 Bernhard Langer  Germany 71-68-72-69=280 −8 25,000
T4 Paul Lawrie  Scotland 69-70-70-72=281 −7 12,500
Ian Woosnam  Wales 70-73-67-71=281
5 Steve Jones  United States 73-70-70-69=282 −6
T6 Tom Lehman  United States 73-70-70-70=283 −5
Costantino Rocca  Italy 71-71-72-69=283
8 Ricardo Gonzalez  Argentina 71-73-68-72=284 −4
T9 Stuart Appleby  Australia 74-71-70-70=285 −3
Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 67-74-76-68=285
Andrew Coltart  Scotland 70-72-72-71=285

Sources[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "U.S. tipped in World Cup Golf". Jawawa. 21 November 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Els and Westner crush their World Cup rivals". Jawawa. 26 November 1996. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ Golf World magazine 29 November 1996, p 58

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