The 1994 World Cup of Golf took place November 10–13 at the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. It was the 40th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event 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 winners share of the prize money was $300,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won (for the third time in a row with the same players in the team) by 14 strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Tony Johnstone. Couples took the International Trophy by five strokes over Costantino Rocca of Italy.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 10–13 |
| Location | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
| Course(s) | Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Field | 32 two-man teams |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | US$1.2 million |
| Winner's share | $300,000 team $100,000 individual |
| Champion | |
 United StatesFred Couples & Davis Love III | |
| 536 (−40) | |
| Location map | |
  Dorado Beach Location in the Caribbean  Dorado Beach Location in Puerto Rico | |
Teams
edit(a) denotes amateur
Scores
editTeam
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 132-129-137-138=536 | −40 | 300,000 |
| 2 |  Zimbabwe | 135-139-133-143=550 | −26 | 150,000 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 140-134-140-137=551 | −25 | 100,000 |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 142-136-135-140=553 | −23 | 75,000 |
| T5 |  Japan | 146-135-131-145=557 | −19 | 45,666 |
 Paraguay | 140-137-141-139=557 | |||
 Scotland | 144-137-141-135=557 | |||
| 8 |  Germany | 142-140-138-138=558 | −18 | 24,000 |
| T9 |  Australia | 144-133-146-136=559 | −17 | 18,000 |
 Italy | 137-137-143-142=559 | |||
 Malaysia | 139-133-140-147=559 | |||
| 12 |  Argentina | 143-137-139-141=560 | −16 | 14,000 |
| 13 |  Mexico | 142-145-139-137=563 | −13 | 12,000 |
| 14 |  Canada | 143-134-142-146=565 | −11 | 11,000 |
| T15 |  England | 141-141-140-146=568 | −8 | 8,700 |
 France | 147-138-143-140=568 | |||
 Ireland | 138-140-148-142=568 | |||
 South Africa | 140-140-147-141=568 | |||
| T19 |  Netherlands | 144-138-144-144=570 | −6 | 7,400 |
 South Korea | 149-138-140-143=570 | |||
 Thailand | 139-142-142-147=570 | |||
| 22 |  Brazil | 146-138-143-150=577 | +1 | 7,000 |
| T23 |  Denmark | 149-143-139-147=578 | +2 | 6,700 |
 Finland | 144-149-140-145=578 | |||
| 25 |  Wales | 150-141-138-150=579 | +3 | 6,400 |
| 26 |  Taiwan | 147-139-146-149=581 | +5 | 6,200 |
| 27 |  Spain | 146-141-148-148=583 | +7 | 6,000 |
| 28 |  Switzerland | 143-152-142-155=592 | +16 | 5,800 |
| 29 |  Puerto Rico | 146-147-150-152=595 | +19 | 5,600 |
| 30 |  Hong Kong | 157-150-144-147=598 | +22 | 5,400 |
| 31 |  Norway | 160-155-155-154=624 | +48 | 5,200 |
| DQ |  Jamaica | 146-DQ | 5,000 |
Jamaica was disqualified because Seymour Rose signed an incorrect scorecard. His teammate Ralph Mairs completed the competition.
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | United States | 65-63-68-69=265 | −23 | 100,000 |
| 2 | Costantino Rocca | Italy | 68-66-68-68=270 | −18 | 50,000 |
| 3 | Davis Love III | United States | 67-66-69-69=271 | −17 | 25,000 |
| T4 | Mark McNulty | Zimbabwe | 68-67-67-70=272 | −16 | |
| Frank Nobilo | New Zealand | 70-66-67-69=272 | |||
| 6 | Marimuthu Ramayah | Malaysia | 66-64-69-74=273 | −15 | |
| T7 | Steve Elkington | Australia | 69-68-71-66=274 | −14 | |
| Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 72-66-66-70=274 | |||
| 9 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | 69-69-70-67=275 | −13 | |
| T10 | Joakim Haeggman | Sweden | 71-65-70-70=276 | −12 | |
| Masayaki Kawamura | Japan | 71-67-65-73=276 | |||
| Bernhard Langer | Germany | 71-71-65-69=276 |
References
edit- ^ Golf, Chi-Chi II? by Tim Rosaforte, Sports Illustrated, November 21, 1994
- ^ Golfens Årsbok 1994 Svenska Golfförbundet Media AB page 159
- ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). December 1994. p. 61.
- ^ "World Cup of Golf". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. November 11, 1994. p. C2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "World Cup". Tucson Citizen. Arizona. Associated Press. November 12, 1994. p. 7D – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "World Cup of Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. November 14, 1994. p. B2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Golf/World Cup, Couples, Love complete hattrick New Straits Times - 15 November 1994, p. 24