1954 Canada Cup

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1954 Canada Cup
Tournament information
DatesAugust 20–22
LocationLaval, Quebec, Canada
Course(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field25 two-man teams
CutNone
Champion
 Australia
Kel Nagle & Peter Thomson
556 (−20)
Location Map
Laval‑sur‑le‑Lac GC is located in Canada
Laval‑sur‑le‑Lac GC
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Location in Canada
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The 1954 Canada Cup took place August 20–22 at the Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was the second Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1]18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by four strokes over the Argentine team of Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo.[2] Canadian Stan Leonard had the lowest individual score with 275, two strokes ahead of Peter Thomson.[3]

Teams[]

Country Players
 Argentina Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo
 Australia Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson
 Belgium and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil Mário Gonzalez and
 Canada Jules Huot and Stan Leonard
 Chile and
 Colombia and
 Egypt and
 England Peter Alliss and Harry Weetman
 France Jean Garaïalde and
 Ireland Harry Bradshaw and Fred Daly
 Italy Aldo Casera and Ugo Grappasonni
 Japan and Torakichi Nakamura
 Mexico and
 Netherlands and
 New Zealand and Ernie Southerden
 Philippines and Celestino Tugot
Denmark Sweden Scandinavia and
 Scotland Eric Brown and Tom Haliburton
 South Africa Bobby Locke and
 Spain and Sebastián Miguel
  Switzerland and
 United States Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead
 Wales Harry Gould and Dai Rees
 West Germany and

The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell.

Source[4]

Scores[]

# Country Score To par
1  Australia 137-144-140-135=556 −20
2  Argentina 142-139-138-141=560 −16
3  United States 144-140-139-142=565 −11
4  Canada 141-143-143-143=570 −6
5  Scotland 144-140-138-149=571 −5
6  France 147-140-143-143=573 −3
7  England 143-143-144-144=574 −2
8  Brazil 144-144-141-146=575 −1
T9  Belgium 150-146-143-139=578 +2
 South Africa 145-146-146-141=578
T11  Ireland 143-148-139-149=579 +3
 Italy 147-149-146-137=579
13  Spain 144-144-148-150=586 +10
14  Japan 152-144-149-146=591 +15
15  Egypt 152-151-150-140=593 +17
16  West Germany 149-153-150-143=595 +19
T17  Philippines 148-149-150-151=598 +22
 Wales 151-151-150-146=598
T19  Chile 150-148-147-156=601 +25
 New Zealand 152-153-151-145=601
21 Scandinavia 148-151-158-152=609 +33
T22  Netherlands 157-147-155-151=610 +34
 Mexico 152-155-157-146=610
24   Switzerland 150-156-160-160=626 +50
WD  Colombia 149-WD[a]
  1. ^ Colombia withdrew after became ill.

Source[4][5][6][7]

The leading individual scores were 275 by Stan Leonard and 277 by Peter Thomson.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ McAuley, Ed (August 20, 1954). "Snead, Daly have 63s Canada Cup warmup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  2. ^ McAuley, Ed (August 23, 1954). "Australians stage sub-par finish to capture Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  3. ^ a b "Stan Leonard has 275 to lead field". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b "72-hole scores at Laval". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Canada Cup". Sunday Mail. Queensland, Australia. August 22, 1954. p. 24. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Australians share Canada golf lead". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. August 23, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Thomson wants cup play here". The Courier-Mail. Queensland, Australia. AAP. August 24, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Coordinates: 45°31′44″N 73°52′44″W / 45.529°N 73.879°W / 45.529; -73.879

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