1956 Canada Cup

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1956 Canada Cup
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Wentworth Club
Tournament information
Dates24–26 June
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′00″N 0°35′24″W / 51.400°N 0.590°W / 51.400; -0.590
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par71
Length6,900 yards (6,300 m)
Field29 two-man teams
Cut20 teams and ties
Champion
 United States
Ben Hogan & Sam Snead
567 (−1)
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The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1][2] 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day.[3] An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day.[4]

The American team of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead won by 14 strokes over the South African team of Bobby Locke and Gary Player.[5] The individual competition was won by Hogan, five shots ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.[6]

Teams[]

Country Players
 Argentina Enrique Bertolino and Martin Pose
 Australia Peter Thomson and Norman Von Nida
 Belgium and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil Mário Gonzalez and
 Canada Al Balding and Stan Leonard
 Chile and
 China Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan
 Colombia and
 Denmark and
 Egypt and Hassan Hassanein
 England Ken Bousfield and Harry Weetman
 France and
 Ireland Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr
 Italy Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni
 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi and
 Mexico and Roberto De Vicenzo
 Netherlands and
 New Zealand and Ernie Southerden
 Philippines Ben Arda and Celestino Tugot
 Portugal M Lourenco and J Feliciano Da Silva
 Scotland Eric Brown and John Panton
 South Africa Bobby Locke and Gary Player
 South Korea and
 Spain Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel
 Sweden and
  Switzerland and
 United States Ben Hogan and Sam Snead
 Wales Dai Rees and Dennis Smalldon
 West Germany and

Source:[1]

Note: De Vicenzo was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina in the three previous Canada Cup events.

Scores[]

Team

# Country Score To par
1  United States 144-142-145-136=567 −1
2  South Africa 145-145-145-146=581 +13
3  Canada 144-139-145-155=583 +15
T4  England 152-141-152-141=586 +18
 Japan 152-151-147-136=586
6  Wales 143-145-156-143=587 +19
7  Scotland 148-148-149-144=589 +21
8  Belgium 145-145-154-151=595 +27
9  Mexico 143-151-150-154=598 +30
T10  Australia 142-152-162-145=601 +33
 Ireland 150-153-147-151=601
 Spain 151-147-155-148=601
13  France 151-148-151-152=602 +34
14  Philippines 151-148-156-150=605 +37
15  Colombia 150-149-151-159=609 +41
16  Italy 152-146-155-157=610 +42
17  Argentina 151-155-153-153=612 +44
18  Netherlands 151-150-156-157=614 +46
19  Egypt 155-147-151-168=621 +53
20   Switzerland 151-154-161-163=629 +61
21  New Zealand 151-159=310
T22  Chile 152-165=317
 China 160-157=317
24  South Korea 160-160=320
25  Sweden 161-160=321
26  West Germany 166-156=322
27  Portugal 163-163=326
28  Brazil 163-166=329
29  Denmark 166-167=333

Source[5]

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par
1 Ben Hogan  United States 68-69-72-68=277 −7
2 Roberto De Vicenzo  Mexico 69-72-67-74=282 −2
3 Flory Van Donck  Belgium 71-67-73-72=283 −1
4 Dai Rees  Wales 74-71-72-67=284 E
5 Bobby Locke  South Africa 71-72-72-70=285 +1
6 Stan Leonard  Canada 69-67-71-79=286 +2
7  Japan 71-76-74-68=289 +5
8 Sam Snead  United States 76-73-73-68=290 +6
9 Ken Bousfield  England 76-71-76-68=291 +7
10 Eric Brown  Scotland 76-73-75-69=293 +9

Source[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Australia's lead in Canada Cup golf". The Times. 25 June 1956. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Extraordinary crowd scenes". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1956. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Canadian golfers take over the lead at Wentworth". The Times. 26 June 1956. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Canadian golfers lead by three in Canada Cup". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1956. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Wonderful final rounds gain Canada Cup for U.S.". The Times. 27 June 1956. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Hogan's two victories". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1956. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Hogan leads US to win in Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. 27 June 1956. p. 25. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

Coordinates: 51°23′48″N 0°35′45″W / 51.39667°N 0.59583°W / 51.39667; -0.59583

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