1967 World Cup (men's golf)

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1967 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Course(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length7,250 yards (6,630 m)
Field40 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer
557 (−19)
Location Map
Club de Golf Mexico is located in Mexico
Club de Golf Mexico
Club de Golf Mexico
Location in Mexico
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The 1967 World Cup took place 9–12 November at the Club de Golf Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the 15th World Cup event, which was named the Canada Cup until 1966 and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 40 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer won by 13 strokes over the New Zealand team of Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey. The individual competition was won by Palmer.

Teams[]

Country Players
 Argentina Fidel de Luca and Florentino Molina
 Australia Bruce Crampton and Alan Murray
 Austria and
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil and Mário Gonzalez
 Canada Al Balding and George Knudson
 Chile and
 China Hsieh Yung-yo and Lu Liang-Huan
 Colombia and
 Czechoslovakia (a) and (a)
 Denmark and
 Egypt and
 England Peter Alliss and Malcolm Gregson
 France and Jean Garaïalde
 Guatemala and
 Hawaii Ted Makalena and
 Ireland Hugh Boyle and Christy O'Connor Snr
 Italy and Roberto Bernardini
 Jamaica and
 Japan and Hideyo Sugimoto
 Morocco and
 Mexico Antonio Cerdá and
 Netherlands Martin Roesink and
 New Zealand Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey
 Norway (a) and (a)
 Paraguay and
 Peru and
 Philippines Ben Arda and Celestino Tugot
 Portugal and
 Puerto Rico David Jiménez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 Scotland Eric Brown and Harry Bannerman
 South Africa Harold Henning and Gary Player
 Spain Sebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota
 Sweden and
  Switzerland and
 United States Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
 Uruguay and
 Venezuela and
 Wales Dave Thomas and
 West Germany and

(a) denotes amateur

Scores[]

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  United States 140-141-140-136=557 −19 2,000
2  New Zealand 144-145-142-139=570 −6 1,000
3  Mexico 144-144-144-142=574 −2 800
4  South Africa 143-150-146-140=579 +3 400
T5  Argentina 141-146-143-151=581 +5
 Hawaii 147-143-146-145=581
7  China 148-144-144-146=582 +6
8  Canada 143-148-145-147=583 +7
9  Puerto Rico 146-148-143-147=584 +8
T10  Australia 146-149-146-147=588 +12
 Ireland 149-148-148-143=588
12  Japan 145-149-147-149=590 +14
T13  England 150-149-148-144=591 +15
 Spain 150-149-148-144=591
15  Colombia 150-148-145-150=593 +17
T16  Belgium 143-148-161-150=602 +26
 Egypt 144-149-156-153=602
 Philippines 151-147-150-154=602
19  Chile 149-154-156-144=603 +27
20  France 150-149-152-153=604 +28
21  Italy 157-156-150-144=607 +31
T22  Brazil 150-155-152-151=608 +32
 Peru 153-157-143-155=608
24  Scotland 154-154-150-151=609 +33
25  West Germany 153-151-153-154=611 +35
26  Venezuela 148-156-153-157=614 +38
27  Denmark 156-155-158-147=616 +40
28  Wales 154-153-153-158=618 +42
T29  Netherlands 159-154-153-153=619 +43
 Uruguay 155-150-155-159=619
31   Switzerland 156-160-153-154=623 +47
32  Guatemala 154-155-159-157=625 +49
33  Jamaica 154-162-157-163=636 +60
T34  Austria 160-157-159-164=640 +64
 Paraguay 161-162-156-161=640
36  Sweden 162-159-159-167=647 +71
37  Portugal 163-164-158-164=649 +73
T38  Morocco 162-168-164-159=653 +77
 Norway 156-171-158-168=653
40  Czechoslovakia 166-162-161-165=654 +78

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Arnold Palmer  United States 68-70-71-67=276 −12 1,000
T2 Bob Charles  New Zealand 72-72-69-68=281 −7 450
Jack Nicklaus  United States 72-71-69-69=281
4 Antonio Cerdá  Mexico 71-73-70-70=284 −4 200
5 Ted Makalena  Hawaii 75-70-71-69=285 −3
T6 Fidel de Luca  Argentina 73-71-68-75=287 −1
Malcolm Gregson  England 74-72-69-72=287
8 Olivia Bernardini  Italy 73-76-69-70=288 E
T9 Bruce Crampton  Australia 72-74-72-71=289 +1
Walter Godfrey  New Zealand 72-73-73-71=289
Hsieh Yung-yo  China 71-71-73-74=289
David Jiménez  Puerto Rico 71-72-70-76=289
Gary Player  South Africa 69-75-74-71=289

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "World Cup Golf: US Team Retains Title; Palmer Most Outstanding". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Associated Press. 13 November 1967. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Palmer's Final-Round 67 Lead U.S. To Golf Title". The Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 1967. p. B-5.
  3. ^ "Arnie Shares World Cup Lead". The Sun. San Bernardino, California. 10 November 1967. p. C-6.
  4. ^ Wright, Alfred (20 November 1967). "A Very Good Start For Egypt". Sports Illustrated. pp. 24–25.
  5. ^ Golf – Den Gröna Sporten (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 218–219.
  6. ^ Green, Charles (13 November 1967). "Arnie Wins Individual Honors In World Golf Tournament". The Shreveport Times. Louisiana. Associated Press. p. 2-C – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Hawaii Tied for Fifth in World Golf Tourney". The Honolulu Advertiser. Hawaii. UPI. 13 November 1967. p. A-21 – via newspapers.com.

Coordinates: 19°16′48″N 99°09′29″W / 19.280°N 99.158°W / 19.280; -99.158

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