1988 World Cup (men's golf)

1988 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	8–11 December
Location	Melbourne, Australia Coordinates: 37°58′S 145°02′E / 37.97°S 145.03°E / -37.97; 145.03
Course(s)	Royal Melbourne Golf Club composite of East and West Courses
Format	72 holes stroke play combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,985 yards (6,387 m)
Field	32 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$750,000
Winner's share	$200,000 team $50,000 individual
Champion
United States Ben Crenshaw & Mark McCumber
560 (−16)
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The 1988 World Cup took place 8–11 December at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 34th World Cup event. It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. 22 teams were qualified through the 1987 tournament and another 10 teams were invited. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber won by one stroke over the Japan team of brothers Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tateo "Jet" Ozaki The individual competition was won by Crenshaw.^[1]

Teams[]

Country	Players
Argentina	Eduardo Romero and Jorge Soto
Australia	Roger Mackay and Peter Senior
Brazil	Priscillo Diniz and
Canada	Dave Barr and Brent Franklin
Colombia	and Eduardo Herrera
Denmark	Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
England	Mark James and Barry Lane
Finland	and
France	and Marc Pendaries
Hong Kong	and
Indonesia	and
India	and
Ireland	Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth
Italy	Giuseppe Calì and Costantino Rocca
Japan	Masashi Ozaki and Tateo Ozaki
Malaysia	and [2]
Mexico	Rafael Alarcón and
Netherlands	and
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
Philippines	and
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr and Colin Montgomerie
South Korea	and
Spain	Manuel Piñero and José Rivero
Sweden	Anders Forsbrand and Johan Ryström
Switzerland	and
Taiwan	Hsu Sheng-san and
Thailand	Boonchu Ruangkit and
United States	Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber
Venezuela	and
Wales	Mark Mouland and David Llewellyn
West Germany	and
Zimbabwe	and

Scores[]

Team

#	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1	United States	139-137-137-147=560	−16	200,000
2	Japan	138-140-138-145=561	−15	110,000
3	Australia	143-131-142-146=562	−14	80,000
4	Canada	144-139-140-146=569	−7	65,000
5	Scotland	140-140-149-141=570	−6	41,000
6	New Zealand	139-140-140-152=571	−5	30,000
7	Spain	139-140-139-154=572	−4	20,000
8	Argentina	145-146-143-142=576	E	16,000
T9	Ireland	142-144-142-152=580	+4	7,666
	Italy	147-143-142-148=580
	Taiwan	143-137-148-152=580
T12	Denmark	145-144-141-152=582	+6	5,000
	Wales	150-142-138-152=582
14	Brazil	140-147-142-154=583	+9
T15	England	142-149-142-156=589	+13
	Thailand	149-146-144-150=589
17	Mexico	149-145-140-158=591	+15
18	Colombia	143-152-145-152=592	+16
T19	France	153-143-147-154=597	+21
	Sweden	146-151-148-152=597
21	South Korea	146-153-146-153=598	+22
22	Finland	147-157-153-159=606	+30
23	Philippines	151-152-146-161=610	+34
24	India	151-158-147-159=615	+39
25	Venezuela	151-155-145-165=616	+40
26	West Germany	156-152-151-158=617	+41
27	Zimbabwe	151-155-154-160=620	+44
28	Switzerland	143-157-158-164=622	+46
29	Malaysia	152-153-150-170=625	+49
30	Hong Kong	158-156-155-160=629	+53
31	Indonesia	157-154-163-163=637	+61
32	Netherlands	160-157-162-161=640	+64

International Trophy

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	68-67-66-74=275	−13	50,000
T2	Dave Barr	Canada	70-67-65-75=276	−12
	Tateo Ozaki	Japan	68-69-67-72=276
4	Peter Senior	Australia	70-68-70-70=277	−11
T5	Gordon Brand Jnr	Scotland	71-66-73-69=279	−9
		Brazil	71-74-66-68=279
7	Rafael Alarcón	Mexico	69-72-67-75=283	−5
T8		Taiwan	69-66-75-74=284	−4
	Roger Mackay	Australia	73-63-72-76=284
	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	67-69-70-78=284
	Ronan Rafferty	Ireland	71-70-68-75=284

Sources:^[3][4]

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