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1997 World Cup of Golf

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1997 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates20–23 November
LocationKiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Course(s)Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Ocean Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1,300,000 team
US$200,000 individual
Winner's shareUS$400,000 team
US$100,000 individual
Champion
 Ireland
Pádraig Harrington & Paul McGinley
545 (−31)
Location map
Location in the United States
Location in South Carolina
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The 1997 World Cup of Golf took place 20–23 November at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S. It was the 43rd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) 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 prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The Irish team of Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley won by five strokes over the Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell. Colin Montgomerie took the International Trophy by two strokes over Alex Čejka.

Teams

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Country Players
 Argentina Jorge Berendt and José Cóceres
 Australia Bradley Hughes and Wayne Riley
 Austria Claude Grenier and Gordon Manson
 Canada Rick Gibson and Mike Weir
 Chinese Taipei Chou Hung-Nan and Hsu Huang-Lung
 Colombia Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza
 Denmark Thomas Bjørn and Knud Storgaard
 England Paul Broadhurst and Mark James
 Finland Anssi Kankkonen and Mika Lehtinen
 France Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
 Germany Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
 India Gaurav Ghei and Arjun Singh
 Ireland Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
 Italy Massimo Florioli and Silvio Grappasonni
 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita and Taichi Teshima
 Malaysia Ali Kadir and Marimuthu Ramayah
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón and Óscar Serna
 Namibia Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe
 New Zealand Michael Long and Grant Waite
 Norway Morten Hagen and Morten Orveland
 Paraguay Felix Ramon Franco and Raúl Fretes
 Philippines Danilo Cabajar and Felix Casas
 Puerto Rico Michael Ambriz and Miguel Suárez
 Scotland Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell
 South Africa Ernie Els and Wayne Westner
 South Korea K. J. Choi and Park No-Seok
 Spain Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Ángel Martín
 Sweden Joakim Haeggman and Per-Ulrik Johansson
 Switzerland Juan Ciola and Paolo Quirici
 United States Justin Leonard and Davis Love III
 Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source[1][2]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1  Ireland 137-137-136-135=545 −31 400,000
2  Scotland 134-138-140-138=550 −26 200,000
3  United States 137-138-141-135=551 −25 125,000
T4  Germany 133-143-132-146=554 −22 90,000
 Wales 146-140-138-130=554
6  Spain 135-141-140-139=555 −21 60,000
7  England 136-147-138-138=559 −17 45,000
8  Zimbabwe 141-141-143-136=561 −15 32,000
T9  New Zealand 139-145-136-142=562 −14 26,000
 South Africa 141-139-141-141=562
11  Canada 139-142-145-137=563 −13 20,000
12  Mexico 138-152-135-145=570 −6 17,000
T13  Argentina 143-143-143-142=571 −5 13,000
 Denmark 140-152-139-140=571
 Malaysia 137-145-143-146=571
T16  Japan 142-148-143-139=572 −4 9,500
 Puerto Rico 146-144-143-139=572
18  South Korea 140-145-142-146=573 −3 8,800
T19  Australia 139-143-144-151=577 +1 8,500
 France 140-140-147-150=577
21  Colombia 143-139-147-149=578 +2 8,200
22  Switzerland 148-145-137-149=579 +3 8,000
T23  India 146-150-147-142=585 +9 7,700
 Italy 155-149-138-143=585
25  Namibia 141-149-153-144=587 +11 7,400
26  Philippines 146-148-145-150=589 +13 7,200
27  Paraguay 144-155-148-145=592 +16 7,000
28  Norway 151-157-145-142=595 +19 6,800
29  Austria 147-155-149-149=600 +24 6,600
30  Chinese Taipei 152-151-147-157=607 +31 6,400
31  Finland 147-155-161-153=616 +40 6,200
32  Sweden 130-144-141-WD=WD 6,000

Source[1][2]

Sweden withdrew before the final round. Per-Ulrik Johansson had collapsed after the first round and then suffered another dizzy spell after the third round. Sweden were fourth after three rounds. Joakim Haeggman continued to compete in the individual competition.

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 68-66-66-66=266 −22 100,000
2 Alex Čejka  Germany 63-68-65-72=268 −20 50,000
3 Ignacio Garrido  Spain 67-67-69-67=270 −18 25,000
4 Paul McGinley  Ireland 66-70-68-68=272 −16 15,000
T5 Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 71-67-68-67=273 −15 5,000
Davis Love III  United States 65-69-74-65=273
T7 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 69-72-67-67=275 −13
Phillip Price  Wales 72-68-69-66=275
9 Grant Waite  New Zealand 70-70-69-67=276 −12
T10 José Cóceres  Argentina 72-69-69-67=277 −11
Mark James  England 68-73-70-66-277

Source[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "World Cup of Golf - Kiawah Island - South Carolina - 20th - 23rd November". Golf Today. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Golf Factfile". Irish Independent. 24 November 1997. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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