1976 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1976 World Cup took place December 9–12 at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, United States. It was the 24th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero won by two strokes over the United States team of Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Ernesto Perez Acosta of Mexico, three strokes ahead of six players, who tied second.

1976 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	December 9–12
Location	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club
Format	72 holes stroke play combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,381 yards (6,749 m)
Field	48 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$6,300 $4,200 team $2,100 individual
Winner's share	$2,000 team $1,000 individual
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros & Manuel Piñero
574 (−2)
Location Map
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Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Juan Gumersindo Quinteros and Juan Carlos Cabrera
Australia	Bob Shearer and Greg Norman
Austria	Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
Belgium	Sylvain Bouillon and Philippe Toussaint
Brazil	Luis Pinto and Antonio Evangelista
Burma	Mya Aye and Maung Shein
Canada	George Knudson and Dan Halldorson
Chile	Patricio Valenzuela and Francisco Cerda
Colombia	Alfonso Bohorquez and Juan Pinzon
Costa Rica	Francisco Jiminez and Manfred Haehndr (a)
Denmark	Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
Dominican Republic	Edwin Corrie (a) and Guillermo Gomez
Egypt	Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa
England	Martin Foster and Tommy Horton
France	Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
Greece	George Vafiadis (a) and John Sotiropoulos
Guatemala	Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
Hong Kong	Lai Wai Che and Joe Hardwick
Ireland	Eamonn Darcy and Eddie Polland
Israel	Laurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)
Italy	Baldovino Dassù and Luciana Grappasonni
Japan	Takashi Murakami and Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Malaysia	V. Nellan and Zainal Abidin Yusof
Mexico	Ernesto Perez Acosta and Margarito Martinez
Morocco	Mohammed Gartite and Fatmi Moussa
Netherlands	Jan Dorrestein and Bertus van Mook
New Zealand	Simon Owen and Barry Vivian
Nigeria	Paul Osaebi and Patrick Okpomu
Panama	Inocencio Galindo (a) and Jorge Paz-Rodriguez (a)
Paraguay	Luis Boschias and Genaro Espinola
Philippines	Paterno Braze Dimaano and Eleuterio Nival
Portugal	Domingos Silva and Henrique Paulino
Puerto Rico	Chi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús Rodríguez
Scotland	Brian Barnes and Sam Torrance
Singapore	Lim Swee Chew and Lim Kian Teong
South Africa	Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes
South Korea	Han Chang-sang and Park Jung–ung
Spain	Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero
Sweden	Åke Bergqvist and Thure Holmström
Switzerland	Jacob Kressig and Franco Salmina
Taiwan	Kuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsu Sheng-san
Thailand	Sukree Onsham and Pradhana Nganprom
Trinidad and Tobago	Robert McKenna and George Phillips
United States	Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton
Uruguay	Jose Esmoris and Juan Rodriguez
Venezuela	Julian Santana and Ramón Muñoz
Wales	Craig Defoy and Brian Huggett
West Germany	Bernhard Langer and Jurgen Harder

(a) denotes amateur

Source:^[1]

Scores

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Spain	146-142-144-142=574	−2	2,000
2	United States	144-147-140-145=576	E	1,000
3	Taiwan	144-151-138-148=581	+5	800
4	Scotland	143-148-151-141=583	+7	400
T5	Japan	147-144-152-141=584	+8
	Mexico	148-147-143-146=584
T7	Australia	145-148-145-149=587	+11
	South Africa	149-148-147-143=587
9	England	148-147-145-148=588	+12
10	New Zealand	145-152-145-148=590	+14
11	Ireland	151-151-146-146=594	+18
T12	Colombia	151-153-147-151=602	+26
	Puerto Rico	151-153-149-149=602
T14	France	149-151-153-152=605	+29
	South Korea	149-157-145-154=605
	Wales	146-153-153-153=605
17	Philippines	150-154-149-156=609	+33
18	Venezuela	154-153-149-154=610	+34
19	Italy	150-156-155-150=611	+35
20	Canada	150-158-154-150=612	+36
21	Brazil	154-152-149-158=613	+37
22	Belgium	159-150-157-151=617	+41
23	Egypt	153-162-153-150=618	+42
T24	Argentina	157-159-152-152=620	+44
	Thailand	153-162-153-152=620
26	Denmark	158-157-157-150=622	+46
T27	Chile	155-159-155-156=625	+49
	Hong Kong	153-163-157-152=625
29	Morocco	151-161-157-157=626	+50
30	West Germany	157-157-160-155=629	+53
T31	Malaysia	155-157-165-153=630	+54
	Sweden	157-160-156-157=630
33	Austria	152-162-157-160=631	+55
T34	Burma	161-160-158-156=635	+59
	Guatemala	159-163-153-160=635
	Netherlands	159-162-155-159=635
	Singapore	158-164-160-153=635
38	Portugal	161-161-156-161=639	+63
39	Switzerland	157-167-156-163=643	+67
40	Trinidad and Tobago	151-168-167-159=645	+69
41	Dominican Republic	160-167-168-159=654	+78
42	Paraguay	166-165-172-163=666	+90
43	Israel	167-176-167-159=669	+93
44	Costa Rica	170-169-172-162=673	+97
45	Nigeria	162-175-168-170=675	+99
46	Uruguay	169-169-161-178=676	+102
47	Panama	176-182-173-170=701	+125
WD	Greece

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Ernesto Perez Acosta	Mexico	69-74-69-70=282	−6	1,000
T2	Brian Barnes	Scotland	70-73-74-68=285	−3	183
	Dale Hayes	South Africa	74-69-71-71=285
	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Taiwan	69-71-70-75=285
	Simon Owen	New Zealand	71-70-70-74=285
	Jerry Pate	United States	70-74-69-72=285
	Manuel Piñero	Spain	75-70-72-68=285
8	Takashi Murakami	Japan	71-71-74-70=286	−2
T9	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	72-72-72-71=287	−1
	Bob Shearer	Australia	71-74-69-73=287

Sources:^[2][3]

References

1. "World Cup Golf Pairings". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 8, 1976. p. B5.
2. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1977. pp. 26, 27, 63.
3. "World Cup Final Individual Winners". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. December 13, 1976. p. B3.

33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433