The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. In 1985 and 1986 it was called the Nissan Cup, in 1987 and 1988 it was called the Kirin Cup while from 1989 to 1991 it was called the Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship.[1]
Each team played the other three teams in the group stage. The leading two teams then played a final, with the other two teams playing for third and fourth places. There were six players on each team. Each match consisted of six singles matches, decided by medal match play over 18 holes.
Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match. In 1989 United States won the championship with an aggregate score of 404 to Europe's 416. In 1990 the final was cancelled because of rain. Both teams had scored 20 points in the three group matches which meant that the result was decided on aggregate scores. Wayne Levi did not complete his first match because of an injury and hence the United States score was uncountable and Australasia were declared the winners.
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The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991 It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours the American PGA Tour the PGA European Tour the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour In 1985 and 1986 it was called the Nissan Cup in 1987 and 1988 it was called the Kirin Cup while from 1989 to 1991 it was called the Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship 1 Each team played the other three teams in the group stage The leading two teams then played a final with the other two teams playing for third and fourth places There were six players on each team Each match consisted of six singles matches decided by medal match play over 18 holes Contents 1 Winners 1 1 Team 1 2 Individual Trophy 1 3 Summary 2 1985 2 1 Teams 3 1986 3 1 Teams 4 1987 4 1 Teams 5 1988 5 1 Teams 6 1989 6 1 Teams 7 1990 7 1 Teams 8 1991 8 1 Teams 9 ReferencesWinners editTeam edit Year Venue Winners Points Runner up Points Third Fourth Totalpurse Winner sshare Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship 1991 Royal Adelaide Golf Club Europe 8 Australasia 4 Japan United States 1 150 000 480 000 1990 Yomiuri Country Club Australasia United States Europe Japan 1 150 000 480 000 1989 Yomiuri Country Club United States 6 Europe 6 Japan Australasia 1 030 000 390 000 Kirin Cup 1988 Kapalua Resort Bay course United States 8 Europe 4 Australasia Japan 1 000 000 360 000 1987 Yomiuri Country Club United States 10 Europe 2 Australasia Japan 950 000 360 000 Nissan Cup 1986 Yomiuri Country Club Japan 8 Europe 4 Australasia United States 900 000 300 000 1985 Kapalua Resort Bay course United States 10 Europe 2 Japan Australasia 750 000 300 000 Two points were awarded for a win one point for a halved match In 1989 United States won the championship with an aggregate score of 404 to Europe s 416 In 1990 the final was cancelled because of rain Both teams had scored 20 points in the three group matches which meant that the result was decided on aggregate scores Wayne Levi did not complete his first match because of an injury and hence the United States score was uncountable and Australasia were declared the winners Individual Trophy edit Year Winner Country Score Margin of victory Runner up Nissan Cup 1985 Sandy Lyle nbsp Scotland 267 3 strokes nbsp Curtis Strange 1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima nbsp Japan 270 2 strokes nbsp Bernhard Langer Kirin Cup 1987 Tom Kite nbsp United States 272 1 stroke nbsp Payne Stewart Summary edit Team Wins 2nd 3rd 4th United States 4 1 0 2 Europe 1 5 1 0 Australasia 1 1 3 2 Japan 1 0 3 31985 editSandy Lyle won the individual event with a score of 267 for his four rounds three ahead of Curtis StrangeSource 2 3 4 Teams edit The teams were United States Raymond Floyd captain Mark O Meara Corey Pavin Calvin Peete Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins Europe Bernhard Langer captain Gordon Brand Jnr Howard Clark Sandy Lyle Sam Torrance Ian Woosnam Japan Isao Aoki Kikuo Arai Shinsaku Maeda Tsuneyuki Nakajima Naomichi Ozaki Tateo Ozaki Australasia Ian Baker Finch Wayne Grady David Graham Brian Jones Graham Marsh Greg Norman Seve Ballesteros was on the original European team but withdrew and was replaced by Ian Woosnam1986 editTsuneyuki Nakajima won the individual event with a score of 270 for his four rounds two ahead of Bernhard Langer Source 5 Teams edit The teams were United States John Mahaffey Calvin Peete Dan Pohl Payne Stewart Hal Sutton Bob Tway Europe Bernhard Langer captain Gordon J Brand Howard Clark Nick Faldo Sandy Lyle Ian Woosnam Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Masashi Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki Tateo Ozaki Koichi Suzuki Nobumitsu Yuhara Australasia Ian Baker Finch Rodger Davis David Graham Brian Jones Graham Marsh Greg Norman1987 editTeams edit The teams were United States Mark Calcavecchia Tom Kite Dan Pohl Scott Simpson Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Lanny Wadkins Europe Bernhard Langer captain Ken Brown Nick Faldo Sandy Lyle Jose Maria Olazabal Ian Woosnam Japan Isao Aoki Hajime Meshiai Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tōru Nakamura Masashi Ozaki Tateo Ozaki Australasia Ian Baker Finch Rodger Davis Brian Jones Graham Marsh Greg Norman Peter Senior1988 editTeams edit The teams were United States Chip Beck Ben Crenshaw Steve Pate Mike Reid Joey Sindelar Curtis Strange Europe Gordon Brand Jnr Anders Forsbrand Mark James Mark Mouland Ronan Rafferty Jose Rivero Japan Isao Aoki Hiroshi Makino Masahiro Kuramoto Tsuneyuki Nakajima Yoshimi Niizeki Nobuo Serizawa Australasia Ian Baker Finch Rodger Davis Brian Jones Graham Marsh Craig Parry Peter Senior1989 editTeams edit The teams were United States Chip Beck Mark Calcavecchia Ken Green Tom Kite Payne Stewart Curtis Strange Europe Bernhard Langer captain Gordon Brand Jnr Mark James Jose Maria Olazabal Ronan Rafferty Ian Woosnam Japan Tōru Nakamura Masashi Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki Tateo Ozaki Koichi Suzuki Katsunari Takahashi Australasia Ian Baker Finch Wayne Grady Brian Jones Greg Norman Craig Parry Peter Senior1990 editTeams edit The teams were United States Mark Calcavecchia Fred Couples Wayne Levi Jodie Mudd Tim Simpson Payne Stewart Europe Nick Faldo captain David Feherty Mark James Bernhard Langer Ronan Rafferty Ian Woosnam Japan Saburo Fujiki Hideki Kase Masahiro Kuramoto Naomichi Ozaki Nobuo Serizawa Noboru Sugai Australasia Ian Baker Finch Rodger Davis Wayne Grady Brian Jones Craig Parry Peter Senior1991 editTeams edit The teams were United States Fred Couples Jim Gallagher Jr Billy Mayfair Tom Purtzer Bob Tway Lanny Wadkins Europe Sam Torrance captain Paul Broadhurst David Feherty Colin Montgomerie Ronan Rafferty Steven Richardson Japan Yoshinori Kaneko Hideki Kase Ryoken Kawagishi Hiroshi Makino Noboru Sugai Tsukasa Watanabe Australasia Ian Baker Finch Rodger Davis Mike Harwood Roger Mackay Graham Marsh Craig ParryReferences edit Past Champions Former Events Four Tours Championship European Tour Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Golf Cup teams The Times 12 October 1985 p 26 Golf Absent Ballesteros casts a shadow on team cup event The Times 6 November 1985 p 23 Lyle brightens the gloom The Glasgow Herald 11 November 1985 p 7 Japan take all the bows The Glasgow Herald 10 November 1986 p 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Four Tours World Championship amp oldid 1155216179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
