| 1955 Canada Cup | |
| Dates: | June 9–12 |
| Location: | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States |
| Course: | Columbia Country Club |
| Format: | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
| Par: | 70 |
| Field: | 25 two-man teams |
| Cut: | None |
| Purse: | US$15,300 |
| Winners Share: | $2,500 team $2,500 individual |
| Champion: |  Ed Furgol & Chick Harbert |
| Score: | 560 (E) |
| Map: | United States#USA Maryland |
| Map Label: | Columbia Country Club |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 220 |
| Previous: | 1954 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The 1955 Canada Cup took place June 9–12 at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C., United States. It was the third Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams; the same teams that had contested the 1954 event. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1] The American team of Ed Furgol and Chick Harbert won by nine strokes over the Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson.[2] [3] For the first time there was an official competition for the leading individual score. This was won by Ed Furgol, who beat Peter Thomson and Flory Van Donck in a sudden-death playoff.
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo | ||
| Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson | ||
| Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck | ||
 | Mário Gonzalez and Ricardo Rossi | |
 | Pat Fletcher and Stan Leonard | |
| Luciano Calderon and Alberto Salas | ||
| Raúl Posse and Miguel Sala | ||
 | Naaman Aly and Hassan Hassanein | |
| Peter Alliss and Norman Sutton | ||
 | ||
| Georg Bessner and Friedel Schmaderer | ||
| Harry Bradshaw and Fred Daly | ||
| Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni | ||
 | Kashio Kurihara and Koichi Ono | |
 | Percy Clifford and Amado Martinez | |
| Gerard de Wit and Piet Witte | ||
| Frank Buckler and Alf Guy | ||
| Larry Montes and Celestino Tugot | ||
  Scandinavia | Carl Paulsen and Arne Werkell | |
| Eric Brown and John Panton | ||
 | George Farmer and Brian Wilkes | |
 | Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel | |
| Ernest Bauer and Robert Lanz | ||
| | Ed Furgol and Chick Harbert | |
| Harry Gould and Dennis Smalldon |
The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell.
Source[2]
Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 143-139-139-139=560 | E | 2,500 | |||
| 2 | 139-146-139-145=569 | +9 | 1,500 | ||||
| 3 | 145-141-141-144=571 | +11 | 1,000 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | 144-139-144-146=573 | align=center rowspan=2 | +13 | align=right rowspan=2 | 500 | |
| 144-139-143-147=573 | |||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T6 | 147-141-145-142=575 | align=center rowspan=2 | +15 | align=right rowspan=2 | 500 | |
| 146-143-142-144=575 | |||||||
| 8 | 147-138-143-152=580 | +20 | 500 | ||||
| 9 | 144-147-150-142=583 | +23 | 500 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T10 | | 149-143-147-145=584 | align=center rowspan=2 | +24 | align=right rowspan=2 | 250 |
| 149-147-145-143=584 | |||||||
| 12 | 146-149-147-146=588 | +28 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T13 | | 150-145-145-151=591 | align=center rowspan=2 | +31 | align=right rowspan=2 | |
| | 148-147-152-144=591 | ||||||
| 15 | | 146-146-151-149=592 | +32 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T16 | | 159-151-145-140=595 | align=center rowspan=2 | +35 | align=right rowspan=2 | |
| 150-153-147-145=595 | |||||||
| 18 | | 155-143-143-155=596 | +35 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T19 | 154-149-150-147=600 | align=center rowspan=2 | +40 | align=right rowspan=2 | ||
| | 152-154-145-149=600 | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T21 | | 151-147-153-152=603 | align=center rowspan=2 | +43 | align=right rowspan=2 | |
| 152-146-150-155=603 | |||||||
| 23 | 149-150-149-156=604 | +44 | |||||
| 24 | 149-159-143-160=611 | +51 | |||||
| 25 | 157-149-161-156=623 | +63 |
Source[2]
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 73-70-69-67=279 | align=center rowspan=3 | −1 | 2,500 | |
| 2 | 67-74-67-71=279 | 1,500 | ||||
| 3 | 70-66-73-70=279 | 1,000 | ||||
| 4 | | 70-69-70-72=281 | +1 | 500 | ||
| 5 | 74-66-72-72=284 | +4 | ||||
| T6 | 72-70-70-73=285 | +5 | ||||
| 73-67-72-73=285 | ||||||
| T8 | Antonio Cerdá | 74-70-72-70=286 | +6 | |||
| [John Panton (golfer) |[[John Panton]]|||| 73-71-71-71=286|} Furgol, Thomson and Van Donck contested a sudden-death playoff. Van Donck dropped out after a bogey at the second extra hole. Thomson took a bogey at the third hole which gave Furgol the victory after his par. Thomson took the second prize and Van Donck the third prize. Source There were additional prizes of $100 each day for the lowest team and individual scores, additional prize money of $800. The team prizes were won the Australia (day 1), Ireland (day 2), the United States and Australia (day 3) and the United States (day 4). The individual prizes went to Peter Thomson (day 1), Harry Bradshaw and Flory Van Donck (day 2), Peter Thomson (day 3) and Ed Furgol (day 4). All players received $500 in expense money. References |