1973 World Cup Explained

1973 World Cup
Dates:22–25 November
Location:Marbella, Spain
Course:Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía
Format:72 holes stroke play
combined score
Par:72
Yardage:6905yd
Field:49 two-man teams
Cut:None
Purse:US$6,300
$4,200 team
$2,100 individual
Winners Share:$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion:
Johnny Miller & Jack Nicklaus
Score:558 (-18)
Map:Spain#Spain Andalusia
Map Label:Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1972
Next:1974

The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in Marbella, Spain. The name of the club was later changed to Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. It was the 21st World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 49 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country.

Team Czechoslovakia of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified, but withdraw from the tournament before it began. Also before the tournament begun, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen, Peter Oosterhuis, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the New Zealand team, replaced by Simon Owen and Brian Huggett, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan.[1]

The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus won by six strokes over the South Africa team of Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player. This was the 12th team victory for United States, six of them with Jack Nicklaus on the team, in the event, formerly named Canada Cup, since its inception in 1953.

The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.

Teams

This list of players is incomplete

CountryPlayers
Fidel de Luca and Roberto De Vicenzo
Errol Hardvigsen and Randall Vines
Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser
Donald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint
Luis Carlos Pinto and Humberto Rocha
Phil Giroux and Bob Panasik
Francisco Cerda and Rafael Jerez
Alfonso Bohórquez and Heraclio Valenzuela
Herluf Hansen and Henrik Lund
Arturo Pellerano and Carlos M. Puebla
Mahmound Abedunahab and Mohamed Said Moussa
Peter Butler and Peter Wilcock
Juhani Hämäläinen and Harry Safonoff
Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
George Guinis and George Sotiropoulos
Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo
Jimmy Kinsella and Eddie Polland
Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
Basil Campbell and Seymour Rose
Isao Aoki and Tōru Nakamura
Muftah Salem and Mohammed Salah Ziaani
Zainal Abidin Yusof and Jalal Deran[2]
Ramón Cruz and Victor Regalado
Ben Rokya Ahmed Messoud and Fatmi Moussa
Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook
Dennis Clark and Simon Owen
Patrick Okpomu and Paul Osanebi
Westye Hoegh (a) and Johan Horn (a)
Bernabé Fajardo and David Montoya
Ireneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival
Fernando Rina and Joaquin Rodriques
David Jimenez and Jesús Rodríguez
Muntanu Dumitru and Paul Tomita
David Huish and David Ingram
Lim Kian Tiong and Lim Swee Chew
Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player
Cho Tae-ho and Kim Seung-hack
Valentín Barrios and Angel Gallardo
Bo Johansson and Jan Rosell
Bernard Cordonier and Ronald Tingley
Lu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-Nan
Prandana Ngarmprom and Sukree Onsham
Juan Dapiaggi and Carlos Sereda
Ramón Muñoz and Julián Santana
Craig Defoy and David Vaughan
Gerhard Koenig and Toni Kugelmueller
(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 142-133-145-138=558 −18 2,000
2 140-144-139-141=564 −12 1,000
3 138-145-142-143=568 −8 800
T4 137-143-152-150=582 +6 200
142-146-149-145=582
6 143-144-154-142=583 +7
T7 147-150-144-145=586 +10
151-149-144-142=586 +10
9 147-147-148-146=588 +12
10 151-149-146-146=592 +16
T11 152-145-149-147=593 +17
140-149-152-152=593 +17
T13 146-156-149-145=596 +20
153-146-148-149=596
15 152-152-149-145=598 +22
16 151-147-150-152=600 +24
T17 149-152-152-148=601 +25
152-141-157-151=601
19 148-148-149-157=602 +26
20 156-144-155-148=603 +27
21 156-157-149-146=608 +32
22 156- - -151 =609 +33
T23 150- - -158=610 +34
154- - -149=610
153-144-157-156=610
26 154- - -149=611 +35
27 159- - -150=612 +36
28 163-145-149-162=619 +43
29 151- - -157=622 +46
30 157-161-156-153=627 +51
31 154- - -162=629 +53
32 162- - - =631 +55
33 159- - -160=633 +57
34 159- - - =635 +59
35 164- - -158=638 +62
36 155- - -166=639 +63
37 167- - -157 =640 +64
38 157- - - =642 +66
39 162-157-161-166=646 +70
T40 162-159-162-165=648 +72
172- - - =648
T42 168-162-161-161=652 +76
163-169-159-161=652
44 161- - - =654 +78
45 164- - - =657 +81
46 166-160-166-166=658 +82
47 163- - - =659 +83
48 179- - - =708 +132
49 185- - - =728 +152

International Trophy

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 73-65-72-67=277 −11 1,000
2 69-72-70-69=280 −8 500
T3 69-68-73-71=281 −7 300
67-69-74-71=281
T5 71-72-69-72=284 −4
72-74-69-69=284
7 71-74-70-70=285 −3
T8 70-71-76-70=287 −1
69-70-75-73=287
71-76-68-72=287

Sources:[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. News: Oosterhuis out of England's World Cup team . Glasgow Herald . 14 November 1973 . 5.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19731124&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Lu's 67 equals course mark
  3. News: Miller, U.S. win championships in World Cup golf . The Sun . San Bernardino, California . 26 November 1973 . 18.
  4. World Cup . Svensk Golf . January 1974 . 46.
  5. News: Jack, John Win Cup . The Desert Sun . 26 November 1973 . 1B.
  6. News: Golf: World Cup . St. Petersburg Times . Florida . 23 November 1973 . 2C . newspapers.com . subscription.
  7. News: U.S. Leading By 3 Strokes . Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph . TExas . UPI . 25 November 1973 . Sec. 2–4 . newspapers.com . subscription.
  8. News: Golf: World Cup . The Sydney Morning Herald . Australia . 27 November 1973 . 15 . newspapers.com . subscription.
  9. News: Inscription De Casi Todos Los Paises De La Asociacion Internacional En El Mundial Malagueño de Nueva Andalucia . ABC Sabado . 6 October 1973 . 83 . Spanish.
  10. News: US clinch Cup by 6 strokes . New Nation . 26 November 1973 . 11.
  11. News: US leads by 5 strokes . New Nation . 24 November 1973 . 12.
  12. News: Nicklaus and Miller sweep US to World Cup lead . The Straits Times . 25 November 1973 . 21.
  13. News: US lead cut to three strokes . The Straits Times . 26 November 1973 . 23.
  14. News: Final positions . Glasgow Herald . 26 November 1973 . 5.
  15. News: Nicklaus, Miller give US 12th World Cup win . The Straits Times . 27 November 1973 . 26.