| 1978 World Cup | |
| Dates: | November 30 – December 3 |
| Location: | Hanalei, Princeville, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 22.2067°N -159.5008°W |
| Course: | Hanalei, Makai course |
| Format: | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 6940yd |
| Field: | 48 two-man teams |
| Cut: | None |
| Winners Share: | $6,000 team $3,000 individual |
| Champion: | John Mahaffey & Andy North |
| Score: | 564 (−12) |
| Map: | Pacific Ocean#Hawaii |
| Map Label: | Makai GC, Hanalei |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Previous: | 1977 |
| Next: | 1979 |
The 1978 World Cup took place November 30 – December 3 at the Makai Golf Club in Hanalei in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii. It was the 26th 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 United States team of John Mahaffey and Andy North won by ten strokes over the Australian team of Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.
The individual competition for The International Trophy was won by Mahaffey two strokes ahead of North. Greg Norman and Thailand's Sukree Onsham tied for third.[1]
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Vicente Fernández and Florentino Molina | ||
| Wayne Grady and Greg Norman | ||
| Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser | ||
| Yves Mahaim and Philippe Toussaint | ||
 | Josias Draxler and Jaime Gonzalez | |
| Mya Aye and Mg Pyone | ||
| Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson | ||
| Anisio Araya and Francisco Cerda | ||
| Luis Eduard Arevalo and Juan Pinzon | ||
| Per Greve and Herluf Hansen | ||
| Jack Corrie and Ricardo Orellana | ||
 | Abdel Monem Hanafi and Mohamed Said Moussa | |
| Carlos Sorroche and Bruno Vicentin | ||
| Howard Clark and Mark James | ||
| Arun Kumar and Erami Bose Lutunatabua | ||
| Juhani Hämäläinen and Sigurd Nyström | ||
| Patrick Cotton and Jean Garaïalde | ||
| Basilli Anastassiou and Basilli Karatzas | ||
| Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo | ||
 | Lai Wai Che and Peter Tang | |
| Ragnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a) | ||
| Sumarno and Suparman | ||
| Christy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie Polland | ||
| Brian Cooper and Barry Mandel | ||
| Renato Campagnoli and Geroiamo Delfino | ||
 | Norio Suzuki and Shigeru Uchida | |
| Lim Yat Foong and Nazamuddin Yusof[2] | ||
| Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado | ||
| Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg | ||
| Dennis Clark and Kim Southerden | ||
| Erik Dönnestad (a) and Tore Sviland (a) | ||
| Mehmood Hussain and Mohammad Eiaz Malik | ||
| Rudy Lavares and Eleuterio Nival | ||
| Domingos Silva and Rogerio Valente | ||
| Ken Brown and Sam Torrance | ||
| Alvin Liau and Sinniah Velasamy | ||
 | Nick Price and Bobby Verwey | |
| Hahn Chang–sang and Kim Suck-bong | ||
 | Antonio Garrido and Manuel Piñero | |
| Hans Hedjerson and Gunnar Mueller | ||
| Denis Maina and Franco Salmina | ||
| Hsieh Yung-yo and Hsu Sheng-san | ||
| Sukree Onsham and Seng Suwannakas | ||
| John Mahaffey and Andy North | ||
 | Noel Machado and Ramon Munoz | |
| Craig Defoy and David Vaughan | ||
| Bernhard Langer and Siegfried Vollrath | ||
| Rafael Jerman and Siavko Vodnjov |
Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141-144-138-141=564 | −12 | 6,000 | |
| 2 | 142-146-146-143=574 | −2 | 3,000 | |
| 3 | 137-141-148-151=577 | +1 | 1,800 | |
| 146-146-146-139=577 | ||||
| 5 | 143-150-145-141=579 | +3 | ||
| 6 | | 145-146-141-148=580 | +4 | |
| 7 | 139-149-143-150=581 | +5 | ||
| T8 | 147-146-147-146=586 | +10 | ||
| | 149-140-150-147=586 | |||
| 142-152-143-148=586 | ||||
| 142-148-149-147=586 | ||||
| 146-145-149-146=586 | ||||
| 146-146-147-147=586 | ||||
| T14 | 141-151-148-147=587 | +11 | ||
| 144-145-146-152=587 | ||||
| 145-147-149-146=587 | ||||
| 17 | 151-146-148-144=589 | +13 | ||
| 18 | | 146-150-149-147=592 | +16 | |
| 19 | | 153-154-145-141=593 | +17 | |
| T20 | 148-141-154-153=596 | +20 | ||
| 149-148-150-149=596 | ||||
| 22 | 159-151-143-144=597 | +21 | ||
| 23 | | 145-161-143-151=600 | +24 | |
| 24 | 155-153-147-148=603 | +27 | ||
| 25 | 153-151-150-150=604 | +28 | ||
| T26 | 146-161-153-145=605 | +29 | ||
| | 149-154-149-152=605 | |||
| 28 | 156-152-151-148=607 | +31 | ||
| 29 | 150-153-154-153=610 | +34 | ||
| 30 | 155-158-150-149=612 | +36 | ||
| T31 | | 155-167-150-141=613 | +37 | |
| 156-158-149-150=613 | ||||
| 33 | 148-157-159-150=614 | +38 | ||
| 34 | 159-151-154-153=617 | +41 | ||
| 35 | 159-152-161-152=624 | +48 | ||
| 36 | 156-156-158-158=628 | +52 | ||
| 37 | 157-164-155-156=632 | +56 | ||
| 38 | 154-163-158-159=634 | +58 | ||
| T39 | 160-163-164-148=635 | +59 | ||
| 163-157-160-155=635 | ||||
| T41 | 166-158-157-158=639 | +63 | ||
| 161-164-158-156=639 | ||||
| 43 | 165-170-160-151=646 | +70 | ||
| 44 | 171-154-161-161=647 | +71 | ||
| 45 | 157-168-169-164=658 | +82 | ||
| 46 | 172-163-165-160=660 | +84 | ||
| 47 | 169-169-162-172=672 | +96 | ||
| 48 | 173-182-177-171=703 | +127 |
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money US$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69-72-69-71=281 | −7 | 3,000 | ||
| 2 | 72-72-69-70=283 | −5 | |||
| T3 | 71-69-74-72=286 | −2 | |||
| 78-70-70-68=286 | |||||
| T5 | 72-74-72-69=287 | −1 | |||
| | 73-70-68-76=287 | ||||
| 71-72-75-69=287 | |||||
| 71-76-71-69=287 | |||||
| T9 | 71-74-72-71=288 | E | |||
| 70-72-73-73=288 | |||||
| 69-75-70-74=288 | |||||
| 71-74-70-73=288 |