1993 World Cup of Golf explained

1993 World Cup of Golf
Dates:November 11–14
Location:Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Course:Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Format:72 holes stroke play
combined score
Par:72
Yardage:7011yd
Field:32 two-man teams
Cut:None
Purse:US$1.2 million
Winners Share:$260,000 team
$100,000 individual
Champion:
Fred Couples & Davis Love III
Score:556 (−20)
Map:United States#USA Florida
Map Label:Lake Nona G&CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1992
Next:1994

The 1993 World Cup of Golf took place November 11–14 at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 39th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The winners share of the prize money was $300,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love III won (for the second time in a row with the same players in the team) by five strokes over the Zimbabwe team of Mark McNulty and Nick Price. Bernhard Langer of Germany took the International Trophy by three strokes over Couples.

Teams

CountryPlayers
Robert Allenby and Rodger Davis
Kim Swan and Dwayne Pearman
Antonio Barcellos and Joao Corteiz
Dave Barr and Richard Zokol
Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie
Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
David Gilford and Mark James
Vilikesa Kalou and Dharam Prakash
Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
Bernhard Langer and Sven Strüver
Vassilios Karatzias and George Nikitaidis
Richard Kan and Ming Yau Sui
Rami Assyag and Jacob Avnaim
Christian Bernhard and Seymour Rose
Hideto Shigenobu and Katsuyoshi Tomori
Rodolfo Cazaubón and Efren Serna
Constant Smits van Waesberghe and Chris van der Velde
Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
Felix Franco and Pedro Martínez
Rafael Castrillo and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Colin Montgomerie and Sam Torrance
Ernie Els and Retief Goosen
Park Nam-sin and Lee Kang-sun
Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
Anders Forsbrand and Joakim Haeggman
Chen Liang-hsi and Hsieh Yu-shu
Fred Couples and Davis Love III
Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam
Nick Price and Mark McNulty

Scores

Team

PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
(per team)
1 137-140-141-138=556 −20 260,000
2 141-137-143-140=561 −15 150,000
3 143-139-140-143=565 −11 100,000
4 142-138-142-144=566 −10 75,000
5 145-142-138-142=567 −9 60,000
align=center rowspan=2T6 147-142-133-146=568 align=center rowspan=2−8 align=right rowspan=237,500
140-145-141-142=568
8 143-143-140-145=571 −5 25,000
align=center rowspan=2T9 143-140-146-144=573 align=center rowspan=2−3 align=right rowspan=218,500
145-147-136-145=573
align=center rowspan=2T11 150-141-140-143=574 align=center rowspan=2−2 align=right rowspan=214,000
145-147-140-142=574
align=center rowspan=2T13 140-148-143-144=575 align=center rowspan=2−1 align=right rowspan=210,500
143-146-146-140=575
15 147-146-138-148=579 +3 9,000
16 142-149-149-142=582 +6 8,000
17 151-140-145-147=583 +7 align=right rowspan=167,000
18 144-150-148-146=588 +12
19 144-150-149-149=592 +16
align=center rowspan=2T20 147-146-151-153=597 align=center rowspan=2+21
146-154-147-150=597
22 152-147-152-150=602 +26
23 151-150-152-150=603 +27
24 156-150-155-148=609 +33
25 154-155-148-160=617 +41
26 163-154-153-159=629 +53
27 169-158-156-163=646 +70
28 174-154-161-163=652 +76
29 174-167-170-171=682 +106
WD 150-WD
DQ 147-DQ
WD WD

Roy Mackenzie of Chile withdrew with a neck injury and Park Nam-sin of South Korea was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.[1]

International Trophy

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 69-68-66-69=272 −16 100,000
2 66-71-70-68=275 −13 50,000
T3 69-71-72-66=278 −10 35,000
70-69-71-68=278
5 66-70-71-72=279 −9 20,000
6 72-68-70-70=280 −8 15,000
T7 71-69-71-70=281 −7
68-69-71-73=281
T9 71-69-74-68=282 −6
72-70-72-68=282

Sources:[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: U.S. team struggles to maintain World Cup lead . The Times and Democrat . Orangeburg, South Carolina . Bob . Green . Associated Press . 5B . newspapers.com . subscription.
  2. World Cup . Svensk Golf . December 1993 . 48, 56.
  3. News: World Cup of Golf . The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . November 15, 1993 . C5 . newspapers.com . subscription.
  4. News: Golf, World Cup . Santa Cruz Sentinel . Associated Press . 15 November 1993 . B-4.