1997 World Cup of Golf explained

1997 World Cup of Golf
Dates:	20–23 November
Location:	Kiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Course:	Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ocean Course
Format:	72 holes stroke play combined score
Par:	72
Field:	32 two-man teams
Cut:	None
Purse:	US$1,300,000 team US$200,000 individual
Winners Share:	US$400,000 team US$100,000 individual
Champion:	Pádraig Harrington & Paul McGinley
Score:	545 (−31)
Map:	United States#USA South Carolina
Map Label:	Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	220
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

The 1997 World Cup of Golf took place 20–23 November at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S. It was the 43rd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) 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 prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The Irish team of Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley won by five strokes over the Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell. Colin Montgomerie took the International Trophy by two strokes over Alex Čejka.

Teams

Country	Players
	Jorge Berendt and José Cóceres
	Bradley Hughes and Wayne Riley
	Claude Grenier and Gordon Manson
	Rick Gibson and Mike Weir
	Chou Hung-Nan and Hsu Huang-Lung
	Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza
	Thomas Bjørn and Knud Storgaard
	Paul Broadhurst and Mark James
	Anssi Kankkonen and Mika Lehtinen
	Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
	Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
	Gaurav Ghei and Arjun Singh
	Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
	Massimo Florioli and Silvio Grappasonni
	Hiroyuki Fujita and Taichi Teshima
	Ali Kadir and Marimuthu Ramayah
	Rafael Alarcón and Óscar Serna
	Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe
	Michael Long and Grant Waite
	Morten Hagen and Morten Orveland
	Felix Ramon Franco and Raúl Fretes
	Danilo Cabajar and Felix Casas
	Michael Ambriz and Miguel Suárez
	Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell
	Ernie Els and Wayne Westner
	K. J. Choi and Park No-Seok
	Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Ángel Martín
	Joakim Haeggman and Per-Ulrik Johansson
	Juan Ciola and Paolo Quirici
	Justin Leonard and Davis Love III
	Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
	Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

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Scores

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1		137-137-136-135=545	−31	400,000
2		134-138-140-138=550	−26	200,000
3		137-138-141-135=551	−25	125,000
align=center rowspan=2	T4		133-143-132-146=554	align=center rowspan=2	−22	align=right rowspan=2	90,000
	146-140-138-130=554
6		135-141-140-139=555	−21	60,000
7		136-147-138-138=559	−17	45,000
8		141-141-143-136=561	−15	32,000
align=center rowspan=2	T9		139-145-136-142=562	align=center rowspan=2	−14	align=right rowspan=2	26,000
	141-139-141-141=562
11		139-142-145-137=563	−13	20,000
12		138-152-135-145=570	−6	17,000
align=center rowspan=3	T13		143-143-143-142=571	align=center rowspan=3	−5	align=right rowspan=3	13,000
	140-152-139-140=571
	137-145-143-146=571
align=center rowspan=2	T16		142-148-143-139=572	align=center rowspan=2	−4	align=right rowspan=2	9,500
	146-144-143-139=572
18		140-145-142-146=573	−3	8,800
align=center rowspan=2	T19		139-143-144-151=577	align=center rowspan=2	+1	align=right rowspan=2	8,500
	140-140-147-150=577
21		143-139-147-149=578	+2	8,200
22		148-145-137-149=579	+3	8,000
align=center rowspan=2	T23		146-150-147-142=585	align=center rowspan=2	+9	align=right rowspan=2	7,700
	155-149-138-143=585
25		141-149-153-144=587	+11	7,400
26		146-148-145-150=589	+13	7,200
27		144-155-148-145=592	+16	7,000
28		151-157-145-142=595	+19	6,800
29		147-155-149-149=600	+24	6,600
30		152-151-147-157=607	+31	6,400
31		147-155-161-153=616	+40	6,200
32		130-144-141-WD=WD		6,000

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Sweden withdrew before the final round. Per-Ulrik Johansson had collapsed after the first round and then suffered another dizzy spell after the third round. Sweden were fourth after three rounds. Joakim Haeggman continued to compete in the individual competition.

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1			68-66-66-66=266	−22	100,000
2			63-68-65-72=268	−20	50,000
3			67-67-69-67=270	−18	25,000
4			66-70-68-68=272	−16	15,000
align=center rowspan=2	T5			71-67-68-67=273	align=center rowspan=2	−15	align=right rowspan=2	5,000
		65-69-74-65=273
align=center rowspan=2	T7	Thomas Bjørn		69-72-67-67=275	−13
Phillip Price		72-68-69-66=275			−13
9	Grant Waite		70-70-69-67=276	−12
align=center rowspan=2	T10	José Cóceres		72-69-69-67=277	−11
Mark James		68-73-70-66-277			−11

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Notes and References

News: World Cup of Golf - Kiawah Island - South Carolina - 20th - 23rd November . Golf Today . 17 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221120609/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/usa/world4s.htm . 21 December 2016 . dead .
News: Golf Factfile . Irish Independent . 24 November 1997 . 18 December 2016.