Philip Morris International (golf)

The Philip Morris International was a professional team golf tournament, played from 1972 and 1976. The 1972 and 1973 tournaments were called the Marlboro Nations' Cup. There was no tournament in 1974 but the event was played in 1975 and 1976 under a different name. All events were played in France. The tournament had a knock-out format with up to 16 teams competing. There were two players in each team, each match consisting of a foursomes followed by two singles matches.

The 1972 event was played at Mandelieu-la-Napoule near Cannes, the 1973 and 1975 events were played at Hardelot near Boulogne in northern France from 29 May to 2 June. In 1976 it was played at Divonne-les-Bains on the Swiss border near Geneva from 30 June to 3 July.

In 1972 and 1973 all the team were European, with the exception of Morocco who competed in 1972. Australia and South Africa competed in 1975 and they were joined by the United States, Argentina and New Zealand in 1976.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winners	Points	Runner-up	Points
Philip Morris International
1976	Divonne Golf Club	United States	2½	Scotland	½
1975	Hardelot Golf Club	France	2	South Africa	1
1974	No tournament
Marlboro Nations' Cup
1973	Hardelot Golf Club	Scotland	2	France	1
1972	Cannes-Mandelieu Golf Club	Spain	2	Wales	1

1972

Results

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Spain

3

Switzerland

0

Spain

2

France

1

France

2

Netherlands

1

Spain

2½

Scotland

½

Ireland

2

Portugal

1

Ireland

½

Scotland

2½

Scotland

3

Austria

0

Spain

2

Wales

1

Wales

3

Morocco

0

Wales

2½

Italy

½

Italy

3

Sweden

0

Wales

2

England

1

Belgium

2½

Denmark

½

Belgium

0

England

3

England

Bye

1973

Results

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Wales

Bye

Wales

1

France

2

France

3

Switzerland

0

France

2

England

1

Italy

2½

Netherlands

½

Italy

1

England

2

England

3

Denmark

0

France

1

Scotland

2

Scotland

2½

Sweden

½

Scotland

2

Ireland

1

Ireland

2

West Germany

1

Scotland

2

Spain

1

Belgium

2

Austria

1

Belgium

1

Spain

2

Spain

Bye

1975

Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams

Country	Players
Australia	Jack Newton and Bob Shearer
Belgium	Philippe Toussaint and Flory Van Donck
Denmark	Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
England	Neil Coles and Peter Townsend
France	Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
Ireland	Christy O'Connor Jnr and John O'Leary
Italy	Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
Netherlands	Hans Lemmens and Simon van den Berg
Portugal	Antonio Barnabe and Domingos Silva
Scotland	Andrew Brooks and David Chillas
South Africa	Hugh Baiocchi and John Fourie
Spain	José María Cañizares and Manuel Piñero
Sweden	Thors Holmstrom and Gunna Muller
Switzerland	Franco Silmina and Ronald Tingley
Wales	Craig Defoy and David Llewellyn
West Germany	Withdrew

Results

Last 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



England	3

Portugal	0
		England	2

		Italy	1
Italy	3

Switzerland	0
				England	1

				South Africa	2
Spain	2

Wales	1
		Spain	1

		South Africa	2
South Africa	2

Denmark	1
						South Africa	1

						France	2
France	w/o

West Germany	w/d
		France	2

		Ireland	1
Ireland	2

Sweden	1
				France	2

				Australia	1
Australia	2

Netherlands	1
		Australia	3

		Belgium	0
Belgium	2

Scotland	1

1976

Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Not known
Austria	Not known
Australia	David Graham and Bob Shearer
Belgium	Not known
England	Maurice Bembridge and Peter Butler
France	Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
Ireland	Eamonn Darcy and Christy O'Connor Jnr
Italy	Not known
Netherlands	Martin Groenendaal and Hans Lemmens
New Zealand	Bob Charles and Simon Owen
Scotland	Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher
South Africa	Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes
Spain	Salvador Balbuena and Antonio Garrido
Switzerland	Not known
United States	Tommy Aaron and Barry Jaeckel
West Germany	Karl-Heinz Gögele and Jürgen Harder