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1975 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates4–7 December
LocationBangkok, Thailand
Course(s)Navatanee Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,904 yards (6,313 m)
Field47 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Lou Graham & Johnny Miller
554 (−22)
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The 1975 World Cup took place 4–7 December at the Navatananee Course in Kannayao, outside Bangkok, Thailand. It was the 23rd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 47 teams of which 44 team completed the competition. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Lou Graham and Johnny Miller won by ten strokes over the Taiwan team of Hsieh Min-Nan and Kuo Chie-Hsiung. It was the 13th win for United States in the 23 times the World Cup, formerly named Canada Cup, had been contested. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Miller, two strokes ahead of three player.

Teams

List of players is incomplete

Country Players
 Argentina Juan Cabrera and Jorge Soto
 Australia Bob Shearer and Ian Stanley
 Austria Rudolf Hauser and ?
 Belgium Philippe Toussaint
 Brazil Luis Pinto and Antonio Evangelista
 Burma Mya Aye and Maung Shein
 Canada Bob Panasiuk and Bill Tape
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Natalio Morales
 Colombia Juan Pinson and H Velenzuala
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 Egypt S Halim and M Moussa
 England Maurice Bembridge and Guy Hunt
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Greece John Sotopoulos and George Vafiadia
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia A Harwl and Sumarno
 Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr and Christy O'Connor Jnr
 Italy Roberto Bernardini
 Jamaica
 Japan Takashi Murakami and Kosaku Shimada
 Libya
 Malaysia B. Lim and Zainal Abidin Yusoff
 Mexico Ernesto Perez Acosta and Margarito Martinez
 Morocco
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Martien Groenendaal
 Nepal
 New Zealand Walter Godfrey and H Kennedy
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
 Philippines Ben Arda and Eleuterio Nival
 Portugal
 Puerto Rico Jesús Rodríguez and J Rivera
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Norman Wood
 Singapore Lim Swee Chew and Liam Leng Ann
 South Africa John Bland and Tienie Britz
 South Korea Cho Tae-woon and Park Jung–ung
 Spain Seve Ballesteros and Ángel Gallardo
 Sri Lanka
 Sweden Bengt Malmqvist and Gunnar Mueller
 Switzerland
 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan and Kuo Chie-Hsiung
 Thailand Sukree Onsham and Adul Thappavibul
 United States Lou Graham and Johnny Miller
 Venezuela Julian Santana and Ramon Munoz
 Wales Simon Cox and Craig Defoy
 West Germany
 Yugoslavia

Scores

Team

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  United States 134-142-140-138=554 −22 2,000
2  Taiwan 140-136-141-147=564 −12 1,000
3  Japan 144-140-144-137=565 −11 800
4  Australia 144-136-138-148=566 −10 400
5  Argentina 138-143-141-149=571 −5
6  Philippines 573 −3
7  Thailand 574 −2
8  Brazil 577 +1
9  South Korea 578 +2
10  England 579 +3
11  Mexico 580 +4
12  Chile 586 +10
T13  Ireland 587 +11
 New Zealand 587
 Scotland 587
 South Africa 587
17  France 589 +13
18  Spain 590 +14
19  Austria 592 +16
20  Greece 593 +17
21  Burma 595 +19
22  Denmark 596 +20
23  Singapore 597 +21
T24  Colombia 598 +22
 Italy 598
T26  Egypt 599 +23
 Puerto Rico 599
28  Pakistan 600 +24
29  Malaysia 601 +25
30  Wales 602 +26
31  Indonesia 604 +28
32  Canada 605 +29
33  West Germany 606 +32
34  Sweden 609 +35
35  Belgium 612 +38
36  Sri Lanka 616 +42
T37  Jamaica 622 +48
 Switzerland 622
39  Hong Kong 633 +59
40  Nigeria 658 +84
41  Portugal 680 +106
42  Libya 692 +118
43  Nepal 712 +138
44  Yugoslavia 779 +205
WD  Morocco
WD  Netherlands
WD  Venezuela

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Johnny Miller  United States 66-71-70-68=275 −13 1,000
T2 Ben Arda  Philippines 67-68-69-73=277 −11 183
Hsieh Min-Nan  Taiwan 68-68-68-73=277
Bob Shearer  Australia 74-68-66-69=277
5 Lou Graham  United States 68-71-70-70=279 −9
6 Takashi Murakami  Japan 70-69-72-69=280 −8
7 Mya Aye  Burma 72-71-68-70=281 +1
T8 Sukree Onsham  Thailand 69-75-67-72=283 +3
Park Jung-ung  South Korea 72-71-73-67=283
T10 Maurice Bembridge  England 75-74-66-69=284 +4
Juan Cabrera  Argentina 67-70-71-76=284
Ernesto Perez Acosta  Mexico 71-71-68-74=284

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Miller's 68 paces U.S. victory". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. 8 December 1975. p. B-12.
  2. ^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1976. pp. 20, 62.
  3. ^ "World Cup golf: US win by 10 strokes". The Straits Times. 8 December 1975. p. 31.
  4. ^ "Final standings of the 23rd World Cup Golf championship". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino, California. Associated Press. 8 December 1975. p. B-9.