1989 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1989 World Cup took place 16–19 November at Las Brisas Golf Club in Marbella, Spain. It was the 35th World Cup event. The tournament was shortened, due to rain, from 72 to 36 holes. Both the second round on Friday and the fourth round on Sunday were cancelled and only the Thursday and Saturday rounds were counted in the competition. The World Cup, previously named the Canada Cup, had been shortened before, due to bad weather; 1963, 1972 and 1984, but it was the first time since the event was instituted in 1953, that two full rounds were lost.

1989 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates16–19 November
LocationMarbella, Spain
CourseReal Club de Golf Las Brisas
Format36 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,794 yards (6,212 m)
Field32 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$1 million
Winner's share$240,000 team
$50,000 individual
Champion
 Australia
Peter Fowler & Wayne Grady
278 (−10)
RCG Las Brisas is located in Spain
RCG Las Brisas
RCG Las Brisas
Location in Spain
RCG Las Brisas is located in Andalusia
RCG Las Brisas
RCG Las Brisas
Location in Andalusia
 1988
1990 

It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australia team of Peter Fowler and Wayne Grady won by three strokes over the Spain team of José María Cañizares and José María Olazábal. The individual competition was won by Fowler. Beside the prize money mentioned, Fowler won additional US$10,000 for having the lowest individual score in the first round and the Australia team won additional US$10,000 for the lowest team score the first day.[1]

Teams

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Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
(per team)
1 Australia134-144=278−10240,000
2 Spain141-140=281−7120,000
T3 Sweden142-145=287−176,000
 United States143-144=287
5 Wales147-151=288E50,000
T6 Argentina148-142=290+235,000
 New Zealand145-145=290
T8 Denmark148-143=291+321,000
 England145-146=291
10 Ireland145-149=294+616,000
11 Scotland149-146=295+714,000
T12 France148-148=296+810,000
 Italy148-148=296
 West Germany148-148=296
15 Canada151-147=298+107,000
16 Japan149-150=299+11
17 Philippines152-148=300+12
18 Venezuela152-151=303+15
T19 Colombia159-147=306+18
 Switzerland150-156=306
21 South Korea157-151=308+20
22 Greece156-154=310+22
T23 Brazil151-160=311+23
 Taiwan157-154=311
25 Uruguay160-155=315+27
T26 Mexico155-161=316+28
 Netherlands160-156=316
 Norway159-157=316
29 Portugal161-156=317+29
30 Thailand158-162=320+32
31 Austria162-161=323+35
32 Belgium172-164=336+48

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1Peter Fowler Australia66-71=137−750,000
T2José María Cañizares Spain71-67=138−6
Anders Sørensen Denmark70-68=138
4Miguel Fernández Argentina71-69=140−4
T5Paul Azinger United States70-71=141−3
Wayne Grady Australia68-73=141
Mark Roe England71-70=141
8Mats Lanner Sweden69-73=142−2
9José María Olazábal Spain70-73=143−1
T10Mark Mouland Wales75-69=144E
Simon Owen New Zealand72-72=144
Philip Parkin Wales72-72=144

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 242–243, 488–490. ISBN 0948615389.
  2. "Swingin' in the rain". Svensk Golf. December 1989. pp. 42–43.
  3. "U.S. to Drive for 18th World Cup". Los Angeles Times. 11 October 1989.
  4. "Fowler, Grady win World Cup golf title". The Brattleboro Reformer. Vermont. Associated Press. 20 November 1989. p. 16 via newspapers.com.
  5. "World Cup". Times-Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia. 20 November 1989. p. B4 via newspapers.com.
  6. "Fowler, Grady triumph in rain-shortened World Cup". The Straits Times. 21 November 1989. p. 31.
  7. "Score and Statistics: Golf". The Straits Times. 20 November 1989. p. 24.
  8. "Aust golfers reign in Spain". The Canberra Times. 20 November 1989. p. 24.

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