1992 World Cup (men's golf)

1992 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	5–8 November
Location	Madrid, Spain
Course(s)	Real Club La Moraleja; Course 2
Format	72 holes stroke play; combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,955 yards (6,360 m)
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$1.1 million
Winner's share	$240,000 team; $75,000 individual
Champion
	United States; Fred Couples & Davis Love III
	548 (−28)
Location map
	Real Club La Moraleja Location in Spain Real Club La Moraleja Location in the Community of Madrid Real Club La Moraleja Location in Madrid
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The 1992 World Cup took place 5–8 November 1992 at the Real Club La Moraleja in Madrid, Spain. It was the 38th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Fred Couples and Davis Love won by one stroke over the defending champions, Swedish team of Anders Forsbrand and Per-Ulrik Johansson. The individual competition was won by Brett Ogle of Australia after a playoff with Ian Woosnam of Wales.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Rubén Alvarez and Antonio Ortiz^[3]
Australia	Brett Ogle and Peter O'Malley
Brazil	Joao Corteiz and Acacio Jorge Pedro
Canada	Brent Franklin and Richard Zokol
Chile	Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie
Colombia	Ángel Romero and Rigoberto Velásquez
Denmark	Ole Eskildsen and Anders Sørensen
England	David Gilford and Steven Richardson
Finland	Anssi Kankkonen and Mikael Piltz
France	Jean van de Velde and Michel Besanceney
Germany	Bernhard Langer and Heinz-Peter Thül
Greece	Vassilios Karatzias and Craigen Pappas
Hong Kong	Dominique Boulet and Ming Yau Sui
Ireland	Christy O'Connor Jnr and Ronan Rafferty
Italy	Silvio Grappasonni and Costantino Rocca
Japan	Hirofumi Miyase and Kiyoshi Murota
Mexico	Enrique Serna and Esteban Toledo
Morocco	Fatmi Moussa and Mohamed Makroune
Netherlands	Constant Smits van Waesberghe and Chris van der Velde
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
Norway	Per Haugsrud and Gard Midtwåge
Paraguay	Carlos Franco and Raúl Fretes
Philippines	Frankie Miñoza and Robert Pactolerin
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr and Colin Montgomerie
South Africa	De Wet Basson and Ernie Els
South Korea	Choi Sang-ho and Park Nam-sin
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
Sweden	Anders Forsbrand and Per-Ulrik Johansson
Switzerland	André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
Taiwan	Hsieh Yu-shu and Wang Ter-chang
United States	Fred Couples and Davis Love III
Wales	Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam

Scores

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1	United States	134-139-140-135=548	−28	240,000
2	Sweden	142-135-137-135=549	−27	120,000
T3	Australia	140-138-139-138=555	−21	76,000
T3	Wales	139-139-138-139=555	−21	76,000
5	Germany	146-139-131-140=556	−20	50,000
6	Spain	136-140-140-144=560	−16	40,000
7	New Zealand	140-140-143-142=565	−11	30,000
8	South Africa	140-143-146-137=566	−10	24,000
9	England	143-141-143-142=569	−7	18,000
10	Japan	139-142-148-142=571	−5	16,000
T11	Canada	140-142-143-147=572	−4	13,000
T11	Chile	140-145-139-148=572	−4	13,000
13	Paraguay	142-144-147-140=573	−3	10,000
14	South Korea	140-140-147-147=574	−2	8,000
15	Italy	147-145-145-138=575	−1	7,000
16	Scotland	143-143-150-140=576	E
T17	Ireland	150-142-143-142=577	+1
T17	Switzerland	142-147-144-144=577	+1
T19	France	145-148-144-141=578	+2
T19	Mexico	144-152-141-141=578	+2
21	Denmark	148-145-143-144=580	+4
22	Taiwan	144-144-147-146=581	+5
23	Finland	150-147-147-143=587	+11
T24	Argentina	145-140-145-159=589	+13
T24	Brazil	148-152-147-142=589	+13
26	Philippines	151-148-144-147=590	+14
27	Norway	147-151-144-149=591	+15
28	Colombia	143-149-146-156=594	+18
T29	Greece	150-147-150-148=595	+19
T29	Netherlands	154-146-147-148=595	+19
31	Hong Kong	152-154-145-146=597	+21
32	Morocco	161-152-162-154=629	+53

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Brett Ogle	Australia	68-67-66-69=270	−18	75,000
2	Ian Woosnam	Wales	67-69-67-67=270	−18	50,000
T3	Fred Couples	United States	66-71-70-65=272	−16	35,000
T3	Anders Forsbrand	Sweden	68-66-68-70=272	−16	35,000
5	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-66-66-70=273	−15	20,000
6	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	71-67-69-67=274	−14	15,000
7	Davis Love III	United States	68-68-70-70=276	−12
8	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	74-69-68-65=277	−11
T9	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-69-69-71=279	−9
T9	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-70-69-70=279	−9

Ogle won at the first sudden death playoff hole.

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

References

^ Edmund, Nick (1993). Heineken World of Golf 93. Stanley Paul. p. 85. ISBN 0091781000 – via Google Books.
^ "Ian Woosnam misses out". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 9 November 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 28 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ A great one left: Ruben Alvarez (in Spanish) Tour Professional de Golf Argentino
^ "World Cup of Golf". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. 9 November 1992. p. D6 – via newspapers.com.
^ "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1992. p. 76.
^ http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1992/11/06/083.html ABC Madrid, 6 November 1992, p. 83

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[1] Edmund, Nick (1993). Heineken World of Golf 93. Stanley Paul. p. 85. ISBN 0091781000 – via Google Books.

[2] "Ian Woosnam misses out". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 9 November 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 28 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] A great one left: Ruben Alvarez (in Spanish) Tour Professional de Golf Argentino

[4] "World Cup of Golf". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. 9 November 1992. p. D6 – via newspapers.com.

[5] "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1992. p. 76.

[6] ttp://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1992/11/06/083.html ABC Madrid, 6 November 1992, p. 83

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