1966 Canada Cup

1966 Canada Cup
Tournament information
Dates 11–14 November
Location Inagi, Tokyo, Japan
Course(s) Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club
Format 72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,962 yards (6,366 m)
Field 36 two-man teams
Champion
 United States
Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer
548 (−28)
«1965
1967»

The 1966 Canada Cup took place 11–14 November at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan. It was the 14th Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1964 with the addition of South Korea and Thailand, but without Egypt, Monaco and Morocco. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer won by five strokes over the South African team of Harold Henning and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by the Canadian George Knudson, who won at the second hole of a sudden-playoff over the Japanese Hideyo Sugimoto.[1]

Teams

Country Players
 Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo and Leopoldo Ruiz
 Australia Bruce Devlin and Kel Nagle
 Austria Oswald Gertenmaier and Hans Stroll
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil José Maria Gonzalez and Igolata Reis
 Canada Frank Fowler and George Knudson
 Chile Francisco Cerda and Alberto Salas
 Chinese Taipei Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan
 Colombia Alfonso Bohórquez and Pedro Pablo García
 Czechoslovakia Jiri Dvorak (a) and Jan Kunšta (a)
 Denmark Herluf Hansen and Jorgen Korfitzen
 England Peter Alliss and Tony Jacklin
 France Jean Garaïalde and Jean-Claude Harismendy
 Germany Herbert Becker and Toni Kugelmüller
 Hawaii Ted Makalena and Paul Scodeller
 Ireland Jimmy Martin and Christy O'Connor Snr
 Italy Roberto Bernardini and Emanuele Canessa
 Japan Mitsutaka Kono and Hideyo Sugimoto
 Mexico José González and Juan Neri
 Netherlands Martin Roesink and André van Pinxten
 New Zealand Frank Buckler and Bob Charles
 Peru Hugo Nari and Bernando Fajardo
 Philippines Ben Arda and Luis Silverio (a)
 Portugal Fernando Pina and Manuel Ribeiro
 Puerto Rico Juan Gonzalez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 Scotland Eric Brown and John Panton
 South Africa Harold Henning and Gary Player
 South Korea Han Chan-sang and Hong Duck-san
 Spain Valentín Barrios and Sebastián Miguel
 Sweden Ake Bergquist and Harry Karlsson-Fakt
  Switzerland Jacky Bonvin and Ronald Tingley
 Thailand Uthai Dabpavibul and Seng Suwankart
 United States Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
 Uruguay Enrique Fernández and Juan Sereda
 Venezuela Franci Betancourt and Teobaldo Perez
 Wales Sid Mouland and Dave Thomas

Source[1][2]

Scores

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  United States 135-135-136-142=548 −28 2,000
2  South Africa 138-138-139-138=553 −23 1,000
3  Chinese Taipei 135-138-143-138=554 −22 800
4  Australia 135-141-137-143=556 −20 400
5  Japan 135-146-136-144=561 −15
6  Canada 134-144-139-146=563 −13
7  Argentina 141-143-142-139=565 −11
8  Belgium 141-141-142-147=571 −5
9  Spain 149-140-138-145=572 −4
10  England 144-153-137-140=574 −2
11  New Zealand 144-152-139-141=576 E
12  Scotland 143-146-143-146=578 +2
13  Ireland 144-146-143-148=581 +5
14  Wales 149-145-147-143=584 +8
15  Hawaii 147-146-144-148=585 +9
16  Italy 139-151-149-147=586 +10
T17  France 142-148-145-153=588 +12
 Mexico 146-146-146-150=588
19  Netherlands 151-148-143-148=590 +14
20  Germany 147-145-153-148=593 +17
T21  Colombia 144-148-146-156=594 +18
 Philippines 142-152-147-153=594
23  Chile 140-155-150-151=596 +20
24  South Korea 150-149-150-150=599 +23
25  Puerto Rico 148-148-154-152=602 +26
26   Switzerland 149-151-156-150=606 +30
27  Thailand 149-152-154-152=607 +31
28  Brazil 154-155-159-145=613 +37
29  Denmark 151-149-153-163=616 +40
30  Sweden 148-157-151-163=619 +43
31  Venezuela 157-155-155-163=620 +44
32  Peru 149-161-165-154=629 +53
T33  Portugal 155-162-156-161=634 +58
 Uruguay 160-163-157-154=634
35  Austria 165-174-163-160=662 +86
36  Czechoslovakia 159-163-177-169=668 +92

International Trophy

# Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 George Knudson  Canada 64-68-66-74=272 −16 1,000
2 Hideyo Sugimoto  Japan 66-69-68-69=272 500
T3 Lu Liang-Huan  Chinese Taipei 67-68-73-65=273 −15 300
Jack Nicklaus  United States 69-68-67-69=273
5 Arnold Palmer  United States 66-67-69-73=275 −13

Knudson and Sugimoto contested a sudden-death playoff. Knudson won with a birdie 2 at the second extra hole.

Source[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "United States victory by five strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 14 November 1966. p. 5.
  2. "Palmer takes lead with 133". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. 11 November 1966. p. 23.
  3. "Knudson defeats Sugimoto in playoff". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. 14 November 1966. p. 26.

Coordinates: 35°37′16″N 139°29′28″E / 35.621°N 139.491°E / 35.621; 139.491

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