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. In 1976 it was played at Divonne-les-Bains on the Swiss border near Geneva.

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  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

Source: [1][2][3][4]

Teams

Country Players
 Austria Hansi Egger and Oswald Gartenmaier
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 Denmark Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen
 England Tony Jacklin and Peter Townsend
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Ireland Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary
 Italy Roberto Bernardini and Baldovino Dassù
 Morocco B H Aomar and B R Messaoud
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
 Portugal Henrique Paulino and J Rodrigues
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Harry Bannerman
 Spain Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo
 Sweden B Johannson and J Rosell
  Switzerland R Barras and Ronald Tingley
 Wales Brian Huggett and David Vaughan

Results

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
  Spain  3
   Switzerland  0  
  Spain  2
    France  1  
  France  2
  Netherlands  1  
  Spain  
    Scotland  ½  
  Ireland  2
  Portugal  1  
  Ireland  ½
    Scotland    
  Scotland  3
  Austria  0  
  Spain  2
    Wales  1
  Wales  3
  Morocco  0  
  Wales  
    Italy  ½  
  Italy  3
  Sweden  0  
  Wales  2
    England  1  
  Belgium  
  Denmark  ½  
  Belgium  0
    England  3  
  England  
 Bye    

1973

Teams

Country Players
 Austria Hansi Egger and Oswald Gartenmaier
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint
 Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
 England Neil Coles and Tony Jacklin
 France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
 Ireland John O'Leary and Eddie Polland
 Italy Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
 Scotland Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher
 Spain Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo
 Sweden Thure Holmstrom and Jan Rosell
  Switzerland B Cordonnier and Ronald Tingley
 Wales Brian Huggett and David Vaughan
 West Germany Gerhard Koenig and Toni Kugelmüller

Results

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
  Wales  
 Bye    
  Wales  1
    France  2  
  France  3
   Switzerland  0  
  France  2
    England  1  
  Italy  
  Netherlands  ½  
  Italy  1
    England  2  
  England  3
  Denmark  0  
  France  1
    Scotland  2
  Scotland  
  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: [5][6][7]

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 Thure Holmstrom and Gunna Muller
  Switzerland Franco Salmina 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: [8][9][10][11][12]

Teams

Country Players
 Argentina Not known
 Austria German Egger and Hansi Egger
 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 Roberto Bernardini and Baldovino Dassù
 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 Franco Salmina and Fausto Shiroli
 United States Tommy Aaron and Barry Jaeckel
 West Germany Karl-Heinz Gögele and Jürgen Harder

Results

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
  South Africa  3
   Switzerland  0  
  South Africa  2
    Ireland  1  
  Ireland  2
  New Zealand  1  
  South Africa  ½
    Scotland    
  England  2
  Spain  1  
  England  1
    Scotland  2  
  Scotland  3
  Netherlands  0  
  Scotland  ½
    United States  
  West Germany  2
  Argentina  1  
  West Germany  ½
    Australia    
  Australia  3
  Italy  0  
  Australia  1
    United States  2  
  United States  2
  Belgium  1  
  United States  2
    France  1  
  France  3
  Austria  0  

References

  1. "Golf – Continent in need of personalities". The Times. 5 September 1972. p. 8.
  2. "Golf – British teams through comfortably". The Times. 8 September 1972. p. 10.
  3. "Golf – Three home countries through as Ireland go down to Scotland". The Times. 9 September 1972. p. 5.
  4. "Golf – Steadiness of Spaniards beats Wales in final". The Times. 11 September 1972. p. 8.
  5. "Chillas only Scots winner". The Glasgow Herald. 30 May 1975. p. 30.
  6. "82 wins county title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1975. p. 18.
  7. "France's surprise win". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1975. p. 17.
  8. "Scots face Holland". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1976. p. 25.
  9. "Scots makes a clean sweep". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1976. p. 14.
  10. "Scots golfers beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1976. p. 27.
  11. "Row - but Scots go through to final". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1976. p. 14.
  12. "Americans beat Scots in final". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1976. p. 17.
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