1955 Canada Cup


The 1955 Canada Cup took place June 9–12 at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C., United States. It was the third Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams; the same teams that had contested the 1954 event. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Ed Furgol and Chick Harbert won by nine strokes over the Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson. For the first time there was an official competition for the leading individual score. This was won by Ed Furgol, who beat Peter Thomson and Flory Van Donck in a sudden-death playoff.

Teams

The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell.
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Scores

Team
#CountryScoreTo parMoney
1143-139-139-139=560E2,500
2139-146-139-145=569+91,500
3145-141-141-144=571+111,000
T4144-139-144-146=573+13500
T4144-139-143-147=573+13500
T6147-141-145-142=575+15500
T6146-143-142-144=575+15500
8147-138-143-152=580+20500
9144-147-150-142=583+23500
T10149-143-147-145=584+24250
T10149-147-145-143=584+24250
12146-149-147-146=588+28
T13150-145-145-151=591+31
T13148-147-152-144=591+31
15146-146-151-149=592+32
T16159-151-145-140=595+35
T16150-153-147-145=595+35
18155-143-143-155=596+35
T19154-149-150-147=600+40
T19152-154-145-149=600+40
T21151-147-153-152=603+43
T21Scandinavia152-146-150-155=603+43
23149-150-149-156=604+44
24149-159-143-160=611+51
25157-149-161-156=623+63

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International Trophy
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ed Furgol73-70-69-67=279−12,500
2Peter Thomson67-74-67-71=279−11,500
3Flory Van Donck70-66-73-70=279−11,000
4Chick Harbert70-69-70-72=281+1500
5Harry Bradshaw74-66-72-72=284+4500
T6Eric Brown72-70-70-73=285+5500
T6Mário Gonzalez73-67-72-73=285+5500
T8Antonio Cerdá74-70-72-70=286+6500
T8John Panton73-71-71-71=286+6500

Furgol, Thomson and Van Donck contested a sudden-death playoff. Van Donck dropped out after a bogey at the second extra hole. Thomson took a bogey at the third hole which gave Furgol the victory after his par. Thomson took the second prize and Van Donck the third prize.
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There were additional prizes of $100 each day for the lowest team and individual scores, additional prize money of $800. The team prizes were won the Australia, Ireland, the United States and Australia and the United States. The individual prizes went to Peter Thomson, Harry Bradshaw and Flory Van Donck, Peter Thomson and Ed Furgol.
All players received $500 in expense money.