1977 World Cup (men's golf)


The 1977 World Cup took place December 8–11 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila, Philippines. It was the 25th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 50 teams. The Mexico team of Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado did not arrive on time to start and were replaced by a Filipino amateur team of Tommy Manotoc and Emilio Tuazon. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido successfully defended the title Spain won in 1976 and won by two strokes over the Philippines team of Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Gary Player of South Africa, three strokes ahead of Lavares and Hubert Green, United States.

Teams

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Scores

Team
#CountryScoreTo parMoney
1144-154-142-151=591+152,000
2149-142-156-147=594+181,000
3139-147-157-152=595+19800
T4151-148-146-152=597+21400
T4149-141-154-153=597+21400
T6149-141-154-153=597+22
T6151-151-147-149=598+22
8143-153-155-150=601+25
9144-155-152-152=603+27
10145-151-158-154=608+32
11150-153-158-149=610+34
12148-151-150-162=611+35
T13159-148-155-150=612+36
T13151-147-154-160=612+36
T15154-147-159-155=615+39
T15155-151-155-154=615+39
T15150-153-156-156=615+39
18151-153-164-151=619+43
19158-156-152-154=620+44
T20152-153-155-161=621+45
T20153-152-164-152=621+45
22155-154-158-158=625+49
T23153-160-153-163=629+53
T23159-153-153-164=629+53
25159-152-163-158=632+56
26153-161-165-154=633+57
T27154-164-161-155=634+58
T27165-158-153-158=634+58
T29154-165-157-161=637+61
T29 164-161-158-154=637+61
31156-169-155-160=640+64
32167-166-154-156=643+67
33160-155-162-167=644+68
34162-160-163-160=645+69
35162-165-157-163=647+71
36167-164-158-161=650+74
T37159-160-165-167=651+75
T37163-165-163-160=651+75
39162-156-170-165=653+77
40159-176-162-159=656+80
41163-172-160-162=657+81
42168-163-168-161=660+84
43166-167-172-167=672+96
44160-177-171-167=675+99
45164-164-184-170=682+106
46177-169-172-167=685+109
47176-171-173-172=692+116
48183-180-173-168=704+128
49172-184-184-189=729+153
50180-190-184-178=732+156

International Trophy
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney US$
1Gary Player72-68-73-76=289+11,000
T2Hubert Green69-72-77-74=292+4450
T2Rudy Lavares73-69-77-73=292+4450
4Seiichi Kanai75-73-73-72=293+5200
5George Knudson69-72-78-75=294+6
T6Seve Ballesteros73-77-69-76=295+7
T6Kuo Chie-Hsiung73-75-72-75=295+7
8Antonio Garrido71-77-73-75=296+8
9Eddie Polland78-76-74-70=298+10
10Mya Aye76-72-75-76=299+11

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