1978 World Cup (men's golf)


The 1978 World Cup took place November 30December 3 at the Makai Golf Club in Hanalei, Hawaii. It was the 26th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Andy North won by ten strokes over the Australian team of Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.
The individual competition for The International Trophy was won by Mahaffey two strokes ahead of North. Greg Norman and Thailand's Sukree Onsham tied for third.

Teams

denotes amateur

Scores

Team
#CountryScoreTo parMoney
1141-144-138-141=564−126,000
2142-146-146-143=574−23,000
3137-141-148-151=577+11,800
3146-146-146-139=577+11,800
5143-150-145-141=579+3
6145-146-141-148=580+4
7139-149-143-150=581+5
T8147-146-147-146=586+10
T8149-140-150-147=586+10
T8142-152-143-148=586+10
T8142-148-149-147=586+10
T8146-145-149-146=586+10
T8146-146-147-147=586+10
T14141-151-148-147=587+11
T14144-145-146-152=587+11
T14145-147-149-146=587+11
17151-146-148-144=589+13
18146-150-149-147=592+16
19153-154-145-141=593+17
T20148-141-154-153=596+20
T20149-148-150-149=596+20
22159-151-143-144=597+21
23145-161-143-151=600+24
24155-153-147-148=603+27
25153-151-150-150=604+28
T26146-161-153-145=605+29
T26149-154-149-152=605+29
28156-152-151-148=607+31
29150-153-154-153=610+34
30155-158-150-149=612+36
T31155-167-150-141=613+37
T31156-158-149-150=613+37
33148-157-159-150=614+38
34159-151-154-153=617+41
35159-152-161-152=624+48
36156-156-158-158=628+52
37157-164-155-156=632+56
38154-163-158-159=634+58
T39160-163-164-148=635+59
T39163-157-160-155=635+59
T41166-158-157-158=639+63
T41161-164-158-156=639+63
43165-170-160-151=646+70
44171-154-161-161=647+71
45157-168-169-164=658+82
46172-163-165-160=660+84
47169-169-162-172=672+96
48173-182-177-171=703+127

International Trophy
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney US$
1John Mahaffey69-72-69-71=281−73,000
2Andy North72-72-69-70=283−5
T3Greg Norman71-69-74-72=286−2
T3Sukree Onsham78-70-70-68=286−2
T5Howard Clark72-74-72-69=287−1
T5Antonio Garrido73-70-68-76=287−1
T5Gunnar Mueller71-72-75-69=287−1
T5Sam Torrance71-76-71-69=287−1
T9Wayne Grady71-74-72-71=288E
T9Dan Halldorson70-72-73-73=288E
T9Eleuterio Nival69-75-70-74=288E
T9Ernesto Perez Acosta71-74-70-73=288E

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