1990 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1990 World Cup took place at the Grand Cypress Resort Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 36th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The German team of Bernhard Langer and Torsten Giedeon won by three strokes over the England team of Mark James and Richard Boxall and the Ireland team of David Feherty and Ronan Rafferty in a share of second place. The victory was the first international sports victory for the united country of Germany, since the reunification of East and West Germany a month earlier. The individual competition was won by Payne Stewart, United States.[1]
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Dates | November 21–24 |
Location | Orlando, Florida, U.S. 28.427515°N 81.468462°W |
Course(s) | Grand Cypress Resort Golf |
Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,751 yards (6,173 m) |
Field | 32 two-man teams |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | US$1.1 million |
Winner's share | $240,000 team $75,000 individual |
Champion | |
Germany Torsten Giedeon & Bernhard Langer | |
556 (−20) | |
Location Map | |
Grand Cypress Resort Golf Location in the United States Grand Cypress Resort Golf Location in Florida | |
Teams
- (a) denotes amateur
Scores
Team
Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 141-142-132-141=556 | −20 | 240,000 |
T2 | England | 136-140-138-145=559 | −17 | 104,000 |
Ireland | 142-142-140-135=559 | |||
4 | Wales | 140-145-133-143=561 | −15 | 64,000 |
5 | United States | 138-140-141-143=562 | −14 | 50,000 |
T6 | Argentina | 138-143-141-144=566 | −10 | 31,333 |
Australia | 143-145-138-140=566 | |||
Spain | 137-140-145-144=566 | |||
9 | Canada | 142-139-144-145=570 | −6 | 18,000 |
T10 | Chinese Taipei | 145-147-140-139=571 | −5 | 14,000 |
Mexico | 145-147-141-138=571 | |||
Scotland | 138-146-140-147=571 | |||
13 | Denmark | 144-137-145-146=572 | −4 | 10,000 |
T14 | New Zealand | 142-146-147-140=575 | −1 | 7,500 |
South Korea | 141-150-139-145=575 | |||
16 | Switzerland | 145-143-144-146=578 | +2 | 7,000 |
17 | Sweden | 141-147-146-145=579 | +3 | |
18 | France | 145-148-143-145=581 | +5 | |
19 | Netherlands | 150-149-145-138=582 | +6 | |
20 | Italy | 148-143-151-145=587 | +11 | |
21 | Thailand | 139-150-144-156=588 | +12 | |
22 | Japan | 153-145-142-150=590 | +14 | |
23 | Colombia | 151-150-147-146=594 | +18 | |
24 | Philippines | 153-154-145-145=597 | +21 | |
T25 | Brazil | 150-155-147-151=603 | +27 | |
Iceland[lower-alpha 1] | 156-151-146-150=603 | |||
27 | Bermuda | 150-159-157-154=620 | +44 | |
28 | Singapore | 154-163-152-153=622 | +46 | |
29 | Jamaica | 148-154-167-154=623 | +47 | |
30 | Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 2] | 161-151-158-160=630 | +54 | |
31 | Fiji | 160-158-166-151=635 | +59 | |
32 | Czechoslovakia | 164-171-162-170=667 | +91 |
- No prize money received as both team members were amateurs.
- Half the listed prize money received as one team member was an amateur.
International Trophy
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Payne Stewart | United States | 69-68-68-66=271 | −17 | 75,000 |
2 | Anders Sørensen | Denmark | 67-67-70-69=273 | −15 | 50,000 |
T3 | David Feherty | Ireland | 70-73-70-63=276 | −12 | 35,000 |
Ian Woosnam | Wales | 72-69-65-70=276 | |||
T5 | Torsten Giedeon | Germany | 70-71-65-72=278 | −10 | 17,500 |
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 71-71-67-69=278 | |||
7 | Mark James | England | 68-71-68-72=279 | −9 | |
T8 | Richard Boxall | England | 68-69-70-73=280 | −8 | |
Miguel Guzmán | Argentina | 69-72-67-72=280 | |||
Peter Senior | Australia | 68-71-70-71=280 |
References
- McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 407, 408. ISBN 1855925583.
- "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1990. p. 57.
- "World Cup". Santa Cruz Sentinel. November 25, 1990. p. B6.
- "This day in golf history". The Irish Times. November 24, 2001.
- Povtak, Tim (November 25, 1990). "German friends take World Cup". The Orlando Sentinel. p. C-1 – via newspapers.com.
- Povtak, Tim (November 25, 1990). "Irish team ties English for 2nd". The Orlando Sentinel. p. C-18 – via newspapers.com.