1968 World Cup (men's golf)

{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1968 World Cup

| image =

| caption =

| dates = 14–17 November

| location = Rome, Italy

| course = Olgiata Golf Club

| lang =

| org =

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| format = 72 holes stroke play
combined score

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6,850|yd|m}}

| field = 42 two-man teams

| cut = None

| purse = US$6,300

| winners_share = $2,000 team
$1,000 individual

| champion = {{CAN}}
Al Balding & George Knudson

| score = 569 (−7)

| map = Italy#Lazio

| map_label = Olgiata Golf Club

| map_caption = Location in Italy##Location in Lazio

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| map_size = 220

| previous = 1967

| next = 1969

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The 1968 World Cup took place 14–17 November at the Olgiata Golf Club in Rome, Italy. It was the 16th World Cup event, which was named the Canada Cup until 1966 and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 42 teams. The third round on Saturday was interrupted by hail and rain storm, with six teams still on the course and play was resumed early Sunday. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Canadian team of Al Balding and George Knudson won by two strokes ahead of the United States team of Julius Boros and Lee Trevino. The individual competition was won by Balding, five strokes ahead of Roberto Bernardini, Italy. This was the first team victory for Canada in the event, which was founded in Canada in 1953.

Teams

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Country !! Players
{{ARG}}	Roberto De Vicenzo and Bono Tudino
{{AUS}}	Bill Dunk and Col Johnston
{{AUT}}	Oswald Gartenmaier and Hans Stroll
{{BEL}}	Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
{{flagcountry\|BRA\|1960}}	Jose Maria Gonzalez and Mário Gonzalez
{{CAN}}	Al Balding and George Knudson
{{CHL}}	Francisco Cerda and Enrique Orelanna
{{COL}}	Alfonso Bohorquez and Rogelio Gonzalez
{{flagcountry\|TWN\|name=China}}	Hsieh Yung-yo and Lu Liang-Huan
{{CSK}}	Jiří Dvořák (a) and Jan Kunšta (a)
{{DNK}}	Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen
{{ENG}}	Neil Coles and Bernard Hunt
{{FIN}}	Jalo Grönlund (a) and Sigurd Nyström
{{FRA}}	Roger Cotton and Jean Garaïalde
{{flagcountry\|GRC\|old}}	Aris Simeonoglou (a) and John Sotiropoulos (a)
{{flagcountry\|HAW}}	Morgan Fottrell and Guinea Kop
{{IRL}}	Jimmy Kinsella and Christy O'Connor Snr
{{ITA}}	Roberto Bernardini and Alfonso Angelini
{{flagcountry\|JPN\|1947}}	Kenji Hosoishi and Takaaki Kono
{{flagcountry\|MEX\|1934}}	Antonio Cerdá and Juan Neri
{{MCO}}	Jean Baptiste Ado and Jean Charles Rey (a)
{{MAR}}	Omar Ben El Harcha and Meilouki M'Bareck
{{NLD}}	Martin Roesink and Bertus Van Mook
{{NZL}}	Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey
{{NOR}}	Westye Hoegh (a) and Lars Musaeus (a)
{{PER}}	Bernabé Fajardo and Hugo Nari
{{PHL}}	Ireneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival
{{PRT}}	Manual Ribeiro and Joauim Rodrigues
{{flagcountry\|PRI\|1952}}	David Jiménez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
{{SCO}}	Eric Brown and John Panton
{{SGP}}	Phua Thin Kiay (a) and Alvin Liau
{{flagcountry\|ZAF\|1928}}	Cobie Legrange and Gary Player
{{KOR}}	Han Chang-sang and Lee Il-an
{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	Sebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota
{{SWE}}	Åke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson-Fakt
{{CHE}}	Jacky Bonvin and Ronald Tingley
{{UAR}}	Cherif El Sayed and Abdel Halim
{{USA}}	Julius Boros and Lee Trevino
{{URY}}	Jan Carlos Dapiaggi and Clever Mendez
{{flagcountry\|VEN\|1930}}	F.D. Betancourt and Ramón Muñoz
{{WAL}}	Richard Davies and Brian Huggett
{{FRG}}	Hans Heiser and Toni Kugelmuller

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Place !! Country !! Score !! To par	Money (US$)
align=center\|1	{{CAN}}	142-149-137-141=569	align=center\|−7	align=center\|2,000
align=center\|2	{{USA}}	142-141-143-145=571	align=center\|−5	align=center\|1,000
align=center\|3	{{ITA}}	141-147-140-145=573	align=center\|−3	align=center\|800
align=center\|4	{{flagcountry\|TWN\|name=China}}	139-144-143-150=576	align=center\|E	align=center\|400
align=center\|5	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	144-148-139-149=580	align=center\|+4	rowspan=38\|
align=center\|6	{{flagcountry\|ZAF\|1928}}	148-144-147-145=584	align=center\|+8
align=center\|7	{{NZL}}	144-149-141-151=585	align=center\|+9
align=center\|8	{{WAL}}	143-148-145-150=586	align=center\|+10
align=center\|9	{{ARG}}	145-145-150-147=587	align=center\|+11
rowspan=3 align=center\|T10	{{ENG}}	140-150-145-153=588	rowspan=3 align=center\|+12
{{IRL}}	149-139-148-152=588
{{flagcountry\|JPN\|1947}}	149-142-150-147=588
align=center\|13	{{SCO}}	145-146-144-155=590	align=center\|+14
align=center\|14	{{AUS}}	148-146-148-150=592	align=center\|+16
align=center\|15	{{COL}}	153-148-146-147=594	align=center\|+18
align=center\|16	{{flagcountry\|PRI\|1952}}	151-149-153-143=596	align=center\|+20
align=center\|17	{{flagcountry\|KOR\|1949}}	151-144-151-151=597	align=center\|+21
align=center\|18	{{FRG}}	150-146-152-151=599	align=center\|+23
align=center\|19	{{BEL}}	146-149-153-156=604	align=center\|+28
align=center\|20	{{flagcountry\|MEX\|1934}}	147-149-157-152=605	align=center\|+29
align=center\|21	{{DNK}}	152-154-146-155=607	align=center\|+31
align=center\|22	{{flagcountry\|BRA\|1960}}	156-145-157-153=611	align=center\|+35
rowspan=2 align=center\|T23	{{PER}}	155-152-154-153=614	rowspan=2 align=center\|+38
{{UAR}}	153-154-150-157=614
align=center\|25	{{FRA}}	153-151-152-160=616	align=center\|+40
align=center\|26	{{NLD}}	153-150-162-153=618	align=center\|+42
align=center\|27	{{CHL}}	155-146-162-161=624	align=center\|+48
align=center\|28	{{PHL}}	159-157-153-159=628	align=center\|+52
align=center\|29	{{CHE}}	152-154-161-166=633	align=center\|+57
align=center\|30	{{flagcountry\|VEN\|1930}}	160-153-163-161=637	align=center\|+61
rowspan=2 align=center\|T31	{{flagcountry\|HAW}}	166-157-165-152=640	rowspan=2 align=center\|+64
{{SWE}}	157-157-168-158=640
align=center\|33	{{URY}}	158-161-164-160=643	align=center\|+67
align=center\|34	{{SGP}}	154-160-166-164=644	align=center\|+68
align=center\|35	{{NOR}}	157-166-161-166=650	align=center\|+74
align=center\|36	{{MCO}}	160-162-163-168=653	align=center\|+77
align=center\|37	{{CSK}}	163-161-169-163=656	align=center\|+80
align=center\|38	{{MAR}}	166-166-165-160=657	align=center\|+81
align=center\|39	{{PRT}}	168-158-163-172=661	align=center\|+85
align=center\|40	{{FIN}}	162-162-172-173=669	align=center\|+93
align=center\|41	{{flagcountry\|GRC\|old}}	166-165-173-168=672	align=center\|+96
align=center\|42	{{AUT}}	173-171-170-166=680	align=center\|+104

International Trophy

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Place !! Player !! Country !! Score !! To par !! Money (US$)
align=center\|1	Al Balding	{{CAN}}	68-72-67-67=274	align=center\|−14	align=center\|1,000
align=center\|2	Roberto Bernardini	{{ITA}}	71-71-67-70=279	align=center\|−9	align=center\|500
align=center\|3	\|Lee Trevino	{{USA}}	69-71-70-73=283	align=center\|−5	align=center\|400
rowspan=2 align=center\|T4	Brian Huggett	{{WAL}}	71-70-71-73=285	rowspan=2 align=center\|−3	rowspan=2 align=center\|100
Gary Player	{{flagcountry\|ZAF\|1928}}	71-70-74-70=285
rowspan=2 align=center\|T6	Eric Brown	{{SCO}}	70-69-70-77=286	rowspan=2 align=center\|−2	rowspan=5\|
Lu Liang-Huan	{{flagcountry\|TWN\|name=China}}	69-69-72-76=286
align=center\|8	Ramón Sota	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	71-73-71-72=287	align=center\|−1
rowspan=2 align=center\|T9	Julius Boros	{{USA}}	73-70-73-72=288	rowspan=2 align=center\|E
Bill Dunk	{{AUS}}	72-75-70-71=288

Sources:{{cite magazine |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/vbcf2g77/popup/1? |title=World Cup |magazine=Svensk Golf |date=January 1969 |pages=13, 30}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1968/11/25/670154/golf-tournament-italian-style |title=Golf Tournament Italian Style |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Dan |last=Jenkins |authorlink=Dan Jenkins |date=25 November 1968 |pages=30–31}}{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19681118.1.17&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Canada Upsets U.S. for World Cup |newspaper=The Sun |location= San Bernardino, California |agency=New York Times News Service |first=Robert |last=Doty |date=18 November 1968 |page=B-5}}{{cite news |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=9tXw7Op4-u0C&dat=19681118&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Canada Breaks U.S. Golf Cup Monopoly |newspaper=Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph |date=November 18, 1968 |page=9 |agency=CP-AP}}{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19681118.1.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Canada Puts Names On World Cup Golf |newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel |location=California |agency=Associated Press |first=Tom |last=Reedy |date=18 November 1968 |page=6}}{{cite web |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA8XXY07YBFS1CM9DN758JO4U1B-ITALY-TAIWAN-TAKE-FIRST-ROUND-LEAD-IN-WORLD-GOLF/query/Worlds |title=Italy: Taiwan Take First Round Lead In World Golf – 1968 |date=14 November 1968 |agency=Reuters |via=British Pathé}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/501341975/?terms=%22World%2BCup%22%2Bgolf |title=More on golf: All the scores |newspaper=The Province |location=Vancouver, British Columbia |agency=Associated Press |date=18 November 1968 |page=18 |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}

References

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class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Place !! Country !! Score !! To par	Money (US$)
align=center\|1	{{CAN}}	142-149-137-141=569	align=center\|−7	align=center\|2,000
align=center\|2	{{USA}}	142-141-143-145=571	align=center\|−5	align=center\|1,000
align=center\|3	{{ITA}}	141-147-140-145=573	align=center\|−3	align=center\|800
align=center\|4	{{flagcountry\|TWN\|name=China}}	139-144-143-150=576	align=center\|E	align=center\|400
align=center\|5	{{flagcountry\|ESP\|1945}}	144-148-139-149=580	align=center\|+4	rowspan=38\|
align=center\|6	{{flagcountry\|ZAF\|1928}}	148-144-147-145=584	align=center\|+8
align=center\|7	{{NZL}}	144-149-141-151=585	align=center\|+9
align=center\|8	{{WAL}}	143-148-145-150=586	align=center\|+10
align=center\|9	{{ARG}}	145-145-150-147=587	align=center\|+11
rowspan=3 align=center\|T10	{{ENG}}	140-150-145-153=588	rowspan=3 align=center\|+12
{{IRL}}	149-139-148-152=588
{{flagcountry\|JPN\|1947}}	149-142-150-147=588
align=center\|13	{{SCO}}	145-146-144-155=590	align=center\|+14
align=center\|14	{{AUS}}	148-146-148-150=592	align=center\|+16
align=center\|15	{{COL}}	153-148-146-147=594	align=center\|+18
align=center\|16	{{flagcountry\|PRI\|1952}}	151-149-153-143=596	align=center\|+20
align=center\|17	{{flagcountry\|KOR\|1949}}	151-144-151-151=597	align=center\|+21
align=center\|18	{{FRG}}	150-146-152-151=599	align=center\|+23
align=center\|19	{{BEL}}	146-149-153-156=604	align=center\|+28
align=center\|20	{{flagcountry\|MEX\|1934}}	147-149-157-152=605	align=center\|+29
align=center\|21	{{DNK}}	152-154-146-155=607	align=center\|+31
align=center\|22	{{flagcountry\|BRA\|1960}}	156-145-157-153=611	align=center\|+35
rowspan=2 align=center\|T23	{{PER}}	155-152-154-153=614	rowspan=2 align=center\|+38
{{UAR}}	153-154-150-157=614
align=center\|25	{{FRA}}	153-151-152-160=616	align=center\|+40
align=center\|26	{{NLD}}	153-150-162-153=618	align=center\|+42
align=center\|27	{{CHL}}	155-146-162-161=624	align=center\|+48
align=center\|28	{{PHL}}	159-157-153-159=628	align=center\|+52
align=center\|29	{{CHE}}	152-154-161-166=633	align=center\|+57
align=center\|30	{{flagcountry\|VEN\|1930}}	160-153-163-161=637	align=center\|+61
rowspan=2 align=center\|T31	{{flagcountry\|HAW}}	166-157-165-152=640	rowspan=2 align=center\|+64
{{SWE}}	157-157-168-158=640
align=center\|33	{{URY}}	158-161-164-160=643	align=center\|+67
align=center\|34	{{SGP}}	154-160-166-164=644	align=center\|+68
align=center\|35	{{NOR}}	157-166-161-166=650	align=center\|+74
align=center\|36	{{MCO}}	160-162-163-168=653	align=center\|+77
align=center\|37	{{CSK}}	163-161-169-163=656	align=center\|+80
align=center\|38	{{MAR}}	166-166-165-160=657	align=center\|+81
align=center\|39	{{PRT}}	168-158-163-172=661	align=center\|+85
align=center\|40	{{FIN}}	162-162-172-173=669	align=center\|+93
align=center\|41	{{flagcountry\|GRC\|old}}	166-165-173-168=672	align=center\|+96
align=center\|42	{{AUT}}	173-171-170-166=680	align=center\|+104