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Four Tours World Championship

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The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. In 1985 and 1986 it was called the Nissan Cup, in 1987 and 1988 it was called the Kirin Cup while from 1989 to 1991 it was called the Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/news/newsid=186563.html |title=Past Champions – Former Events – Four Tours Championship |publisher=European Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113935/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/news/newsid=186563.html |archive-date=14 July 2014}}

Each team played the other three teams in the group stage. The leading two teams then played a final, with the other two teams playing for third and fourth places. There were six players on each team. Each match consisted of six singles matches, decided by medal match play over 18 holes.

Winners

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! Year !! Venue !! Winners !! Points !! Runner-up !! Points !! Third !! Fourth !! Total
purse ($)!! Winner's
share ($)

colspan=10|Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship
1991Royal Adelaide Golf ClubEuropealign=center|8Australasiaalign=center|4JapanUnited Statesalign=center|1,150,000align=center|480,000
1990Yomiuri Country ClubAustralasiaalign=center|–United Statesalign=center|–EuropeJapanalign=center|1,150,000align=center|480,000
1989Yomiuri Country ClubUnited Statesalign=center|6Europealign=center|6JapanAustralasiaalign=center|1,030,000align=center|390,000
colspan=10|Kirin Cup
1988Kapalua Resort, Bay courseUnited Statesalign=center|8Europealign=center|4AustralasiaJapanalign=center|1,000,000align=center|360,000
1987Yomiuri Country ClubUnited Statesalign=center|10Europealign=center|2AustralasiaJapanalign=center|950,000align=center|360,000
colspan=10|Nissan Cup
1986Yomiuri Country ClubJapanalign=center|8Europealign=center|4AustralasiaUnited Statesalign=center|900,000align=center|300,000
1985Kapalua Resort, Bay courseUnited Statesalign=center|10Europealign=center|2JapanAustralasiaalign=center|750,000align=center|300,000

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match. In 1989 United States won the championship with an aggregate score of 404 to Europe's 416. In 1990 the final was cancelled because of rain. Both teams had scored 20 points in the three group matches which meant that the result was decided on aggregate scores. Wayne Levi did not complete his first match because of an injury and hence the United States score was uncountable and Australasia were declared the winners.

=Individual Trophy=

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!Year !! Winner!! Country !! Score !! Margin of victory !! Runner-up

colspan=6|Nissan Cup
1985Sandy Lyle{{SCO}}2673 strokes{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Strange
1986Tsuneyuki Nakajima{{JPN}}2702 strokes{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernhard Langer
colspan=6|Kirin Cup
1987Tom Kite{{USA}}2721 stroke{{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewart

=Summary=

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!Team !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! 4th

align=left|United States4102
align=left|Europe1510
align=left|Australasia1132
align=left|Japan1033

1985

Sandy Lyle won the individual event with a score of 267 for his four rounds, three ahead of Curtis Strange

Source: {{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=12 October 1985 |page=26 |title=Golf – Cup teams}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=6 November 1985 |page=23 |title=Golf – Absent Ballesteros casts a shadow on team cup event}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UMBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2505%2C2181718 |title=Lyle brightens the gloom |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=11 November 1985 |page=7}}

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Seve Ballesteros was on the original European team but withdrew and was replaced by Ian Woosnam

1986

Tsuneyuki Nakajima won the individual event with a score of 270 for his four rounds, two ahead of Bernhard Langer.

Source: {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=paUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2891%2C2233092 |title=Japan take all the bows |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=10 November 1986 |page=10}}

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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References

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