1956 Canada Cup

The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1][2] 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day.[3] An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day.[4]

1956 Canada Cup
Tournament information
Dates24–26 June
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par71
Length6,900 yards (6,300 m)
Field29 two-man teams
Cut20 teams and ties
Champion
 United States
Ben Hogan & Sam Snead
567 (−1)

The American team of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead won by 14 strokes over the South African team of Bobby Locke and Gary Player.[5] The individual competition was won by Hogan, five shots ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.[6]

Teams
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaEnrique Bertolino and Martin Pose
 AustraliaPeter Thomson and Norman Von Nida
 BelgiumArthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck
 BrazilMário Gonzalez and Luis Rapisarda
 CanadaAl Balding and Stan Leonard
 ChileManuel Morales and Alberto Salas
 ChinaChen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan
 ColombiaJulio Polania and Raúl Posse
 DenmarkH Aafeldt and Carl Paulsen
 EgyptCherif El-Sayed Cherif and Hassan Hassanein
 EnglandKen Bousfield and Harry Weetman
 FranceRoger Cotton and François Saubaber
 IrelandHarry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr
 ItalyAlfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni
 JapanYoshiro Hayashi and Michio Ishii
 MexicoPercy Clifford and Roberto De Vicenzo
 NetherlandsGerard de Wit and Piet Witte
 New ZealandFrank Buckler and Ernie Southerden
 PhilippinesBen Arda and Celestino Tugot
 PortugalM Lourenco and J Feliciano Da Silva
 ScotlandEric Brown and John Panton
 South AfricaBobby Locke and Gary Player
 South KoreaPark Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon
 SpainÁngel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel
 SwedenHarry Karlsson and Arne Werkell
  SwitzerlandJacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer
 United StatesBen Hogan and Sam Snead
 WalesDai Rees and Dennis Smalldon
 West GermanyFriedrich Becker and Georg Bessner

Source[1]

De Vicenzo was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina in the three previous Canada Cup events.

Scores

Team

#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States144-142-145-136=567−1
2 South Africa145-145-145-146=581+13
3 Canada144-139-145-155=583+15
T4 England152-141-152-141=586+18
 Japan152-151-147-136=586
6 Wales143-145-156-143=587+19
7 Scotland148-148-149-144=589+21
8 Belgium145-145-154-151=595+27
9 Mexico143-151-150-154=598+30
T10 Australia142-152-162-145=601+33
 Ireland150-153-147-151=601
 Spain151-147-155-148=601
13 France151-148-151-152=602+34
14 Philippines151-148-156-150=605+37
15 Colombia150-149-151-159=609+41
16 Italy152-146-155-157=610+42
17 Argentina151-155-153-153=612+44
18 Netherlands151-150-156-157=614+46
19 Egypt155-147-151-168=621+53
20  Switzerland151-154-161-163=629+61
21 New Zealand151-159=310
T22 Chile152-165=317
 China160-157=317
24 South Korea160-160=320
25 Sweden161-160=321
26 West Germany166-156=322
27 Portugal163-163=326
28 Brazil163-166=329
29 Denmark166-167=333

Source[5]

International Trophy

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Hogan United States68-69-72-68=277−7
2Roberto De Vicenzo Mexico69-72-67-74=282−2
3Flory Van Donck Belgium71-67-73-72=283−1
4Dai Rees Wales74-71-72-67=284E
5Bobby Locke South Africa71-72-72-70=285+1
6Stan Leonard Canada69-67-71-79=286+2
7Michio Ishii Japan71-76-74-68=289+5
8Sam Snead United States76-73-73-68=290+6
9Ken Bousfield England76-71-76-68=291+7
10Eric Brown Scotland76-73-75-69=293+9

Source[7]

References
  1. "Australia's lead in Canada Cup golf". The Times. 25 June 1956. p. 3.
  2. "Extraordinary crowd scenes". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1956. p. 7.
  3. "Canadian golfers take over the lead at Wentworth". The Times. 26 June 1956. p. 3.
  4. "Canadian golfers lead by three in Canada Cup". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1956. p. 4.
  5. "Wonderful final rounds gain Canada Cup for U.S.". The Times. 27 June 1956. p. 4.
  6. "Hogan's two victories". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1956. p. 7.
  7. "Hogan leads US to win in Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. 27 June 1956. p. 25. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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