1985 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1985 World Cup took place at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California, United States. It was the 32nd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 31 teams, of which 15 teams were directly qualified through last years tournament. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Canada team of Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson won by four strokes over the England team of Howard Clark and Paul Way. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Howard Clark five strokes ahead of Christy O'Connor Jnr, Ireland.

1985 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	November 21–24
Location	La Quinta, California, U.S.
Course(s)	La Quinta Resort & Club Mountain course
Format	72 holes stroke play combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,794 yards (6,212 m)
Field	31 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	$743,000
Winner's share	$200,000 team $25,000 individual
Champion
Canada Dave Barr & Dan Halldorson
559 (−17)

Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Vicente Fernández and Adan Sowa
Australia	Ian Baker-Finch and Rodger Davis
Belgium	Vincent Duysters and Andre Vandamme
Brazil	Priscillo Diniz and Frederico German
Canada	Dave Barr and Dan Halldorson
Chile	Francisco Cerda and Luis Torres
Colombia	Rigoborto Valasquez and Liberio Zapata Guererro
England	Howard Clark and Paul Way
France	Bernard Pascassio and Michel Tapia
Greece	Vassilis Anastasiou and Vassilis Kradjas
Hong Kong	Alex Tang and Yau Sui Ming
Ireland	Eamonn Darcy and Christy O'Connor Jnr
Italy	Guiseppe Cali and Gerolamo Delfino
Japan	Naomichi Ozaki and Tateo Ozaki
Mexico	Juan Brito and Sixto Torres
Netherlands	Wilfred Lemmens and Bertus van Mook
New Zealand	Stuart Reese and Greg Turner
Paraguay	Ángel Franco and Eladio Franco
Philippines	Mario Manubay and Mario Siodina
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr and Sam Torrance
Singapore	Lim Kian Toin and Poh Eng Soon
South Korea	Choi Sang-ho and Park Shi-hwan
Spain	José María Cañizares and Manuel Piñero
Sweden	Anders Forsbrand and Ove Sellberg
Switzerland	Patrick Bagnoud and Franco Salmina
Thailand	Amnart Kerdkasin and Sukree Onsham
United States	Tom Kite and Lanny Wadkins
Uruguay	Alvaro Canessa and Guzman Etchurry (a)
Venezuela	Ramón Muñoz and Julian Santana
Wales	David Llewellyn and Ian Woosnam
West Germany	Torsten Giedeon and Manfred Kessler

Scores

Team

#	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1	Canada	138-135-140-146=559	−17	200,000
2	England	137-142-141-143=563	−13	100,000
3	United States	138-144-136-146=564	−12	70,000
4	Wales	147-140-140-140=567	−9	60,000
5	Japan	144-146-134-147=571	−5	36,000
6	Argentina	144-142-140-146=572	−4	30,000
T7	Ireland	145-142-144-143=574	−2	12,500
	Spain	143-142-142-147=574
9	Sweden	146-152-137-143=578	+2	8,000
10	Australia	144-141-151-143=579	+3	6,000
T11	Italy	146-140-147-149=582	+6	4,000
	Scotland	146-147-145-144=582
13	Philippines	149-143-150-148=590	+14
14	Colombia	151-148-146-149=594	+18
T15	Brazil	150-146-145-154=595	+19
	France	152-150-146-147=595
	Mexico	148-149-145-153=595
	New Zealand	148-151-144-152=595
19	South Korea	150-145-151-153=599	+23
20	Thailand	148-150-152-154=604	+28
21	Uruguay	157-147-148-154=606	+30
22	West Germany	156-149-149-154=608	+32
23	Hong Kong	155-151-159-147=612	+36
24	Chile	157-151-152-156=616	+40
25	Venezuela	145-158-157-157=617	+41
26	Singapore	151-160-161-152=624	+48
27	Paraguay	158-148-156-163=625	+49
28	Switzerland	154-161-154-159=628	+52
29	Greece	161-164-154-152=631	+55
30	Netherlands	158-162-158-159=637	+61
31	Belgium	158-167-159-157=641	+65

International Trophy

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Howard Clark	England	69-67-66-70=272	−16	25,000
2	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	77-67-67-66=277	−11
3	Dan Halldorson	Canada	68-66-70-74=278	−10
4	Ian Woosnam	Wales	74-69-67-70=280	−8
T5	Dave Barr	Canada	70-69-70-72=281	−7
	Tateo Ozaki	Japan	70-73-67-71=281
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	68-70-70-73=281
T8	Tom Kite	United States	70-74-76-73=283	−5
	Adan Sowa	Argentina	73-72-67-71=283
T10	Anders Forsbrand	Sweden	68-77-70-70=285	−3
	Sam Torrance	Scotland	74-71-70-70=285

Sources:[1][2]

References

1. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. January 1986. p. 58.
2. "World Cup Golf". Desert Sun. 25 November 1985. pp. D1, D2, D6.