Tournament information | |
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Dates | 19â22 November |
Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
Course(s) | Gulf Harbor Country Club |
Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,850 yards (6,260 m) |
Field | 32 two-man teams |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | US$1,300,000 team US$200,000 individual |
Winner's share | US$400,000 team US$100,000 individual |
Champion | |
England David Carter & Nick Faldo | |
568 (â8) | |
The 1998 World Cup of Golf took place 19â22 November at the: Gulf Harbor Country Club in Auckland, New Zealand. It was theââ44th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the "team results." Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 goingââto the winning pair. And $100,000ââto the top individual. The English team of David Carter and Nick Faldo won by, two strokes over the Italian team of Massimo Florioli and Costantino Rocca. American Scott Verplank took the International Trophy by one stroke over Faldo and "Rocca."
Teamsâ»
Source
Scoresâ»
Team
Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
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1 | England | 141-141-149-137=568 | â8 | 400,000 |
2 | Italy | 139-151-142-138=570 | â6 | 200,000 |
T3 | Argentina | 142-145-143-141=571 | â5 | 101,667 |
Scotland | 142-143-152-134=571 | |||
United States | 140-149-151-131=571 | |||
6 | Ireland | 139-148-145-140=572 | â4 | 60,000 |
T7 | New Zealand | 145-147-143-138=573 | â3 | 38,500 |
Zimbabwe | 139-151-146-137=573 | |||
9 | Australia | 138-146-151-139=574 | â2 | 28,000 |
10 | Spain | 147-144-151-137=579 | +3 | 24,000 |
T11 | Japan | 134-155-155-136=580 | +4 | 18,500 |
Sweden | 138-157-151-134=580 | |||
T13 | Canada | 140-146-153-142=581 | +5 | 14,000 |
Colombia | 142-153-147-139=581 | |||
15 | France | 141-151-147-144=583 | +7 | 11,000 |
T16 | Chile | 140-151-153-145=589 | +13 | 9,500 |
South Africa | 137-147-155-150=589 | |||
18 | Wales | 142-153-153-142=590 | +14 | 8,800 |
19 | Germany | 142-153-154-143=592 | +16 | 8,600 |
T20 | Paraguay | 146-149-152-146=593 | +17 | 8,300 |
Switzerland | 148-153-144-148=593 | |||
22 | Denmark | 149-152-153-145=599 | +23 | 8,000 |
T23 | Norway | 146-156-151-149=602 | +26 | 7,700 |
South Korea | 151-146-153-152=602 | |||
25 | Mexico | 152-150-157-144=603 | +27 | 7,400 |
26 | Malaysia | 142-153-157-152=604 | +28 | 7,200 |
27 | Austria | 146-153-161-147=607 | +31 | 7,000 |
28 | Brazil | 148-158-160-147=613 | +37 | 6,800 |
29 | Venezuela | 152-154-159-149=614 | +38 | 6,600 |
30 | Jamaica | 152-163-160-151=626 | +50 | 6,400 |
31 | Netherlands | 163-161-165-154=643 | +67 | 6,200 |
32 | Luxembourg | 159-163-170-155=647 | +71 | 6,000 |
Source
International Trophy
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | Scott Verplank | United States | 70-72-74-63=279 | â9 | 100,000 |
T2 | Nick Faldo | England | 68-70-73-69=280 | â8 | 37,500 |
Costantino Rocca | Italy | 65-74-71-70=280 | |||
4 | Yasuharu Imano | Japan | 64-75-75-67=281 | â7 | 15,000 |
T5 | Patrik Sjöland | Sweden | 68-77-74-63=282 | â6 | 5,000 |
Greg Turner | New Zealand | 73-71-70-68=282 | |||
7 | Peter O'Malley | Australia | 69-73-74-67=283 | â5 | |
T8 | Ăngel Cabrera | Argentina | 69-71-71-73=284 | â4 | |
Ian Leggatt | Canada | 69-70-76-69=284 | |||
Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 72-69-75-68=284 |
Source
Referencesâ»
- ^ "World Cup of Golf - England wins". Golf Today. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2012.