1963 Canada Cup

1963 Canada Cup
Tournament information
Dates24–28 October
LocationSaint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France
Course(s)Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
shortened to 63 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,834 yards (6,249 m)
Field33 two-man teams
Champion
 United States
Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer
482 (−22)
Location map
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche is located in France
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Location in France
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche is located in Île-de-France (region)
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Location in Île-de-France
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The 1963 Canada Cup took place 24–28 October at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, 30 km west of Paris, France. It was the 11th Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 teams, but was shortened to 63 holes. These were the same teams that had competed in 1962 but without Ecuador and Panama and with the addition of Austria. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Thick fog meant that play was abandoned on the planned final day. Play was extended to Monday but was restricted to 9 holes. The American team of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer won by three strokes over the Spanish team of Sebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota. This was the sixth team title for the United States in the 11-year history of the event and the fourth in a row. The individual competition was won by Jack Nicklaus, who finished five shots ahead of Sebastián Miguel and South African Gary Player.[1]

Teams

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Country Players
 Argentina Fidel de Luca and Roberto De Vicenzo
 Australia Bruce Crampton and Bruce Devlin
 Austria Alexander Maculan (a) and Klaus Nierlich (a)
 Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
 Brazil José Maria Gonzalez and Mário Gonzalez
 Canada Al Balding and Stan Leonard
 Chile Enrique Orellana and Alberto Salas
 Colombia Alfonso Bohórquez and Miguel Sala
 Denmark Jorgen Korfitzen and Henning Kristensen
 Egypt Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa
 England Neil Coles and Bernard Hunt
 France Jean Garaïalde and Jean-Claude Harismendy
 West Germany Hans Bessner and Friedel Schmaderer
 Ireland Jimmy Martin and Christy O'Connor Snr
 Italy Alfonso Angelini and Ovidio Bolognesi
 Japan Tomoo Ishii and Tadashi Kitta
 Mexico Hector Alvarez and Antonio Cerdá
 Netherlands Gerard de Wit and Martin Roesink
 New Zealand Frank Buckler and Bob Charles
 Peru Hugo Nari and Wilfredo Uculmana
 Philippines Vic Allin and Ben Arda
 Portugal Henrique Paulino and Fernando Pina
 Puerto Rico David Jimenez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
 Scotland John Panton and George Will
 South Africa Gary Player and Retief Waltman
 Spain Sebastián Miguel and Ramón Sota
 Sweden Åke Bergquist and Knut Ekberg
 Switzerland Otto Schoepfer and Ronald Tingley
 Taiwan Chen Ching-Po and Hsieh Yung-yo
 United States Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
 Uruguay José Esmoris and Juan Sereda
 Venezuela Francisco Gonzales and Teobaldo Perez
 Wales Brian Huggett and Dave Thomas

Source[1]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par
1  United States 136-142-138-66=482 −22
2  Spain 138-140-138-69=485 −19
3  South Africa 138-139-140-75=492 −12
4  Canada 136-142-144-73=495 −9
5  Australia 143-139-138-77=497 −7
6  Belgium 144-143-146-75=508 +4
7  Italy 145-141-147-76=509 +5
T8  England 150-144-146-72=512 +8
 Japan 149-145-143-75=512
 Wales 148-145-145-74=512
11  Argentina 145-152-143-74=514 +10
12  France 146-151-146-72=515 +11
T13  Scotland 148-148-145-79=520 +16
 Uruguay 153-143-149-75=520
T15  Chile 146-155-144-78=523 +19
 New Zealand 151-149-145-78=523
T17  Taiwan 153-150-147-74=524 +20
 Puerto Rico 149-147-153-75=524
T19  Brazil 148-154-145-78=525 +21
 Egypt 153-144-149-79=525
21  Mexico 147-151-149-80=527 +23
22  Ireland 143-152-157-78=530 +26
T23  Colombia 154-150-153-77=534 +30
 Netherlands 153-152-153-76=534
 Peru 151-153-153-77=534
26  Switzerland 155-149-156-81=541 +37
27  West Germany 155-156-154-81=546 +42
28  Venezuela 159-152-154-82=547 +43
29  Denmark 156-158-153-89=556 +52
30  Sweden 161-159-157-82=559 +55
31  Austria 154-156-170-82=562 +58
32  Philippines 153-160-166-85=564 +60
33  Portugal 163-162-167-79=571 +67

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jack Nicklaus  United States 67-72-66-32=237 −15
T2 Sebastián Miguel  Spain 66-73-70-33=242 −10
Gary Player  South Africa 68-70-67-37=242
4 Ramón Sota  Spain 72-67-68-36=243 −9
T5 Al Balding  Canada 67-71-73-34=245 −7
Bruce Crampton  Australia 72-70-67-36=245
Arnold Palmer  United States 69-70-72-34=245
8 Chi-Chi Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 71-73-72-32=248 −4
T9 Jean Garaïalde  France 71-72-70-36=249 −3
Tomoo Ishii  Japan 72-70-71-36=249

Source[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ward-Thomas, P.A. (29 October 1963). "Exciting play by United States". The Glasgow Herald. p. 6.
  2. ^ "U.S. beats Spain for 6th golf title". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 29 October 1963. pp. F-1, F-3. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Canadians Criticize Finale As US Wins Canada Cup: Nicklaus Top Golfer: Rap 9-Hole Play". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. 29 October 1963. p. 24.

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