1968 World Cup (men's golf)


The 1968 World Cup took place 14–17 November at the Olgiata Golf Club in Rome, Italy. It was the 16th World Cup event, which was named the Canada Cup until 1966 and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 42 teams. The third round on Saturday was interrupted by hail and rain storm, with six teams still on the course and play was resumed early Sunday. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Canadian team of Al Balding and George Knudson won by two strokes ahead of the United States team of Julius Boros and Lee Trevino. The individual competition was won by Balding, five strokes ahead of Roberto Bernardini, Italy. This was the first team victory for Canada in the event, which was founded in Canada in 1953.

Teams

denotes amateur

Scores

Team
#CountryScoreTo parMoney
1142-149-137-141=569−72,000
2142-141-143-145=571−51,000
3141-147-140-145=573−3800
4139-144-143-150=576E400
5144-148-139-149=580+4
6148-144-147-145=584+8
7144-149-141-151=585+9
8143-148-145-150=586+10
9145-145-150-147=587+11
T10140-150-145-153=588+12
T10149-139-148-152=588+12
T10149-142-150-147=588+12
13145-146-144-155=590+14
14148-146-148-150=592+16
15153-148-146-147=594+18
16151-149-153-143=596+20
17151-144-151-151=597+21
18150-146-152-151=599+23
19146-149-153-156=604+28
20147-149-157-152=605+29
21152-154-146-155=607+31
22156-145-157-153=611+35
T23155-152-154-153=614+38
T23153-154-150-157=614+38
25153-151-152-160=616+40
26153-150-162-153=618+42
27155-146-162-161=624+48
28159-157-153-159=628+52
29152-154-161-166=633+57
30160-153-163-161=637+61
T31HAW166-157-165-152=640+64
T31157-157-168-158=640+64
33158-161-164-160=643+67
34154-160-166-164=644+68
35157-166-161-166=650+74
36160-162-163-168=653+77
37163-161-169-163=656+80
38166-166-165-160=657+81
39168-158-163-172=661+85
40162-162-172-173=669+93
41166-165-173-168=672+96
42173-171-170-166=680+104

International Trophy
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Al Balding68-72-67-67=274−141,000
2Roberto Bernardini71-71-67-70=279−9500
3Lee Trevino69-71-70-73=283−5400
T4Brian Huggett71-70-71-73=285−3100
T4Gary Player71-70-74-70=285−3100
T6Eric Brown70-69-70-77=286−2
T6Lu Liang-Huan69-69-72-76=286−2
8Ramón Sota71-73-71-72=287−1
T9Julius Boros73-70-73-72=288E
T9Bill Dunk72-75-70-71=288E

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