# 1963 Canada Cup

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.

## Teams

| 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 |
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## Scores

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 |
| T8 | Japan | 149-145-143-75=512 | +8 |
| T8 | Wales | 148-145-145-74=512 | +8 |
| 11 | Argentina | 145-152-143-74=514 | +10 |
| 12 | France | 146-151-146-72=515 | +11 |
| T13 | Scotland | 148-148-145-79=520 | +16 |
| T13 | Uruguay | 153-143-149-75=520 | +16 |
| T15 | Chile | 146-155-144-78=523 | +19 |
| T15 | New Zealand | 151-149-145-78=523 | +19 |
| T17 | Taiwan | 153-150-147-74=524 | +20 |
| T17 | Puerto Rico | 149-147-153-75=524 | +20 |
| T19 | Brazil | 148-154-145-78=525 | +21 |
| T19 | Egypt | 153-144-149-79=525 | +21 |
| 21 | Mexico | 147-151-149-80=527 | +23 |
| 22 | Ireland | 143-152-157-78=530 | +26 |
| T23 | Colombia | 154-150-153-77=534 | +30 |
| T23 | Netherlands | 153-152-153-76=534 | +30 |
| T23 | Peru | 151-153-153-77=534 | +30 |
| 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 |
| T2 | Gary Player | South Africa | 68-70-67-37=242 | −10 |
| 4 | Ramón Sota | Spain | 72-67-68-36=243 | −9 |
| T5 | Al Balding | Canada | 67-71-73-34=245 | −7 |
| T5 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 72-70-67-36=245 | −7 |
| T5 | Arnold Palmer | United States | 69-70-72-34=245 | −7 |
| 8 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | Puerto Rico | 71-73-72-32=248 | −4 |
| T9 | Jean Garaïalde | France | 71-72-70-36=249 | −3 |
| T9 | Tomoo Ishii | Japan | 72-70-71-36=249 | −3 |
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