# 1987 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1987 World Cup took place November 18–21 at Kapalua Resort, Bay Course, in Kapalua, Hawaii, United States. It was the 33rd World Cup event. The previous World Cup was played in 1985, since the 1986 event was cancelled. It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Wales team of Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn won after a sudden death playoff over the Scotland team of Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance. It was the first playoff for the team title in the event's history. The individual competition was won by Woosnam, five strokes ahead of Lyle.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Eduardo Romero and Armando Saavedra |
| Austria | Oswald Gartenmaier and Franz Laimer |
| Australia | Rodger Davis and Ossie Moore |
| Belgium | Vincent Duysters and Philippe Toussaint |
| Bermuda | Dwayne Pearman and Keith Smith |
| Brazil | Priscillo Diniz and Rafael Navarro |
| Canada | Dave Barr and Jerry Anderson |
| Colombia | Rigoberto Velásquez and Eduardo Martinez |
| Denmark | Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning |
| England | Mark James and Howard Clark |
| Fiji | Arun Kumar and Bose Lutunatabua |
| France | Emmanuel Dussart and Marc Farry |
| Hong Kong | Yau Sui Ming and Alex Tang |
| Ireland | Ronan Rafferty and Eamonn Darcy |
| Italy | Giuseppe Calì and Silvio Grappasonni |
| Japan | Koichi Suzuki and Katsunari Takahashi |
| Malaysia | Marimuthu Ramayah and Nazamuddin Yusof |
| Mexico | Ernesto Perez Acosta and Feliciano Esparza |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner |
| Philippines | Eduardo Bagtas and Mario Siodina |
| Portugal | Carlos Aleixo and Rogerio Valente |
| Scotland | Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance |
| Singapore | Lim Kian Kee and Madasamy Murugiah |
| South Korea | Choi Yoon-soo and Kim Sung-ho |
| Spain | José María Cañizares and José Rivero |
| Sweden | Mats Lanner and Ove Sellberg |
| Switzerland | Carlos Duran and Alain Jeanquartier |
| Taiwan | Hsieh Yu-shu and Lin Chia |
| United States | Ben Crenshaw and Payne Stewart |
| Venezuela | Ramón Muñoz and Julian Santana |
| Wales | Ian Woosnam and David Llewellyn |
| West Germany | Oliver Ekstein and Torsten Giedeon |
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
| 1 | Wales | 143-145-138-148=574 | −2 | 200,000 |
| 2 | Scotland | 143-140-142-149=574 | −2 | 110,000 |
| 3 | United States | 140-146-142-148=576 | E | 80,000 |
| T4 | Australia | 143-144-142-151=580 | +4 | 53,000 |
| T4 | Ireland | 141-147-142-150=580 | +4 | 53,000 |
| 6 | Argentina | 143-146-140-153=582 | +6 | 30,000 |
| 7 | Sweden | 143-144-143-153=583 | +7 | 20,000 |
| T8 | Canada | 144-145-146-149=584 | +8 | 13,000 |
| T8 | Taiwan | 150-142-147-145=584 | +8 | 13,000 |
| 10 | England | 142-153-145-148=588 | +12 | 8,000 |
| 11 | Japan | 143-146-149-154=592 | +16 | 5,000 |
| T12 | Denmark | 146-153-147-149=595 | +19 | 5,000 |
| T12 | New Zealand | 147-147-147-154=595 | +19 | 5,000 |
| T14 | Spain | 149-153-145-153=600 | +24 | 5,000 |
| T14 | West Germany | 149-155-144-152=600 | +24 | 5,000 |
| 16 | Italy | 145-153-148-156=602 | +26 | 5,000 |
| 17 | Mexico | 153-155-149-149=606 | +30 | 5,000 |
| 18 | France | 153-154-145-155=607 | +31 | 5,000 |
| T19 | Colombia | 149-154-151-156=610 | +34 | 5,000 |
| T19 | Philippines | 146-160-149-155=610 | +34 | 5,000 |
| T21 | Brazil | 144-159-154-155=612 | +36 | 5,000 |
| T21 | Venezuela | 152-156-149-155=612 | +36 | 5,000 |
| 23 | Austria | 155-155-153-152=615 | +39 | 5,000 |
| 24 | South Korea | 159-159-151-154=623 | +47 | 5,000 |
| T25 | Malaysia | 158-159-156-160=633 | +56 | 5,000 |
| T25 | Switzerland | 150-164-155-164=633 | +56 | 5,000 |
| 27 | Portugal | 152-161-154-167=634 | +58 | 5,000 |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 156-159-157-165=637 | +61 | 5,000 |
| 29 | Bermuda | 158-161-156-163=638 | +62 | 5,000 |
| 30 | Fiji | 161-164-156-161=642 | +66 | 5,000 |
| 31 | Belgium | 151-159-167-168=645 | +69 | 5,000 |
| 32 | Singapore | 162-170-155-164=651 | +75 | 5,000 |
Wales won after a sudden death playoff, with a par from each of the two players in the team, on the second extra hole.
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Ian Woosnam | Wales | 67-70-65-72=274 | −14 | 50,000 |
| 2 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 68-69-71-71=279 | −9 | |
| 3 | Koichi Suzuki | Japan | 67-70-65-72=283 | −5 | |
| T4 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70-73-69-74=286 | −2 | |
| T4 | Armando Saavedra | Argentina | 70-75-67-74=286 | −2 | |
| 6 | Ronan Rafferty | Ireland | 70-71-69-77=287 | −1 | |
| T7 | Hsieh Yu-shu | Taiwan | 75-70-74-69=288 | E | |
| T7 | Ove Sellberg | Sweden | 71-73-70-74=288 | E | |
| T9 | Howard Clark | England | 68-77-73-71=289 | +1 | |
| T9 | Rodger Davis | Australia | 73-71-73-79=289 | +1 | |
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