# 1974 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1974 World Cup took place 21–24 November at the Lagunita Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the 22nd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The South Africa team of Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes won by five strokes over the Japan team of Isao Aoki and Masashi Ozaki. The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Cole, five strokes ahead Ozaki.

## Tournament summary

According to the Associated Press, the United States team of Lee Trevino and Hale Irwin were the "heavy favorite." In addition, Pat Ward-Thomas of The Guardian noted that "[a]n American victory is probable." However, he also noted that "South Africa remain strong with Dale Hayes... and Bobby Cole." Meanwhile, Ron Coffman of Golf World magazine stated that he thought the South Africans were the favorites.
Indeed, South African won the event, both at the team and individual level. Hayes, just 22 years of age and Cole, being 26, became the youngest pair ever to win the World Cup, formerly named the Canada Cup. It was the second victory for South Africa in the history of the event, since Gary Player and Harold Henning won the tournament for South Africa in 1965.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Fidel de Luca and Roberto De Vicenzo |
| Australia | Ted Ball and Ian Stanley |
| Austria | Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf Hauser |
| Belgium | Donald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint |
| Brazil | Luis Carlos Pinto and Humberto Rocha |
| Canada | Wilf Homenuik and Ben Kern |
| Chile | Francisco Cerda and Natalio Morales |
| Colombia | Alfonso Bohorquez and Heraclio Valenzuela |
| Costa Rica | Mario Herrera and Hector Jimenez |
| Denmark | Per Greve and Herluf Hansen |
| Egypt | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa |
| England | Maurice Bembridge and Peter Townsend |
| France | Roger Demiano and Jean Garaïalde |
| Greece | John Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis |
| Guatemala | Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo |
| Hong Kong | Joe Hardwick and Peter Tang |
| Ireland | Christy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie Polland |
| Israel | Laurie Been and Neil Shochet |
| Italy | Roberto Bernardini and Renato Campagnoli |
| Jamaica | Peter Millhouse and Seymour Rose |
| Japan | Isao Aoki and Masashi Ozaki |
| Libya | Hosain Abdul Mola and Muftah Salem |
| Mexico | Ramon Cruz and Margarito Martinez |
| Morocco | Assaidi Bouazza and Fatmi Moussa |
| Netherlands | Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook |
| New Zealand | Dennis Clark and Howard Kennedy |
| Nigeria | Festus Makelemi and Patrick Okpomu |
| Panama | Leo Dehlinger and Roberto Duran |
| Peru | Alejandro Malasquez and Sabino Quispe |
| Philippines | Ireneo Legaspi and Eleuterio Nival |
| Portugal | Manuel Ribeiro and Joaquim Rodriques |
| Puerto Rico | Chi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús Rodríguez |
| Scotland | Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher |
| Singapore | Lim Kian Tiong and Poh Eng Chong |
| South Africa | Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes |
| South Korea | Lee Il-ahn and Park Jung-ung |
| Spain | José María Cañizares and Manuel Piñero |
| Sweden | Åke Bergqvist and Sven Tumba |
| Switzerland | Franco Salmina and Ronald Tingley |
| Taiwan | Kuo Chie-Hsiung and Lu Liang-Huan |
| Thailand | Seng Suwannakat and Uthai Thappavibul |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Peter Latchmansingh and Lennox Yearwood |
| United States | Hale Irwin and Lee Trevino |
| Venezuela | Noel Machado and Ramón Muñoz |
| Wales | Craig Defoy and David Llewellyn |
| West Germany | Toni Kugelmuller and Siegfried Vollrath |
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | South Africa | 137-138-139-140=554 | −6 | 2,000 |
| 2 | Japan | 137-138-140-144=559 | −1 | 1,000 |
| 3 | United States | 143-141-138-141=563 | +3 | 800 |
| 4 | Taiwan | 143-141-143-139=566 | +6 | 400 |
| 5 | Ireland | 143-148-138-143=572 | +12 | |
| 6 | Spain | 145-144-144-142=575 | +15 | |
| 7 | Venezuela | 140-144-146-147=577 | +17 | |
| T8 | Argentina | 146-147-142-144=579 | +19 | |
| T8 | Scotland | 140-142-147-150=579 | +19 | |
| 10 | England | 137-149-146-148=580 | +20 | |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 141-150-143-147=581 | +21 | |
| 12 | Canada | 147-141-148-149=585 | +25 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 146-144-152-145=587 | +27 | |
| T14 | Chile | 149-147-143-150=589 | +29 | |
| T14 | Mexico | 147-148-145-149=589 | +29 | |
| 16 | Wales | 145-150-151-147=593 | +33 | |
| T17 | Austria | 151-144-152-147=594 | +34 | |
| T17 | Colombia | 151-146-148-149=594 | +34 | |
| 19 | Netherlands | 142-149-153-153=597 | +37 | |
| 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 150-147-156-147=600 | +40 | |
| 21 | South Korea | 148-149-153-151=601 | +41 | |
| 22 | Italy | 153-147-152-152=604 | +44 | |
| 23 | New Zealand | 155-149-155-146=605 | +45 | |
| 24 | France | 147-147-154-160=608 | +48 | |
| 25 | Thailand | 155-151-151-152=609 | +49 | |
| T26 | Greece | 151-154-152-155=612 | +52 | |
| T26 | Philippines | 146-155-151-160=612 | +52 | |
| 28 | Jamaica | 153-159-149-156=617 | +57 | |
| 29 | Denmark | 156-148-158-156=618 | +58 | |
| 30 | Panama | 147-150-157-168=622 | +62 | |
| T31 | Guatemala | 151-161-154-157=623 | +63 | |
| T31 | Sweden | 159-154-156-154=623 | +63 | |
| 33 | West Germany | 158-160-156-152=626 | +66 | |
| 34 | Egypt | 157-156-159-157=629 | +69 | |
| 35 | Brazil | 153-158-158-161=630 | +70 | |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 160-158-164-151=633 | +73 | |
| 37 | Singapore | 160-165-155-154=634 | +74 | |
| 38 | Peru | 163-159-156-157=635 | +75 | |
| 39 | Switzerland | 153-157-168-159=637 | +77 | |
| 40 | Hong Kong | 164-153-162-160=639 | +79 | |
| T41 | Morocco | 164-151-161-165=641 | +81 | |
| T41 | Portugal | 164-156-166-155=641 | +81 | |
| 43 | Nigeria | 161-168-166-160=655 | +95 | |
| 44 | Israel | 161-157-169-181=668 | +108 | |
| 45 | Libya | 171-185-173-169=698 | +138 | |
| WD | Australia | 151-145-WD | | |
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Bobby Cole | South Africa | 66-70-67-68=271 | −9 | 1,000 |
| 2 | Masashi Ozaki | Japan | 67-68-70-71=276 | −4 | 500 |
| 3 | Hale Irwin | United States | 73-69-68-68=278 | −2 | 400 |
| T4 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 70-70-70-73=283 | +3 | |
| T4 | Dale Hayes | South Africa | 71-68-72-72=283 | +3 | |
| T4 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | Taiwan | 71-71-73-68=283 | +3 | |
| T4 | Lu Liang-Huan | Taiwan | 72-70-70-71=283 | +3 | |
| 8 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Argentina | 71-71-69-73=284 | +4 | |
| T9 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | Puerto Rico | 70-74-67-74=285 | +5 | |
| T9 | Lee Trevino | United States | 70-72-70-73=285 | +5 | |
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